The Hoover native was the first place kicker selected on Saturday.
football history. He set the all-time points record for the Southeastern Conference, then the entire NCAA. He was called an assassin by his head coach. He earned a key to the city of Hoover. And on Saturday, Will Reichard got a call from Minnesota.He was the first kicker off the board and ninth player from Nick Saban’s final Alabama team to be selected this weekend. He’ll join former teammate Dallas Turner, Minnesota’s first-round pick along with Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
“Will’s been as good a college kicker over the last 2-3 years as anybody could ever ask for,” Saban said last August. Reichard’s goal in 2023 was to better his touchback rate. Reichard produced a career-high 59.7% of his kickoffs in which opponents didn’t return it. That was nearly 10% better than his 2022 rate. Reichard must now adapt the NFL’s new kickoff rules, incentivizing kickers to boot it out of the endzone.
Alabama’s last specialists drafted were long snapper Thomas Fletcher and punter JK Scott . The last Tide kicker picked was David Ray in 1966.NFL Draft: Alabama DL Justin Eboigbe drafted by Los Angeles Chargers in 4th roundAlabama’s Chris Braswell chosen by Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL Draft’s 2nd roundIf you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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