Standout Specialists from the AVC Mega Football Camp, Part II
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Our event coverage of Fairleigh Dickinson University Head Football Coach Anthony Van Curen‘s AVC Mega Football Camp continues. First we will review offensive and defensive prospects that shined during the combine, athletes who appear physically ready to play college football, and…
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Continue ReadingOur event coverage of Fairleigh Dickinson University Head Football Coach Anthony Van Curen‘s AVC Mega Football Camp continues. First we will review offensive and defensive prospects that shined during the combine, athletes who appear physically ready to play college football, and conclude with positional breakdowns of the talent on-hand. These breakdowns are only from my subjective on-site observations. They do not take into consideration film, highlights, or anything else.
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Lesiewicz moved with a sense of purpose and urgency during the specialists showcase portion of camp, making sure to get as many kicks in as possible in hopes to open some coach’s eyes. Lesiewicz’s mechanics seemed rock-solid as his movements did not deviate from one kick to the next. I noted that Lesiewicz hit with room to spare from what would have been a 45-yard field goal.
When Morris kicked the ball everybody heard it. The impact of foot-to-ball, literally, audibly reverberated to the point that you heard his foot making a thundering BOOM upon making contact with the ball. It got to the point that when he struck the ball, a coach from Georgetown and I stopped and looked at each other to process what we heard. A loud, exploding kick was not all that Morris provided though. When he followed through with his big leg, the Summit Hilltopper seemed as though he was trying to kick the ball over the hill top. Morris cleared from 45-yards totally effortlessly. I say that because from 45 yards he, consistently, cleared the college-sized goalposts with about 18 yards to spare – making his range from nearly 60 yards. When I informed the Georgetown coach that Morris was only a junior, he smiled because he realized he had found what he came looking for.
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If you are looking for a kicker who can get plenty of hang time under his kicks so your special teams unit can make a play, Morgese is your guy. He was consistent in his approach and mechanics when lining up for field goals, but what separated him from the his fellow specialists on the day was how much air he got under the ball. Other kickers were hitting more line-drive type kicks to hit from distances beyond 40 yards; however, Morgese managed to hit from that range with a long-arcing, high-apexing kick that was in the air for seemingly much longer than anyone else’s.
The last specialists to make our final eval from the event is actually a long snapper. Schwartz was an absolute technician throwing it back to place holders. In fact, how consistently he got the ball back reminded me of the machine in the batting cages. All of Schwartz’s snaps went straight back, in a hurry, with a tight spiral. Sometimes the snaps were simply too hot to handle for some holders; however, this was not the fault of Schwartz since his snaps were practically in the same location each and every time – the ball was just coming in hot. Rarely does anyone scout long snappers, but Schwartz is a purebred and I can certainly see him finding his niche in college snapping if he so chooses.