Congrats to Harrison Butker

[JacketFromUGA]

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0650102663546936507-4

Say what you want about the Panthers selecting a kicker in the seventh round, but Georgia Tech's Harrison Butker has the best Twitter handle of any of their seven draft picks. Not even Miami cornerback Corn (@AIR_CORN23) Elder can top @buttkicker87.

 

[northgajacket]

Congrats Harrison! A class act all the way

 

[YJMD]

I learned from his draft workouts that the NFL has a different ball. Makes him able to put more air under it. That and narrower hashes will make him an even better kicker in the NFL, and he was good enough already. Good luck Harrison!

 

[CuseJacket]

Sugiura: Harrison Butker describes ‘one of the biggest moments of my life’

“I was focusing in on free agency,” he said. “I thought getting drafted was out of the question.”

Finally, the phone rang for the former Georgia Tech kicker. Carolina Panthers special-teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey was on the other end. The next thing he knew, McGaughey passed along the phone to a Panthers official who told him that the pick wouldn’t be broadcast on television for a few minutes, Butker said, but that he was going to be a Panther.

“That’s when the tears came down,” Butker said.

 

[BuzzStone]

Glad I get to have another Yellow Jacket to watch. They cut Stephen Hill although I did get to see him on the field a few times. Hope he can find some action this year. I should be able to make a couple panther games this year.

 

[Milwaukee]

Take note Mr. Bulovas.

 

[jeffgt14]

Good news is they play at the Titans for preseason so I should get to see him kick as a backup.

 

[shockwaveGT]

lol 5 (Loki6l6i​

 

[MikeJackets]

Take note Mr. Bulovas.

Mr Bulovas will be looking for another kicking job somewhere else

 

[MikeJackets]

I hope he goes 5 for 5 every game and they lose 42- 15

 

[Blumpkin Souffle]

credit to /r/NFL for the player cards

What does arm length or hand size have to do with how well he can kick a ball?

 

[TampaGT]

What does arm length or hand size have to do with how well he can kick a ball?

Yea it doesn't make much difference, but He went to the combine. they list all of the measurements taken at the combine.

 

[jwsavhGT]

One week after getting drafted into the NFL by the Carolina Panthers Georgia Tech kicker and all-time leading scorer Harrison Butker will graduate this Saturday with a degree from the top-ranked industrial engineering program in America. #HelluvaEngineer -- http://c.gatech.edu/2qvLPVb

 

[TheTechGuy]

What does arm length or hand size have to do with how well he can kick a ball?

...Everything

 

[MikeJackets]

...Everything

It didn't seem to hurt kicker Tom Dempsey in the past who was missing a hand and half a foot.

 

[Skeptic]

this guy is a legend along with Manget and Sisson. It's rare to get drafted as a kicker so the pros must see something really special in him. There was a stretch of years not that long ago whereas we might have one another game or 2 per year if we could have consistently kicked a touchback like HB did on almost every kickoff. Seems like every team started possession on the 40 yl during this time. Was that the latter CCG years? or early CPJ era? the perhaps Pepper Rogers era? CB***L**** tenure? Or did I dream this??

I'm pretty sure that until late in Butker's sophomore year no GT opponent ever set foot in their own end zone. I began to think that just giving them the ball at the 40 would be better. But the strength and length he added over his career at Tech was remarkable, and though I couldn't see much from TV my impression was he was getting a lot more lift. I wish him the best and hope the first person he meets in a Georgia player.

 

[TheSilasSonRising]

What does arm length or hand size have to do with how well he can kick a ball?

Pre kick line up visualization (longer barrel on a firearm concept) and increased follow thru momentum shift.

 

[Skeptic]

Pre kick line up visualization (longer barrel on a firearm concept) and increased follow thru momentum shift.

Now, on any other board I would think you are putting us on. But given this context ...?

 

[CuseJacket]

You know what they say about big hands?

Allows one to kick well under pressure.

 

[ChasonBaller]