Kicking Game

[JJ Husker]

Dug up a few tidbits on Connor Culp.

He was LSU’s guy in 2017 but was behind 2nd team all American Cole Tracy in 18/19.

2017

20 of 23 extra points

11 of 16 field goals, 47 yard long

Composite 3*, #9 in country by 247 & #4 by Scout

In high school, 63 of 67 kickoffs for touchback.

Sounds like an upgrade for the Huskers. Toss in the Aussie and our kicking game may not be an embarrassment.

 

[Fru]

Just having a kicker that can put KO’s in the end zone will help. 
 

Those KO returns for TD’s absolutely drained the momentum against Iowa and Wisconsin 

 

[Mavric]

I hope we are done watching low kicks fielded by the returner on the run at the 10-yard line. 

 

[JJ Husker]

I hope we are done watching low kicks fielded by the returner on the run at the 10-yard line. 

But how will we gauge how good our coverage guys really are then?

I kid.

 

[JJ Husker]

1 hour ago, GSG said:

That puts to shame anything our kickers have done in recent memory. Hopefully LSU didn’t screw him up  :lol:

 

[flatwaterfan]

Awesome.  Welcome Mr Culp.

Rutledge is gearing up the competition.   Impressive work so far.   Keep up the good work! 

 

[GSG]

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[Landlord]

This isn't the same guy who survived the crash with Foltz is it?

 

[GSG]

This isn't the same guy who survived the crash with Foltz is it?

No. That was Colby Delahoussaye, but good memory. I had forgotten there was someone else in the car

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17135651/sam-foltz-nebraska-cornhuskers-killed-car-crash

 

[GSG]

Meet Connor Culp, Nebraska’s new kicker who vows to learn from his errors at LSU

LINCOLN, Neb. — Connor Culp answered deliberately, like a 22-year-old with a national championship ring on order and the perspective gathered from two seasons on the bench at LSU after his quick rise and fall as a freshman with the Tigers in 2017.

The question: When you first considered transferring to Nebraska, what did you think of its kicking situation last year?

“It was definitely unique,” Culp said. “And a very unfortunate situation. Kicker is one of those positions where you don’t know you really have one until you don’t. And then you understand how big they are and the role they play in the game.”

Coach Scott Frost hired Jonathan Rutledge in February from Auburn to serve as a senior special teams analyst. Rutledge will coordinate the kicking game by delegating responsibility to assistant coaches. The kickers will likely report directly to Rutledge.

According to Culp, the Huskers’ renewed commitment to special teams “is the highest I’ve been around.”

 

[suh_fan93]

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[Gorillahawk]

It’s great to have a guy as reliable as Culp been this year but frustrating because so many of those drives ended in the red zone and should have been touchdowns