(01-25-2014 07:00 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(01-25-2014 06:53 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote:  

(01-25-2014 06:40 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Saw him on the camp circuit last year. Kid's a stud. His split times (Hand/foot, hang time, catch to release) are some of the best I've seen from a high schooler with very little formal training. If he's given a completely open shot at the punting job he should absolutely win it hands down.

Can he kickoff? Miliano seemed better in prior years when he didn't also have the kickoff duties.

At this point, it would be a push. He has some trouble getting his foot through the ball on a level plane, which makes for a lot of fault squib kicks and pushes to the right as he tended to flare his hips at the two camps I saw, which you can see on some of his field goal kicks in the link above. He does have a strong leg though, which comes from his vertical leverage (he is a very tall kid for a kicker) and hip discipline, something that Tony completely lost last year, and that's something that is extremely tough to get back. All in all, he may become a kickoff guy on top of punting duties, but he'd need some help first, and it's not a huge need, as Gantz is a very good kickoff specialist due to his immense leg (though he could stand to gain some hang time, but that's fixable by working on getting a more consistent run-up. This kid's a natural punter though, that's for dang sure.