Kicking in JTS

**VeloClone** · 04-02-2012, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by papaw

Another factor. Has ISU ever recruited and scholarship-ed a deep snapper? Have they ever had an actual punting and kicking coach?

Isn't Dakota Zimmerman on scholly? He was recruited specifically as a deep snapper.

EDIT - Preferred walk-on as a Frosh, on scholly since...

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports...cc4c03286.html

**longtimeclone** · 04-02-2012, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by papaw

Another factor. Has ISU ever recruited and scholarship-ed a deep snapper? Have they ever had an actual punting and kicking coach?

I can't remember the name but I remember reading a story on Mac giving a scholarship to a long snapper just because he thought it was a very important position.

**khaal53** · 04-02-2012, 07:20 PM

Landon Schrage (sp)

**VeloClone** · 04-03-2012, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by khaal53

Landon Schrage (sp)

According to this, he showed up as a walk-on as well:

For ISU's Schrage, football's a snap

**clone26** · 04-03-2012, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by jflattery

Brian Jansen

Brian Jansen was automatic...in practice.

**cyhiphopp** · 04-03-2012, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by VeloClone

According to this, he showed up as a walk-on as well:

For ISU's Schrage, football's a snap

I remember one year a coach went out and got the best long snapper he could find at JuCo and gave him a scholly. Don't remember who or what year though.

**clone26** · 04-03-2012, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by cyhiphopp

I remember one year a coach went out and got the best long snapper he could find at JuCo and gave him a scholly. Don't remember who or what year though.

Matt Purvis? Would have been around 2006-07.

**CTTB78** · 04-03-2012, 01:49 PM

Thanks for the analysis. I didn't think we compared to the opponent as bad as we do.
Knowledge of JTS should be a plus for us, but we don't have the talent to take advantage of it, evidently.

**CyCope** · 04-04-2012, 01:44 PM

Not sure if this is worth anything but I go to school with a Tyler kluver who said he might go to isu. He is like number 4 or 6 for his class at long snapping in the nation.

**clone2011** · 04-04-2012, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by VeloClone

According to this, he showed up as a walk-on as well:

For ISU's Schrage, football's a snap

Off topic, but that article was brutal to read due to the lack of quotations. I know Zimmerman came in as a walk-on in 2008 and pretty much told that he would receive a scholarship after one year if he secured the starting spot. Matt Purvis came in on scholarship in 2006 from JuCo.

**papaw** · 04-04-2012, 03:23 PM

Tyler Kluver is rated 6th in Kohls ratings and unrated by Chris Sailer. He has one more year of high school to improve. He is short for the typical deep snapper and he needs additional speed on his snaps. He is a .75 and needs to be .65 or better to be elite.
Any school that doesn't recruit and scholarship a good deep snapper is severely handicapping their program.