Kickers. If they do their job right, you’d probably never notice them. If you know the name of your favorite team’s kicker, it’s for one of two reasons. Reason one: they’re a wizard, clutch with kicks and someone who you might see standing on the sidelines kicking into what looks like a modified lacrosse net. The other reason is because they’re absolutely the reason your team lost. They shanked a kick to win the game, they missed a kick earlier in the game or they drove that extra point wide that would have made things a tie game. The kickers most people can name are for the same reasons. Adam Vinatieri? Clutch as clutch can be. Scott Norwood? Wide right has haunted that man for 20 years. Stephen Gostkowski? Doesn’t miss. Blair Walsh? Not sure where he disappeared to after the NFC Championship game.
If you made it through that paragraph, congratulations, your team must really need a new kicker (or you’re just here to see where this could possibly go). Shockingly, of the five prospects who have declared for this upcoming DSFL draft, one of those is, in fact, a kicker. Alex Frost, the 6’4” 211lb kicker from the University of Oregon, is the top kicking prospect this season, although his competition isn’t exactly fierce (he’s the only one so far). Frost endured a somewhat rough start to his college career, rarely seeing the field as a freshman and missing several game winning kicks as a sophomore. He really grew into his own as a kicker his junior and senior year, earning him consideration as a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the best placekicker in the country during his final season with the Ducks. A kicker who has both a strong leg and solid accuracy, Frost should be the first kicker off the board when the draft comes around. He’s shown an ability to learn from his errors in the past and has really developed as a kicker from his freshman year to now as he prepares to turn pro. A tall player, he will have plenty of room to develop his accuracy and further his range as well the longer he is in the league.
For any team that is looking for a kicker, Frost would love to become a part of your organization, so feel free to reach out and he will get back to you as soon as possible!
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If you made it through that paragraph, congratulations, your team must really need a new kicker (or you’re just here to see where this could possibly go). Shockingly, of the five prospects who have declared for this upcoming DSFL draft, one of those is, in fact, a kicker. Alex Frost, the 6’4” 211lb kicker from the University of Oregon, is the top kicking prospect this season, although his competition isn’t exactly fierce (he’s the only one so far). Frost endured a somewhat rough start to his college career, rarely seeing the field as a freshman and missing several game winning kicks as a sophomore. He really grew into his own as a kicker his junior and senior year, earning him consideration as a finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the best placekicker in the country during his final season with the Ducks. A kicker who has both a strong leg and solid accuracy, Frost should be the first kicker off the board when the draft comes around. He’s shown an ability to learn from his errors in the past and has really developed as a kicker from his freshman year to now as he prepares to turn pro. A tall player, he will have plenty of room to develop his accuracy and further his range as well the longer he is in the league.
For any team that is looking for a kicker, Frost would love to become a part of your organization, so feel free to reach out and he will get back to you as soon as possible!
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