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Upland HS (Upland, CA)
Ht: 6-foot-0
Wt: 175
Rivals rating: NR
Scout rating: NR
ESPN rating: 2*-72 grade; #49 K
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I know for a fact that this kicker is interested in CU.
I won`t lie, his 1st choice is USC, but CU is right there if that doesn`t happen.
http://www.rogginsheroes.com/index.p...sk=view&id=448
http://kohlskicking.com/profile.php/...ake_van_ginkel
He was the California Maxpreps 1st Team All-State Kicker this past season. He is also the Maxpreps 1st team All-American Soph Kicker, as well as the EA Sports/ESPN All-American Soph Kicker.
He scored 90 points in his first season as a Varsity starter, and had 54 touchbacks on kickoffs, with a few going through the uprights.
He kicks off the ground very well already. He has hit 60 yarders off the ground, and he hit hit a 70 yarder off a 1" block in practice.
He`s 6`0", weighs 175, benches 285, runs a 4.6 40, with a 3.3 GPA.......and he`s still growing.
He`s only 16 and has two years of high school left, but he could be a D1 kicker right now.
Last edited by Buffnik; 12-23-2009 at 06:18 PM.
Tell Van Ginkel should get to CU's kicking camp next year in June, that will help get him seen. Plus Paul Assad, who runs it, has reputation as a very good technique coach. (Of course, so does Kohl's kicking who Van Ginkel has worked with already.)
But in the kicking/punting stable we've got:
DiLallo (Punter) graduates this year.
Goodman has two years (right? he did a year at Wyo, sat out a year, and played a year.) Primarily Field Goal Kicker.
Davis has one year down, so he has four years to play three. Primarily Kickoffs.
And Grossnickle just on board has five years to play four. Had success in high school as both kicker and punter; don't know yet what CU will do with him.
Can't say whether Ryan Aweida and Justin Mihalcin will end up being factors or not yet. Far as I know, both are more kicker than punter.
In two years, I'd bet CU would have to be looking for another kicker or combo guy. That's assuming Grossnickle handles punting.
As far as his other choice, USC has been taking older guys as K/P for the past few years, they just took a top JC kicker this year (Jake Harfman), and they've got a ton of walkons (including one who left a Cornshucker scholly to walk-on to USC and hasn't kicked since.)
Last edited by AlferdJasper; 07-15-2009 at 12:24 AM.
Yeah, I can`t understand why Congdon would leave after starting for two years as a true freshman and soph.
I can`t find a roster with all of next years kickers on it.
How many will still be here for the 2011 season?
USC's kicker died in a sad accident. He was talented and the job was up for grabs; Congdon thought "why not me?"Originally Posted by 7Rock
Here's the roster for this season:
http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.d...RINTABLE_PAGE=
But I listed them for you in the post above.
DiLallo, Goodman, Davis, Grossnickle, Aweida and Mihalcin. We also have a pretty good punter in Darrell Scott, but general feeling is we'd rather not use him.
Fall 2011?
DiLallo and Goodman should both be graduated by then or have used all eligibility.
Fall 2011 could be Davis' last season (unless he has a medical redshirt and gains one more year of eligibility, but that's just an "if" not a prediction. He's had some knee surgery, but latest report is he's good to go this year.)
Grossnickle is a freshman this year, in 2011 he will be playing either his second or third season, depending if he sees the field THIS season, '09, which is a big unknown.
Aweida and Mihalcin are walk-ons this season, Aweida transferred after two years of soccer elsewhere, not sure about eligibility after a transfer. (My guess is he won't be at CU in 2011, should have graduated, but I could be wrong.) I think Mihalcin is a freshman transfer, so he probably has one year less eligibility than Grossnickle. Really not sure, but I'd think if Mihalcin stays on the team, that 2011 would be his last season of eligibility.
Here's an update to tell you more: LInky
Last edited by AlferdJasper; 07-15-2009 at 01:32 AM.
This kid is very impressive. Hopefully we have a shot.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118920470251521053.htmlThese Kids Are a Kick
For 5 sons, a father's coaching creates a dynasty; making 60-yard field goals at age 15
By RUSSELL ADAMS
Upland, Calif.
Less than two weeks into his freshman year of high school, Jake Van Ginkel is already something of a football legend. A YouTube video of his feats has been viewed well over a thousand times, and last year, the varsity team stopped practice to watch his training routine.
Jake is considered by some to be one of the most promising placekickers in the country. He can kick a field goal from 60 yards -- a distance that would give many pro kickers trouble.
The 15-year-old is also part of one of the more unusual sports experiments in the country. His father, Pete, has five sons and has set out to turn each of them into college kickers using an elaborate regimen of physical and mental exercises.
Here's a comment to a story left by Jake's father.
Comments
Upland Freshman - Jake Van Ginkel
Jake kicked 58 and 57 yard field goals in a game earlier this season, and just missed a 63 yarder, wide left by about 3 feet, that had the distance for another 10 yards in the freshman game yesterday.
He put a few kickoffs through the uprights and nearly kicked another into the endzone.........................while kicking off from the 20 yard line after a safety!
He finished the season without missing a PAT.
He was 8-12 on FG`s, with his misses coming from 63, 59, 52 and 32.
He made FG`s from 58, 57, 50, 45, 44, 36, 35 and 35.
His 58 yarder was shown on Roggin`s Heroes.
He`s also the starting QB, and he completed about 80% of his passes with an arm that is about as strong as his leg.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PN3Q48g258Q
Posted by: Pete Van Ginkel | November 09, 2007 at 03:06 PM
Damn. Clark Evans is impressed....
12-PAC here we come!!
"He`s also the starting QB, and he completed about 80% of his passes with an arm that is about as strong as his leg."
Wtf? Can he run? We need someone to take over for D.Scott so he can punt.
...is his dad and Todd Marinovich (sp?)'s dad good friends?...
The kid does sound impressive though.
No, Jake gets to eat cake at birthday party`s.
I know the reputation of Kohl's Kicking, good outfit.
Scroll down to the class of 2011
Under "TOP PROSPECT VIDEOS "
and you can see Jake Van Ginkel in action.
http://www.kohlskicking.com/kohls_co...o.php#RANKINGS
He did well at their California camp (see stats here) but Kohl's national invite camp is usually in August and that's when the top kickers go through identical drills for three days and the top kickers emerge nationally.
Don't know if he punts, all the highlights are kicks. (That doesn't mean anything at this point, just what was videotaped.)
Wow, you brought up a point I had never considered.
Can an athlete play one sport for a few years, and still have full eligibilty in another sport?
It would seem that once your clock starts, you have five years and that`s it.
Anyone know the rule?
Ps. How do you adjust the clock on this site to your time zone?
Thanks.
The reason I'm not sure is he was at University of Denver, a private University, where he started on the soccer team as a freshman and sophomore. However, I don't think they give soccer scholarships (or very few) since hockey is their main men's sport.
If he wasn't on scholarship, I'm not sure if that changes anything in terms of eligibility. I really don't know. But so far Aweida hasn't knocked the scholly players off their starting spots, so we don't know whether he'll get much playing time or not. We'll know more after all the kickers start practicing together in August.
As far as the clock question, look at the top bars for "User CP" - control panel. I think the answer you seek is there.
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