Better kickers available?

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Originally Posted by Lotus

Someone mentioned Gano, who is quite worth a look.

Graham was a stud kicker while at Florida State and he was also Florida States punter which could be an advantage to free up a space on the 53 man roster.

Some of his senior year stats in college are:

* As a senior Graham was awarded the nation's top honor for a placekicker when he won the Lou Groza Award and presented the trophy live on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show

* Graham 24 of 26 field goals in 2008 while leading the nation in field goals per game (2.18) and leading all kickers scoring 9.55 points a game with his only misses coming from 50 and 52, not 23 (Suisham).

* Made a school-record 18 straight field goals, tied for the national lead in field goals made (24) and led the country with five made kicks from at least 50 yards

* Duirng the last year of his career at Florida State, Graham was asked and slated to become the first player in school history to handle all of the kicking duties - consisting of punting, placements and kickoffs - for the 2008 season

* Named the top punter in the ACC by the Sporting News

* Has been Florida State's punter (42.1 yards per punt average) and handled all of the kickoff duties (39 touchbacks on 157 punts) in the last two seasons (2006 and 2007)

* And his final game as a Nole, Gano punted five times versus Wisconsin and put four inside the 20 yard line. His first three punts of the game in the first quarter all landed inside the three yard line.


The reason he was dropped by the Ravens is because they said his kick trajectory angle was too low and that his kicks would be batted down at the line of scrimmage.


I would definitely say he is an upgrade over SUISHAM.