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Nick Sciba
Nick Sciba (born October 2, 1999) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ... at Wake Forest Demon Deacons football, Wake Forest. Early life Sciba was born on October 2, 1999, and grew up in Clover, South Carolina, United States. He attended Clover High School, where he played American football, football and soccer. As a sophomore in football, he went 2-for-4 on field goals and had a long of 25, while earning a spot in the USA Football International Bowl as a U-16 team member. He was successful on 5-of-7 field foals in his Junior (education year), junior season and recorded a long kick of 38 yards. He also had 34-of-54 kickoffs being touchbacks and made 21 of his 25 extra point attempts. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placekicker
Placekicker, or simply kicker (PK or K), is the player in gridiron football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals and extra points. In many cases, the placekicker also serves as the team's kickoff specialist or punter. Specialized role The kicker initially was not a specialized role. Prior to the 1934 standardization of the prolate spheroid shape of the ball, drop kicking was the prevalent method of kicking field goals and conversions, but even after its replacement by place kicking, until the 1960s the kicker almost always doubled at another position on the roster. George Blanda, Lou Groza, Frank Gifford and Paul Hornung are prominent examples of players who were stars at other positions as well as being known for their kicking abilities. When the one-platoon system was abolished in the 1940s, the era of "two-way" players gave way to increased specialization, teams would employ a specialist at the punter or kicker position. Ben Agajanian, who started his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
