Spring 2016 Kicking & Snapping Challenge
April 23, 2016
Cardinal Gibbons H.S. | Ft Lauderdale, FL
CLICK HERE for camp recap from South Florida High School Sports/Blustein Recruiting
COLLEGE/JUCO Kicking Champion – Beckly Njoh (JUCO-FL)
COLLEGE/JUCO Kicking 2nd Place – Javier Salas (2016-FL)
COLLEGE/JUCO Punting Champion – Beckly Njoh (JUCO-FL)
COLLEGE/JUCO Long Snapping Champion – Jose Carballo (JUCO-FL)
2017 Kicking Champion – Omar Cervantes (Peach County HS-GA)
2017 Kicking 2nd Place – Chris Faddoul (Wiregrass Ranch HS-FL)
2017 Kicking 3rd Place (tie) – Grant Goupil (Lake Mary HS-FL)
2017 Kicking 3rd Place (tie) – Alex Usry (Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy-GA)
2017 Punting Champion – Frankie Onate (Trinity Christian Academy -FL)
2017 Punting 2nd Place – Alex Usry (Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy-GA)
2017 Punting 3rd Place – Devyn McCormick (Port Charlotte HS- FL)
2017 Long Snapping Champion – Thomas Zozus (Charlotte HS-FL)
2017 Long Snapping 2nd Place – Jack Coco (Johns Creek HS-GA)
2017 Long Snapping 3rd Place – Reeves Blankenship (Springfield HS- LA)
2018 Kicking Champion – Cameron Dicker (Lake Travis HS-TX)
2018 Kicking 2nd Place – Mitchell Fineran (Brunswick HS-GA)
2018 Kicking 3rd Place – Griffin Cerra (Taravella HS-FL)
2018 Punting Champion – Jarrett Mills (Immokalee HS-FL)
2018 Punting 2nd Place – Devon Allen (North Port HS-FL)
2018 Punting 3rd Place – Griffin Cerra (Taravella HS-FL)
2018 Long Snapping Champion – Braxton Baker (SW Fla Christian Academy-FL)
2018 Long Snapping 2nd Place – Nick Gleaton (Zephyrhills HS-FL)
2018 Long Snapping 3rd Place – Ramsey Baty (Archbishop McCarthy- FL)
2019 Kicking Champion – Zack Sessa (Venice HS-FL)
2019 Kicking 2nd Place – Aidan Swanson (Jesuit HS-FL)
2019 Kicking 3nd Place (tie) – Billy McConnell (St Thomas Aquinas HS-FL)
2019 Kicking 3nd Place (tie) – Kenny Scribner (Charlotte HS-FL)
2019 Punting Champion – Aidan Swanson (Jesuit-FL)
2019 Punting 2nd Place – Zack Sessa (Venice HS- FL)
2019 Punting 3rd Place – Kenny Scribner (Charlotte HS-FL)
2019 Long Snapping Champion – Mark Fuchs (Evangelical Christian-FL)
2019 Long Snapping 2nd Place – Frank Melgarejo (Coral Reef HS-FL)
Dozens of Scholarships Signed Each Year!
(by athletes who attend Kornblue Kicking events)
Q. Which event put Florida kicker Eddy Pineiro on the map?
A. The Kicking Challenge. Before Eddy received scholarship offers from Florida, Alabama, Georgia, & Miami, he needed a stage to showcase his talent. He had success playing soccer, but the football world didn’t know his name. He had never kicked a FG in a game, had never worked with a kicking coach, & had never attended a kicking camp before reaching out to Coach Kornblue in February 2015. (Check out Eddy’s bio & his recruiting timeline HERE) At the Spring 2015 Kicking Challenge, Eddy blasted an 86 yard kickoff and hit a 71 yard FG off the crossbar. Because we capture every kick, punt, and snap at the event, coaches were able to SEE what Eddy was capable of.
Q. Andrew Lunsford never played HS football. How did he receive full scholarship offers from several FCS & D2 schools?
A. The Kicking Challenge. A longtime soccer player, Andrew started his football kicking career after his senior season of high school. Despite never playing a down of high school football, Andrew performed well enough at a Kicking Challenge event to impress several coaches with the video from the event. He signed on full scholarship with Indiana State & started in his first season.
Q. Kyle Brindza was offered scholarships from several D1 schools. Notre Dame & Michigan offered him the opportunity to leave high school after his junior year to play for them. How did that happen?
A. The Kicking Challenge. Despite the fact that Kyle attended nearly every Fab 50 Camp we offered in his area, Kyle demonstrated his best numbers at our Kicking Challenge event. The numbers and video from the event are what convinced coaches that he was as good as advertised.
Q. Justin DuVernois was offered multiple scholarships before he ever started a high school game. Which camp earned him national recognition?
A. The Kicking Challenge. Justin played for one of the nation’s top high school programs at St. Thomas Aquinas in South Florida. He had Division 1 talent but was playing behind one of the nation’s top prospects (Michael Palardy – Univ. of Tennessee). Justin performed well enough at the Spring 2010 Kicking Challenge to earn a spot in our Fab 50 as the #2 ranked punter in the nation. Within months, he received scholarship offers from Illinois and Kansas before he had ever started a high school game.
Q. Jack Griffin didn’t kick during his senior season because of a fractured back. Which event helped him earn a full scholarship to FIU?
A. The Kicking Challenge. In our inaugural event in Fall 2007, Jack made a 60 yard FG in competition to showcase his ability as a high school junior. Jack performed well at several other national kicking combines but wasn’t fairly ranked or promoted. Despite his injury, we kept him ranked in our top 5. Jack went on to become a Sports Illustrated All American and the all-time leading scorer at FIU.
If you can only attend one of our exposure events this year, this is the one!
Those who perform the best at our Kicking Challenge and Fab 50 camps are recognized in the Fab 50 National Rankings. The Fab 50 is actively promoted to college coaches and annually helps dozens of kickers, punters, and snappers receive college scholarships.
The training and exposure we provide produces many of the nation’s top recruits every year. Kornblue Kicking-trained athletes have received scholarships to every major Division 1 conference in the country. The athletes we’ve trained have been selected to the nation’s top all star games, including the Under Armour All-American Game, the U.S. Army All-American Game, & several others. Additionally, analysts with the recruiting industry’s most prominent sites regularly use our recommendations to identify the top kicking, punting, and snapping prospects.
Results from this event are posted on Scout.com’s national recruiting page. Click here to view the link to the Scout.com summary.
Maximize your opportunity for college scholarships by competing in this recruiting/exposure event! This is a competition-only event. Competing in this event is the single best way to showcase your ability for the chance to be ranked for the first time or improve your spot in the Fab 50 National Rankings. Kick, punt, or snap in ideal conditions…warm weather on a turf field.
College coaches rely heavily on video footage to evaluate scholarship potential. At every Kicking Challenge event, PSI Videos will professionally film every FG, punt, kickoff, & long snap. If you perform well, you will have high-definition YouTube footage to present to colleges and universities. CLICK HERE to view sample Kicking Challenge YouTube video
Pre-purchase an individual video of your performance which will be uploaded to YouTube for $100. (YouTube video must be purchased prior to event)
LOCATION OF EVENT:
Cardinal Gibbons H.S.
2900 NE 47th Street
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33308
WHAT TO BRING:
If you have already registered or plan on registering for this event, here is what you need to bring with you:
1) Holder & Tees
2) Footballs to use for warming up (during competition, all athletes will use Wilson 1001 footballs provided by Kornblue Kicking)
3) Water, Gatorade, snacks, etc. but there will be food/drinks for sale at the event
COLLEGE COACHES: Send us an email or call to receive more detailed info about any specific athlete (typical response time: within 24 hours)
(561) 702-0203 or coach@kornbluekicking.com
Similarities between the Kicking Challenge & the NFL Combine? Read here what an NFL coach had to say.
Refund Policy
Regrettably, refunds are not available under any circumstances. You may, however, transfer your camp fee to another event within one year.
Rules
One KICKING CHAMPION, one PUNTING CHAMPION, & one SNAPPING CHAMPION will be named for each grade level (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors).
The KICKING CHAMPION will be crowned based on the combination of FG and Kickoff points. Punting and kickoffs will be charted first. Field goals will be the last event.
First, all kickers will be charted on five kickoffs. The best four will be scored. Hangtime will not be factored into the scoring, but will be charted for recruiting purposes.
A kick between 50-59 yards = 1 point
A kick between 60-69 yards = 2 points
A kick between 70-79 yards = 3 points
A kick of 80+ yards = 4 points
The field goal competition will be double elimination. Every kicker will start with a PAT with a snap and hold. Thereafter, kicks will be attempted alternating left and right hash. The order is 30 – LH, 30 – RH, 40 – LH, 40 – RH, etc. Kickers move on to the next attempt until they have missed twice. Each made kick = 1 point.
The kickoff and field goal points will be added. The kicker with the highest point total in each grade level will be named “kicking champion.”
The PUNTING CHAMPION is determined by the combination of distance and hangtime. Distance is measured from the line of scrimmage, NOT where the punter kicks the ball. Punters are lined up 14 yards behind the line of scrimmage. 8 punts will be recorded. The hangtime is multiplied by 10 and added to the distance for each kick. The points for each kick are added for the total score. (i.e. A punt has a hangtime of 3.9 seconds with a distance of 60 yards. The points for that kick would be (10 x 3.9) + 60 = 99. Punters with the top 10 point totals will advance to a final round and punt 5 more each. The punter with the highest overall point total in each grade level will be named the “Punting Champion.”
The LONG SNAPPING CHAMPIONS are determined by a point system which combines accuracy and velocity. Snappers will be timed in the 40 yard dash but the times will not factor into scores to determine the event champions.