🏈 What happens when Alabama kickers become tacklers

[rick4bama]

What happens when Alabama kickers become tacklers
It has gotten better the last two years Adam Griffith only had one each in 2014, 2015.
Here a list of kicker that has make tackle.
2008
Leigh Tiffin 6

P.J. Fitzgerald 3

2009
P.J. Fitzgerald 2

Leigh Tiffin 2

2010
Cade Foster 9

2011
Cade Foster 6

Jeremy Shelley 1

2012
Cade Foster 2

2013
Cade Foster 4

Cody Mandell 1

2014
Adam Griffith 1

2015
Adam Griffith 1

2016
JK Scott 1

 

[alabama mike]

Rick, usually, that's not a good thing when a kicker becomes a tackler. When that happens, the PAT or field goal has been blocked or the field goal is short. The kicker then becomes has to play defense, meaning he now has to make an attempt to tackle the ball carrier.

Personally, I like it on kick offs when the kicker sprints down the field and makes a tackle. What I do not like is when the kicker is the last line of defense and big yards are given up. The kickers should do a little form tackling from time to time but hopefully, they never have to turn into a defender.

 

[PCRammer]

Lane Bearden was a monster on kick-off returns. Dude did not give a F.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Wish a kicker had made one in 2010. AU game....

 

[OldPlayer]

If you want kicker highlights:

 

[bama alum]

Lane Bearden was a monster on kick-off returns. Dude did not give a F.

Philip Doyle also played LB in high school. He knew what to do.

 

[sean]

Wish a kicker had made one in 2010. AU game....

you sure it was 2010?

maybe 2013 is what you were thinking? if you're thinking of the game and the play that shall not be named.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Philip Doyle also played LB in high school. He knew what to do.

Foster was also a good linebacker in high school, pretty bulked up, too.

 

[bamachine]

Foster was also a good linebacker in high school, pretty bulked up, too.

I think that is what got him he he got here. I think he worked out too much and lost any flexibility that he once had. He also spent that first year trying to make all the tackles on each KO, which likely messed with his followthru.

I am trying to remember but did we use Bearden much on kickoffs? I know he was our punter and a damned tough one too, recall him punting and then limping down the field to try and make the tackles, after he messed up one leg. I think he played LB and TE in HS, along with being the punter.

 

[JoshB]

Cade Foster I wouldnt really count because most kickers just hang back and play "safety" on kickoff but he went down actively going for tackles (and made some pretty wicked hits too).

Like someone else said though, Lane Bearden was a beast too. Anybody that can play damn near an entire season with a torn ACL, I dont care what position you play, is a monster.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I think that is what got him he he got here. I think he worked out too much and lost any flexibility that he once had. He also spent that first year trying to make all the tackles on each KO, which likely messed with his followthru.

I am trying to remember but did we use Bearden much on kickoffs? I know he was our punter and a damned tough one too, recall him punting and then limping down the field to try and make the tackles, after he messed up one leg. I think he played LB and TE in HS, along with being the punter.

I thought Bearden was a WR in HS, but I may be wrong. He may have handled some KO duties, can't remember.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

you sure it was 2010?

maybe 2013 is what you were thinking? if you're thinking of the game and the play that shall not be named.

What was I thinking......of course it was 2013.....both were un necessarily painful though
Maybe ...maybe.....it is almost out of my memory....

 

[rick4bama]

What was I thinking......of course it was 2013.....both were un necessarily painful though
Maybe ...maybe.....it is almost out of my memory....

Both years are painful, maybe you just block it out!