Cade York, K, LSU

[Croomraider]

It's time!! I said take Evan McPherson in the 5th last year and Stephen J didn't listen... but time is up!!
Draft a kicker and this kicker is by far and away the best!

 

[CowboyRoy]

It's time!! I said take Evan McPherson in the 5th last year and Stephen J didn't listen... but time is up!!
Draft a kicker and this kicker is by far and away the best!

McPherson literally carried that team through the playoffs. If not the defense. I always get a kick out of the QB experts telling us all that it was Burrows.

 

[Stash]

It's time!! I said take Evan McPherson in the 5th last year and Stephen J didn't listen... but time is up!!
Draft a kicker and this kicker is by far and away the best!

I was disappointed to see that he doesn’t handle kickoffs.

 

[Croomraider]

I was disappointed to see that he doesn’t handle kickoffs.

Same here, I'm not sure what that means for depth chart, how to manage that, but still FG's and extra points should
be a priority for the Boys.

 

[Avery]

Our fifth round pick history is... awful. Using a pick on a kicker isn't and shouldn't be farfetched.

 

[gimmesix]

If he goes too early, I'd take Jonathan Garibay, Texas Tech.



From Santa Ana to Michoacán and ultimately to Texas Tech with several stops in between, Jonathan Garibay has traveled a winding road to be one of the top kickers in the 2022 NFL Draft. He spent time at Riverside Community College and on the pine for the Red Raiders. However, his 2021 season was one of the best we’ve seen.

On his way to earning first-team All-Big 12 honors, Garibay missed just 2 kicks — a field goal and an extra point. The Texas Tech kicker was perfect on kicks under 50 yards.

However, don’t be fooled by those statistics into thinking his game breaks down over 50 yards. Garibay has an incredibly strong leg, hitting a 62-yard field goal that ranks as the third-longest at the FBS level since 1988.

That kick against Iowa State was also the longest ever successful attempt in the final minute of an FBS game. The field goal sealed a win over the Cyclones, the second winning field goal of the season following a win over West Virginia. Garibay is clutch.