[Husker] High School Kickers

[JEN_SENS]

I haven't checked the rules lately, but remember when most of these high 
school kickers were making 50 yard field goals they were kicking from a two 
inch tee at goal posts that were almost five feet wider than college kickers 
have to work with. College kickers kick from the ground. Five feet gives a 
lot of forgiveness to an errant kick. And of course golfers know the benefit 
of teeing up the ball over a fairway shot. (Sorry, that is an analogy so it 
must not be true). ; )

Also remember college kick-offs this year are  from a tee that is one inch 
high rather than two. The intention of the rule change was to create fewer 
touch-backs and more returns. So a lot of coaches are stressing hang-time 
over distance.

Congdon is a very good kicker. Hopefully as he matures he will develop 
better leg strength. (Remember Josh Brown didn't really come into his own 
until his senior year.) We have some kickers who were excellent kickers in 
high school on this team. Alegria has been mentioned. Henery was one of the 
top soccer players in the country and could be an outstanding kicker and 
punter. All of them simply need to adjust to the different challenges that 
are associated with kicking in the college game.
Gerald