Walk-on punter Will Hutchison has entered the portal. He was the only punter in the spring game.

 

He was impressive!

 

He had 2 kicks over 60 yards and was able to change his style and keep it out of the endzone. 

 

I know it's not the most important position, but a good punter is a great sneaky weapon to have.

 

Scholarship punter Tom Snee is away from the program currently, for undisclosed reasons.

 

I guess we didn't have a schollie to offer.

Here's hoping Snee comes back.

I want our special teams this year to be, well, special.

I was not happy to see this. He was one of the guys I was impressed with during the spring game. He seemed like an upgrade to Snee.

Can't blame a walk on for looking for. A chance at a scholarship elsewhere. Doesn't mean he actually leaves Oregon because he might not get a scholarship offer from any program. 

 

But I did talk about this issue awhile back and I'll just link my article. Kickers, punters and longsnappers play a key role on special teams but they often don't have scholarships.

 

Kickers Deserve Scholarships, Too

FISHDUCK.COM

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Most of the focus in football is placed on the star power positions like quarterbacks, running backs...

 

 

On 5/3/2022 at 12:41 PM, DanLduck said:

I know it's not the most important position, but a good punter is a great sneaky weapon to have.

I agree thinking that way. But imagine if a team has one punter and he goes down, what now? It's bad when a punter shanks one, how do you expect a player who hasn't practiced punting at all to do? Bad enough if we're talking a punt from the middle of the field, what if his feet are on the edge of the end zone and he has to get the punt off? Scary. 

On 5/3/2022 at 12:41 PM, DanLduck said:

Walk-on punter Will Hutchison has entered the portal. He was the only punter in the spring game.

 

He was impressive!

 

He had 2 kicks over 60 yards and was able to change his style and keep it out of the endzone. 

 

I know it's not the most important position, but a good punter is a great sneaky weapon to have.

 

Scholarship punter Tom Snee is away from the program currently, for undisclosed reasons.

 

I guess we didn't have a schollie to offer.

Here's hoping Snee comes back.

I want our special teams this year to be, well, special.

Update: Andrew Boyle, a transfer from WSU, will be on campus for fall practice. He is a "big leg" kicker to challenge Camden Lewis but can also fill in as a punter.

So maybe now we will have 2.

Whatever the status of Tom Snee is will really determine our punting situation. We should have 2 ideally but Tom Snee may still be with the team. He may not ..  but we will have to wait and find out. 

 

Either way I am sure Lanning and co are looking for additional punters and kickers. As most are walk on status anyways. 

On 5/4/2022 at 4:39 PM, DanLduck said:

Update: Andrew Boyle, a transfer from WSU, will be on campus for fall practice. He is a "big leg" kicker to challenge Camden Lewis but can also fill in as a punter.

So maybe now we will have 2.

Agree, but DJ Johnson can do anything so I think we have 3.

Hutch looked like a talent that could help the team. All said and done he took advantage of the opportunity, and has the game tape as a recruitment tool.