Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Draftin'

The Philadelphia Eagles selected a kicker in the fourth round of this past weekend's NFL draft. When my friend heard this news yesterday, he said... "Well, he better be nasty."


Kicker Alex Henery - kicks stuff, weighs 11 pounds with pads on and resembles Napoleon Dynamite.

The guy's a kicker. How nasty can he be? I can see "nasty" being a potential description of a running back or wide receiver. Maybe they can juke, catch the ball behind the back, do some hypnotizing spin-o-rama moves on the field. But a kicker? Well, if he can kick the ball through the uprights... I guess that's as nasty as you can get as a kicker.

Regardless, the Eagles got the most accuracte kicker in NCAA history. He converted 63 of 65 field-goal kicks from inside 50 yards over four seasons. The 23-year-old also handled the punting for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in his last two years, averaging 41.3 yards a boot.



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