There are reports coming in today that recent Notre Dame transfer, former William & Mary walk-on, and current Notre Dame walk-on David Ruffer has been given a place on the squad as second string place-kicker and will be traveling with the team this weekend to Seattle.
Although it's good to hear that Notre Dame is trying to sure up their kicking game, it begs the question - how bad must the other scholarship kickers be? From the sounds of it, the athletics department jumpted through quite a few hoops in order to ensure that Ruffin is eligible to kick immediately.
Decent high school kickers are even more likely to slip through recruiting cracks than other positions for the simple fact they often don't get a chance to show their goods in actual, meaningful games. Here's hoping that Ruffin is the real deal.
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He has never kicked in a real game before! I know he did kick for his dorm team, but COME ON! How bad are our kickers????
I honestly hope he does well, but I see a lot of growing pains from this guy if we actually go with him. At least Walker makes his PATs. I suspect the new guy will miss a few even if he does bomb a couple long FGs.
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