K Barret Pickering [Nebraska - Signed LOI]

[ScottyIce]

Not sure what the hell 5 stars is supposed to mean for a kicker, but #2 kicker in the country is a pretty good ranking.

I'm not sure why the services don't just fricken rate kickers. They are almost as important as every position on the field.. unless you are the Oregon Ducks

Yes, I'm being serious.

Bc kickers don't sell subscriptions and are hard to rate.

Made 20/25 fgs. 1 from 49. He's a 4 star. Boom.

So what does 19/27 get you?

3 star, unless all misses were 40+

What about when you figure in distances, blocks, get off times, height of kick, and conditions? What about a good kicker that doesn't have to kick many FGS bc they have great offenses. Bad hold, etc, etc

So how about the services watch their highlight film and make those decisions? Good grief. We are talking about watching 20fg attempts and 15 kickoffs maybe?

 

[ScottyIce]

I mean, it's an important position. Really important.

It's like not rating relief pitchers in baseball...

 

[The Dude]

Dennis Reynolds is a 5 star man!

 

[swmohusker]

Not sure what the hell 5 stars is supposed to mean for a kicker, but #2 kicker in the country is a pretty good ranking.

I'm not sure why the services don't just fricken rate kickers. They are almost as important as every position on the field.. unless you are the Oregon Ducks

Yes, I'm being serious.

Bc kickers don't sell subscriptions and are hard to rate.

Made 20/25 fgs. 1 from 49. He's a 4 star. Boom.

So what does 19/27 get you?

3 star, unless all misses were 40+

What about when you figure in distances, blocks, get off times, height of kick, and conditions? What about a good kicker that doesn't have to kick many FGS bc they have great offenses. Bad hold, etc, etc

So how about the services watch their highlight film and make those decisions? Good grief. We are talking about watching 20fg attempts and 15 kickoffs maybe?

Resources man? Then you would have to rate kickers, long snappers, punters, and kick off specialists. Then why not start ranking kick and punt returners too. Lot of time evaluating 1000's of kids around the country to find a couple of kids that could be rated. They focus on the impact positions. They miss enough on those already

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

Not sure what the hell 5 stars is supposed to mean for a kicker, but #2 kicker in the country is a pretty good ranking.

I'm not sure why the services don't just fricken rate kickers. They are almost as important as every position on the field.. unless you are the Oregon Ducks

Yes, I'm being serious.

Bc kickers don't sell subscriptions and are hard to rate.

Made 20/25 fgs. 1 from 49. He's a 4 star. Boom.

So what does 19/27 get you?

3 star, unless all misses were 40+

What about when you figure in distances, blocks, get off times, height of kick, and conditions? What about a good kicker that doesn't have to kick many FGS bc they have great offenses. Bad hold, etc, etc

So how about the services watch their highlight film and make those decisions? Good grief. We are talking about watching 20fg attempts and 15 kickoffs maybe?

Resources man? Then you would have to rate kickers, long snappers, punters, and kick off specialists. Then why not start ranking kick and punt returners too. Lot of time evaluating 1000's of kids around the country to find a couple of kids that could be rated. They focus on the impact positions. They miss enough on those already

Or just use Kohls rankings

 

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Dennis Reynolds is a 5 star man!

 

[Mavric]

[No message]

 

[Bad2theBONES]

Pickering gets third star for rivals rating. Which seems to me to be a little low given what he was rated by the Kohl's kicking camp.

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2018/barret-pickering-185006

 

[Atbone95]

Pickering gets third star for rivals rating. Which seems to me to be a little low given what he was rated by the Kohl's kicking camp.

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2018/barret-pickering-185006

By my limited research, a 5.5 3* is actually the highest rank Rivals awards to kickers. So they're essentially "maxing him out" already.

 

[teachercd]

He totally should have used special effects in his highlight video. Like the ball exploding when he kicked it or flames coming out of the back of the ball.

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

He totally should have used special effects in his highlight video. Like the ball exploding when he kicked it or flames coming out of the back of the ball.

Thats how you get a 4th star

 

[Young Grand Island Husker]

Got ranked number 1 kicker by 247

0.8333

Three star

 

[Mavric]

Got ranked number 1 kicker by 247

0.8333

Three star

Those are actually the Composite numbers.

247 hasn't rated him.

 

[Young Grand Island Husker]

That is what I meant

 

[NUance]

Husker commit ranked No. 1 at position
Nebraska's kicker commit gets No. 1 ranking.
Michael Bruntz - May 31, 10:45 PM

Nebraska is off to a tremendous start with it 2018 class, holding commits from several elite defensive backs and wide receivers. Add another spot to that list: kicker.

Nebraska kicker commit Barret Pickering is now the No. 1 kicker in the country according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.

LINK

Here's the article about that. We've had a lot of great kickers over the years. Barret may be the most highly ranked one coming out of high school.

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