Mavric Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Quote William Przystup is staying in the Big Ten. The former Michigan State punter, who head coach Mark Dantonio last month said planned to transfer, announced Monday on Twitter that he's heading to Nebraska. "Blessed to become part of @HuskerFBNation and this talented program," Przystup tweeted. Przystup was part of a carousel of punters used by the Spartans last season because of injuries to starter Jake Hartbarger and Tyler Hunt. Fellow walk-on Bryce Baringer and backup quarterback Rocky Lombardi (in an emergency situation following Harbarger's injury at Arizona State) also saw action. Przystup, a freshman, was the primary punter in the final four games, including the Redbox Bowl, and averaged 40.6 yards on 27 punts. Nine of his punts landed inside the 20-yard line. Link Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Is lightbourn going to be the first ever scholarship punter to go from starting punter to 5th string? Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, Mavric said: Nine of his punts landed inside the 20-yard line. This is by far and away the most important number of the stats commonly kept in punting these days. Gross yardage is a bad punting stat because it reflects more on where the punt started than it’s efficacy. Net punting adds the errors of gross yardage to coverage errors. Unfortunately, like many things in this game, punting stats are woefully inadequate as a metric. Lightbourn was ultimately benched because he lacked accuracy. He can kick the laces off the damn thing, but his control is non-existent. Punting these days is about precision so your cover team can do it’s job. We were giving up way too many returns with Lightbourn, despite his big leg. 2 Quote Link to comment
bugeater17 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Is Przystup getting a schollie or walking on? Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 24 minutes ago, Mavric said: Actually that number should be 4 because Lightbourn is definitely no punter. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, brophog said: This is by far and away the most important number of the stats commonly kept in punting these days. Gross yardage is a bad punting stat because it reflects more on where the punt started than it’s efficacy. Net punting adds the errors of gross yardage to coverage errors. Unfortunately, like many things in this game, punting stats are woefully inadequate as a metric. Lightbourn was ultimately benched because he lacked accuracy. He can kick the laces off the damn thing, but his control is non-existent. Punting these days is about precision so your cover team can do it’s job. We were giving up way too many returns with Lightbourn, despite his big leg. I agree. I actually wish they would have a stat of the average distance from the goal line that the punt was downed. If you have that, you know how accurate the punter is. Average length of the punt is a little useful because you at least need to know if they guy as a decently strong leg for when you're back up into your own territory. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, bugeater17 said: Is Przystup getting a schollie or walking on? I think would think he is getting a scholarship to transfer from Michigan State to Nebraska. He was probably getting scholly offers from other schools which he was interested in transferring to. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Two observations. A). How the heck do you pronounce that? B). Doesn’t he seem really tall for a punter? Quote Link to comment
bugeater17 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, ColoradoHusk said: I think would think he is getting a scholarship to transfer from Michigan State to Nebraska. He was probably getting scholly offers from other schools which he was interested in transferring to. I assumed the same thing until I read the article Mav posted which states, "Fellow walk-on Bryce Baringer ..." As such, it looks like he was a walk-on at MSU who got some playing time at the end of last year but will now be buried on the depth chart as the starter is now healthy and MSU brought in an Aussie scholarship punter. My guess now would be that he is coming here to walk-on and try to earn a scholarship after sitting out a year. However, this again is an assumption on my part. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, bugeater17 said: I assumed the same thing until I read the article Mav posted which states, "Fellow walk-on Bryce Baringer ..." As such, it looks like he was a walk-on at MSU who got some playing time at the end of last year but will now be buried on the depth chart as the starter is now healthy and MSU brought in an Aussie scholarship punter. My guess now would be that he is coming here to walk-on and try to earn a scholarship after sitting out a year. However, this again is an assumption on my part. Thanks for looking into it further. I admit I was going off broad assumptions of his status at Michigan State. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 2 hours ago, bugeater17 said: Is Przystup getting a schollie or walking on? 1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said: A). How the heck do you pronounce that? 1 Quote Link to comment
southernoregonhusker Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Pris-tup or Pris-toop? Phonetically speaking. Quote Link to comment
bugeater17 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 18 hours ago, Mavric said: Thanks for sharing/answering my question Mav. Looks to be a great addition as walk on! Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 So since it’s a walk-on punter and not a 5 star QB, the NCAA will probably deny his request. Because NCAA. 1 Quote Link to comment
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