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per Joe:
The Gophers lured Santoso to Minnesota from Pace, Fla., three years ago with a rare special teams scholarship. He said he welcomes the position change.
“I knew punting was something I wanted to do when I first came,” he said. “So the switch was kind of natural. I did it in high school. I’m really excited. I feel like I have potential, the tools and the ability.”
The bigger question is, how will the Gophers replace Santoso at kicker?
He beat Purdue with a 52-yard field goal two years ago. He drilled three field goals in the victory at Michigan that season. He had four more field goals against the Wolverines last Halloween. He’s 76-for-77 for his career on extra points, and has boomed 50 percent of his career kickoffs for touchbacks.
Claeys doesn’t want any one player handling all the punting and kicking duties. It’s taxing on a leg and could dilute the results in both special teams phases.
Emmit Carpenter, a third-year walk-on, hit all four field goal attempts in the spring game. Afterward, Claeys said Santoso might punt and handle long field-goal attempts, with Carpenter doing the rest.
Last weekend, Claeys said he plans to make the place-kicker decision by the 15th practice of training camp (Aug. 17).
“If I had to make the decision today, I’d say no” to Santoso kicking longer field goals, Claeys said. “I’d just as soon he punt. Emmit’s done a good job on the field goals.”
http://www.startribune.com/santoso-gets-a-kick-out-of-just-being-gophers-punter/389682331/
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers lured Santoso to Minnesota from Pace, Fla., three years ago with a rare special teams scholarship. He said he welcomes the position change.
“I knew punting was something I wanted to do when I first came,” he said. “So the switch was kind of natural. I did it in high school. I’m really excited. I feel like I have potential, the tools and the ability.”
The bigger question is, how will the Gophers replace Santoso at kicker?
He beat Purdue with a 52-yard field goal two years ago. He drilled three field goals in the victory at Michigan that season. He had four more field goals against the Wolverines last Halloween. He’s 76-for-77 for his career on extra points, and has boomed 50 percent of his career kickoffs for touchbacks.
Claeys doesn’t want any one player handling all the punting and kicking duties. It’s taxing on a leg and could dilute the results in both special teams phases.
Emmit Carpenter, a third-year walk-on, hit all four field goal attempts in the spring game. Afterward, Claeys said Santoso might punt and handle long field-goal attempts, with Carpenter doing the rest.
Last weekend, Claeys said he plans to make the place-kicker decision by the 15th practice of training camp (Aug. 17).
“If I had to make the decision today, I’d say no” to Santoso kicking longer field goals, Claeys said. “I’d just as soon he punt. Emmit’s done a good job on the field goals.”
http://www.startribune.com/santoso-gets-a-kick-out-of-just-being-gophers-punter/389682331/
Go Gophers!!
