High school doesn't mean shiat since they kick with a tee. Wade Richey kicked a 67 yarder in high school at Carencro High in Lafayette, LA. Tees make a huge difference.

Let him not forget his inspiration for becoming a football player

C0rf:

Ahh, I love living in the South. Can't we just accept that he's got a good leg and not try to explain it supernaturally?

/too much to ask


Can't you just remove the stick from your dumb ass and stop worrying about what other people believe? Even some reporter's cliche sets you little fascists dorks off.

Y'know, when your high school football team has to kick a field goal from 64 yards out, you're not doing too hot.

Hope he kicks his way into the NFL someday!

Nigel, It looks like some zit faced kid beat your record, I guess your not as wiry as you think you are

Can't you just remove the stick from your dumb ass and stop worrying about what other people believe? Even some reporter's cliche sets you little fascists dorks off.

Well, at least he's not a prick.

scootah:

Ya'll should really start hiring foriegn kickers again, 63 yards is impressive for a set kick, but as all time records for first grade ball goes? Its not THAT good.


Kicking a football is much harder than kicking a soccer ball. It's not exactly a shape that lends itself to kicking. Then again, you also have to aim it between the two posts and worry about defenders running at you.

I played soccer for most of my youth, but I'd be lucky to kick a 30-yard field goal. It's a lot harder than it looks.

Duke sucks??

I work for the high school the kid kicks for.

So I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies.

Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about.

But trust me.... You don't.

I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you dont know what you are talking about.

This is how bad info gets passed around.

If you dont know about the topic....Dont make yourself sound like you do.

Cuz some farkers beleive anything they hear.

That dude from Roethlesberg should be a kicker.

Well not to deflate, or piss on his ball kicking prowess, but using a tea in the NFL will get you into some hot water.

Halfing no tee decreases the yardage your gonna be able to kick. Plus nervous booting will also cut down on that yardage. You know with the ralfin' getting in the way and all.

All in all kicking it(The Ball) in the NFL isnt going to be as easy as in High-School.


/Wow absurd abusage of vocabulation.

Not to take away from this feat, but a high-school football is not as heavy or big as an NFL one.

meh like this is news... there is a kid in this town that does that also... yippy do da

I think you need to take the wind into account too. Most high school stadiums/fields are open ended, allowing the wind, when blowing in the right direction, to go right on through. Its a little different for NFL staduims where the wind is often largely blocked by the stands, causing it to swirl or die down. Congrats nonetheless.

The way Rackers was kicking against SF in Mexico City, I was hoping they'd try a 64+ yarder in that game. His kickoffs went through the uprights, Mexico City is 1500 feet higher the Denver. Talk about thin air.

62 yards Jason Hanson, Washington State (W 40-13) v UNLV, 9/28/1991 (w/out tee)

Was at this game. Jason Hanson was/is a stud.

And in college in 1988 you could use a 2 inch tee and the goalposts were almost FIVE FEET wider than they are today. How could you MISS?

But Jacques Stroppe used to kick them 80 yards, backwards like a mule.

//very obscure

Someone order an Elam in here?

I work for Riverside High School

...no wait I don't BUT I was there and saw said kick--
what the article did not say was that Jackson's team was penalized for excessive celebration after the field goal and
had a 5 yard penalty assesed on the kick off. He then proceded to hit the kick off, from 70 yards, and it WENT through the uprights on the fly.

Great leg and a good college choice too, can't wait to see what he does Friday vs Clinton (HS not X-Prez).

wooden_badger

But Jacques Stroppe used to kick them 80 yards, backwards like a mule.

//very obscure

Heck, Gus the mule kicked them backwards all the time and could easily hit from 110 yards out.

/Oij!

"There is no doubting that a leg as strong as Jacksons is God-given"

because anyone with great athletic or mental ability has obviously been touched by GOD

/still waiting for the proof

This headline is par for the course in the media. (i.e. it is misleading)

buttwick, it's ok that you hate Football, because Football loves you anyway. When you are ready, Football will be there for you.

a dude at my HS knocked a 61-yarder during a big rival game...

He went nowhere after high school.

"Football is a sport played with a ball known as a football, which is made of pig skin, hence the use of the term 'pigskin' as a synonym for 'football'."

I think people forgot how to type english in this thread.
\mad at the world

This thread is worthless without a video.

buttwick

If there is a God I highly doubt that he is concerned with field goals.

Au contraire. This field goal attempt



proves that God exists. And that he hates the Buffalo Bills.

Haha, he didn't even bother to visit USC! He might have tried, but probably turned around when the stench of the coot's suckiness overpowered him.

/go Tigers

Das Boot!

Major Thomb Can't you just remove the stick from your dumb ass and stop worrying about what other people believe? Even some reporter's cliche sets you little fascists dorks off.

And even some farker's idle comment sets you off, too, it seems.

Practice what you preach and stop worrying what other people believe.

A let a hundred things go by every day, and I let your comments go by in other threads today, but gotta call you on this.

He kicked a 57 yarder through NFL uprights, which are more Narrow then HS or college PLUS he didn't have the worry of a defensive line rushing him. The longest NFL field goal is 63 yards, during a play. Don't get me wrong, 64 yards is amazing but I also would not compare it with NFL. He'll be someone to look for in the future, though.

muckfire:

Clemson has a great record the last few years of recruits changing their minds about living in the woods for 4 years of their lives with a bunch of rednecks... I wouldn't count him as signed and sealed yet...

Besides, you guys have a good, albeit effeminite, kicker already... this kid will end up going elsewhere.

I once saw Bill Braskey kick a 98 yard field goal without the use of his wooden legs. He kneed that ball 98 yards. Then he went on to clothesline a defensive back so hard is dislocated his uvula.

God I miss watchin that bastard play...

It's both amusing and sad that any mention of the word 'God' in anything -including a harmless cliche about natural-born ability- invokes acidic criticism from holier-than-thou 'free thinkers'.

I just love how all of the hard work and practice he has put into the skill of kicking is brushed aside as "God given."

Big Deal...



Do it to win a playoff game in a blizzard and then talk to me.

Only one person posted Andre Kristacovitchlalinski, Jr. and nobody replied to it. Too obscure?

jayday

Well not to deflate, or piss on his ball kicking prowess, but using a tea in the NFL will get you into some hot water.
Halfing no tee decreases the yardage your gonna be able to kick. Plus nervous booting will also cut down on that yardage. You know with the ralfin' getting in the way and all.
All in all kicking it(The Ball) in the NFL isnt going to be as easy as in High-School.

Can you put it on your foot.
what about if you put it on your hand. they use two hands to grab.. just keep on one the bottom.

You can see the high school kid's kick in all its glory by going to

http://www.foxcarolina.com/Global/story.asp?S=3986635&nav=menu149_6

Rob4127: The collegiate record is still longer that either the high school or NFL--69 yards: http://sports.texnews.com/1998/sports/al1027.html

From the article: It was Oct. 16, 1976, when Abilene Christian University's Ove Johansson booted the historic 69-yard field goal with 2:13 remaining in the first half of ACU's 17-0 homecoming victory over East Texas State.

I was there. My friend Larry Carpenter caught it.

The name joke--huh?

From the records book.

*65 yards Graham Gano, Tate HS (L 23-42) v Fort Walton Beach HS, 9/19/2004 (Fla.)
[State record longest]
*65 yards Graham Gano, Tate HS (Cantoment) (L 23-42) v Fort Walton Beach, 9/16/2004 (Fla.)

/all I want to get...is just one kick