Saw this on Instagram.... Bryce Baringer, punter for the New England Patriots (6'2, 215 lbs - Michigan State earning $1,145,000). I don't know if it's a world record... but 6 seconds of hangtime? 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈 Sheesh.

but where is it for kickers and punters? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION... (I'm working on the answer — see below) 🏈 _ _ _ KNOW THIS — from On3.com: Five years into the NIL era, June's sprint to host official visits and lock down commitments turned into a rather expensive month of the recruiting trail for Power Four programs. With the dawn of revenue sharing a year ago, more programs than ever before have dollars to funnel to top recruits. General managers across the Power Four told On3 the price to land talent has never been greater. "It feels like $350,000 was the starting price for a low four-star this year," an SEC general manager said. "We've reached the period where everyone has an agent. "There are no layups anymore in high school recruiting. Nothing is even reasonably priced." While the overall price for a five-star recruit has held fairly steady, the price for four-star recruits has climbed significantly. As one source told On3, "the kid we might value at $400,000 is now getting offers to be the $750,000 recruit in another school's recruiting class." _ _ _ THE ANSWER IS... it's a moving target. Here's what's generally known (I am working on specifics and would love to hear anything from our tribe in K-Skool if you have info you can share with us)... For a starting kicker at a Power 4 (P4) Division I school, typical monetary deals range from $10,000 to $75,000 per year in NIL compensation. The specific value of a deal for a kicker varies based on several core factors: - The Market Rate: Industry specialists and media outlets estimate the standard specialist (Kicker/Punter) market value is roughly $60,000. - Exceptional Value: Exceptional kickers can break the baseline range. For example, when All-American kicker Dominic Zvada transferred, he netted a deal worth at least $500,000. - At a P4 school, you're liklier to get a full scholarship now. The newly enacted NCAA revenue-sharing rules and the shift from scholarship limits to strict roster caps are eliminating the traditional walk-on specialist. College football rosters were limited to 85 scholarships, but teams could carry up to 120+ players total. This allowed coaches to hoard "walk-on" kickers, punters, and long snappers who paid their own tuition. Under the new model born from the House v. NCAA settlement, everything has changed.

Have you seen this? Along with Issac Punts, I think this kid (Tanner Brown), has just followed in the footsteps of Brandon Aubrey to go from the UFL to the NFL. Still, there are only 32 highly paid kicking jobs in the world — he'll have to compete, but this sure is a great way to get ALL 32 TEAMS to take notice. Wow. _ _ _ _ Guess what? By the time I wrote this, he's already been picked up by the SAINTS. 😵‍💫

We just finished our first camp in the state of Iowa (Atlantic, IA) this past weekend. We had about a dozen campers from freshmen to seniors from all over the state. Longest drive (not counting my own 7 hour drive), was by our outstanding counselor Andrew Mohan (Jr. / Central College in Pella) about 3.5 hours away. The rest from Des Moines to Omaha. "Kids.... get to camp!" Mine, or another coaches camp. It's just good to get instruction and see how you stack up against your peers. It's usually a good motivator, both for those that find that they aren't as good as they thought, AND for those who find out that they are better than they thought. 😅

The NCAA D1 Cabinet unanimously voted to approve the age-based eligibility model. It's a landmark moment for the NCAA, marking a shift away from the model that allowed athletes four seasons of competition over five years with no age restrictions. The age-based model calls for an athlete's eligibility clock upon initial full-time enrollment in college or at the beginning of the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs earlier. The Cabinet's decision is not final until its meeting concludes on Wednesday. The age-based eligibility implementation will begin this summer. Recruits starting in 2027 are age-based only.