Sentences with word «placekicker»

In Horst Muhlmann, a German import who is one of the two or three best placekickers in the NFL, Brown had a certain three points, but he chose to go for the first down, and Fred Willis, a rookie back from Boston College, got it by half the length of the football.

In Broward County, Anna Lakovitch was Pine Crest's placekicker for two seasons, starting in 1996.

The Dawgs should also benefit from placekicker Rodrigo Blankenship, who has been a little shaky from 40 - 49 yards (4 - of - 7), but has connected on a few key bombs this season, most notably a 55 - yarder in the Rose Bowl.

Also, neither a left - handed quarterback nor a left - footed placekicker make a strategic difference.

She announced her engagement to Goran Lingmerth, a former NFL placekicker.

Volunteers placekicker Michael Palardy made a pair of fourth - quarter field goals, the last one coming as time expired, to give Tennessee a shocking 23 - 21 win over South Carolina.

Georgia should also benefit from standout placekicker Rodrigo Blankenship, who was able to connect on a 55 - yard bomb early in the first half of the Rose Bowl.

Seventeen - year - old Tracy Austin isn't just your normal student - body president, straight - A student, accomplished pianist, soccer player, track and field athlete and placekicker on the varsity football team.

Allen is the Viking gnat who habitually flutters into the way of opposing placekickers and makes the football ricochet someplace other than between the goalposts.

Last year Bruin placekicker Bjorn Merten joined Tony Dorsett, Herschel Walker and Marshall Faulk as the only freshmen ever named first - team All - Americas.

Brittany Ryan EASTON, PA. > FOOTBALL Ryan, a sophomore placekicker at Lebanon Valley College, completed her second season with 36 points (three field goals, 27 extra points), becoming the alltime leader in Division III for single - season and career points (44) by a woman.

Eli Manning is a terrific prospect but makes some Ryan Leaf — type throws, the secondary is green and placekicker Jay Feely is suddenly a mess.

Yes, Neil Rackers, the Arizona placekicker.

About the only bright spot forthe Demon Deacons (3 — 1, 1 — 0) was punter - placekicker Sam Swank, who leadsDivision I - A with 13 field goal attempts and is tied for first with 10 makes; he pinned the Midshipmen inside their own five - yard line on three of his fourpunts.

«In Dallas [placekicker] Lin Elliott won for us one year,» Johnson says.

Someone should point out to Peter King that Old Waterbuckets took leave from his 25 - year «tryst» with wife Jane Russell long enough to lead the Rams to two NFL titles in his abbreviated, injury - ridden eight - year career, and that he was among the league leaders in punting, was an excellent placekicker and was a 60 - minute man who also played safety.

Overreach I think so we better hope our incoming placekicker can put the ball in the end zone anyways but it sounds like kickoffs are being negated now.

Auburn coach Pat Dye's list of concerns for spring practice seemed normal enough: 1) Find a quarterback to run his read - and - react wishbone attack; 2) Replace placekicker Al Del Greco; 3) Hope that consensus All - America halfback Bo Jackson (page 134), who had skipped spring football to take a run at making the Olympic track team, didn't catch terminal tetanus from a cinder burn.

But the pressure isn't off yet, even with the return of 15 first - stringers — six on offense, eight on defense — plus placekicker Van Tiffin.

The Broncos briefly struggled with the Chiefs, but turned up the heat late in the first half after Kansas City placekicker Ryan Succop missed a field goal that would have put his team within a point of the division champions.

Tardits also learned that players from outside the state were considered foreigners; those from other countries were called placekickers.

Among the top placekickers returning are Texas's Jeff Ward, Illinois's Chris White, West Virginia's Paul Woodside, Alabama's Van Tiffin, Washington's Jeff Jaeger, Michigan's Bob Bergeron and Maryland's Jess Atkinson.

They include the healthy, like Auburn defensive end Kevin Greene, whose 500 - pound bench press is a team record; the wealthy, like Florida placekicker Bobby Raymond, who refused a scholarship because his parents are well off; and the wise, like the defensive end who turned down financial aid at Dartmouth to walk on at Nebraska.

Walk - on placekicker Brad Burditt added the extra point and the field goal.

Tulsa has a walk - on, Jason Staurovsky, who thought he would be the student manager but ended up as the first - string placekicker.

Virginia Tech starting placekicker Cody Journell has been dismissed from the program for a violation of team policies, the team announced on its Twitter account.

The Giants could still be in the market for a veteran placekicker to, at least, provide competition for Aldrick Rosas after his inconsistent rookie season.

And she had athletes who were not placekickers try to make field goals.

But by the mid-1970s more placekickers were using soccer style than a toe kick.

Placekickers today are generally smaller because they can rely on the soccer - style hip rotation to create foot speed.

In «The Replacements,» Hackman and Reeves are the heroes, and most of the other characters provide low comedy, including a Welsh placekicker (Rhys Ifans) who chain - smokes, even while actually on the playing field, and other recruits including a sumo wrestler, a mad dog who attacks anything that is red, and a deaf lineman («Look at it this way: He'll never be called offsides on an audible»).

Rhys Ifans» placekicker Nigel is basically a replay of his popular character in Notting Hill, a scruffy, layabout Welshman.

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«My problem is that I get too fired up, like I'm playing football,» says Erstad, who was a punter and placekicker for the Cornhuskers» 1994 national championship team.

Meanwhile, Giorgio Tavecchio of the Oakland Raiders was the league's only left - footed placekicker, and the 2017 season was the second consecutive year with no passes thrown by a left - handed quarterback.

For most people, the wedge in the golf bag is the equivalent of the placekicker in football.

But when you're forced to use it, the wedge (or placekicker) had better deliver for you.

The feat confirmed my suspicions — my boy will be a placekicker in the mighty CFL.

In 1972, Key West's Immaculate LaSalle found a placekicker in Theresa Dion, the first female varsity player in the country.

The players explained played a variety of positions, from quarterbacks, linemen and running backs to a placekicker and a punter.

If you're going to lose your placekicker, your kickoffs guy and both return men, you might as well lose them from a pretty poor special teams unit.

Among them was the Tigers» placekicker, Ayman Nawash, an Israeli - born Muslim who, in the Grambling press guide, lists Allah as the person he most admires.

Washington must replace its punter and its placekicker as well as last year's No. 2 quarterback, Shane Fortney, who unexpectedly quit the team in the spring and transferred to Northern Iowa.

In 1961, Van Raaphorst's father was the placekicker for Ohio State.

Cincinnati, which lost the nation's top passer in Greg Cook and No. 2 receiver in Tom Rossley, held on to No. 2 Punter Benny Rhoads (42.5 average) and its national scoring leader, Jim O'Brien, a split end and placekicker.

In the language of pro football, a «wing man» is a blocker who is supposed to protect a placekicker against the rush from the outside.

Brigham Young is groaning over the loss of its quarterback, split end and placekicker, all injured.

Jan 04,2016... It Was a B.C. Year Early in his career Lui Passaglia, the placekicker and punter for the British Col...