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a kennedy

(32,475 posts)
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 07:42 PM Sep 2024

So, is this a racist question??? Why aren't there ANY Black kickers in college

or the NFL??? Isn’t it kinda weird there aren’t any??? or are there some and I just don’t know it.

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So, is this a racist question??? Why aren't there ANY Black kickers in college (Original Post) a kennedy Sep 2024 OP
Not interested? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #1
There have been a number. wanderer54 Sep 2024 #2
Thanks..... a kennedy Sep 2024 #3
Cole was dependable and steady. marble falls Sep 2024 #7
Reggie Roby ChicagoIrish23 Sep 2024 #4
Roby could also place kick, although he didn't do it in the NFL. rsdsharp Sep 2024 #8
Penn State has one gab13by13 Sep 2024 #5
Amd when the Big Red had an injured punter they sent in Johnny Roland GreenWave Sep 2024 #6

OAITW r.2.0

(28,893 posts)
1. Not interested?
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 07:50 PM
Sep 2024

Seems like college kickers are coming out of soccer programs. It's all about the leg and kicking.

wanderer54

(58 posts)
2. There have been a number.
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 07:55 PM
Sep 2024

George Mingo was the first placekicker and was a Denver Bronco
Greg Coleman was the first punter and
played for Cleveland Minnesota and Washington over a 12 year period

ChicagoIrish23

(2 posts)
4. Reggie Roby
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 08:07 PM
Sep 2024

Roby was a punter for the Univ. of Iowa in the early 1980s, and then was a punter in the NFL for 16 seasons.

rsdsharp

(10,352 posts)
8. Roby could also place kick, although he didn't do it in the NFL.
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 09:55 PM
Sep 2024

He kicked off, and was used for some long field goal tries at Iowa. When he was in high school, I saw him kick an extra point that left the stadium, went across a street, and landed on someone’s front porch.

gab13by13

(25,564 posts)
5. Penn State has one
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 08:14 PM
Sep 2024

But he just kicks off, as bad as their field goal kicker is that may change.

GreenWave

(9,604 posts)
6. Amd when the Big Red had an injured punter they sent in Johnny Roland
Sat Sep 28, 2024, 09:16 PM
Sep 2024

to block for Jim Bakken. This made Roland:

Bakken's black blocking back. (Repeat three times fast!)

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