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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 811444" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>Hale hit special teams today. Even after losing Harvin, we’re not at the bottom</p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1417498315613118464[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1417499159020584966[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Anyone who watched last season, especially the first few games, understands how dangerous our blocking was. I’d be stunned if Key wasn’t blowing a gasket over it. Special teams is one of our biggest needs coming back from last year. If you want a bad number, you can find one:</p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1417498712016920579[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>We didn’t block many kicks, or have many big plays on special teams. Knowing what I do about Collins, it’s got to be a point of emphasis, and I’m sure he’s pushing for a massive improvement this season. With kickoffs, kickoff returns, punts, and punt returns, we didn’t excel, even with the best punter in the country.</p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1417498507645181953[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Seguira wrote up an article on Special Teams back in January: <a href="https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/plenty-to-fix-in-georgia-techs-special-teams-in-2021/Z4DULBQ5SVE5LBFWY3R65AATHI/" target="_blank">https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/plenty-to-fix-in-georgia-techs-special-teams-in-2021/Z4DULBQ5SVE5LBFWY3R65AATHI/</a></p><p></p><p>We blocked no kicks or punts last season according to official NCAA stats. Our 6 kicks blocked lead the NCAA in the wrong direction (we were dead last).</p><p></p><p>We had 0 blocked punts allowed, in a season where we allowed more blocked kicks than anyone, and were allowing a lot of backfield havoc. Harvin was really a gem, and punted quickly.</p><p></p><p>Some of our basic special teams stats from last season:</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th><th>Kick</th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>Punt</th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td>Rk</td><td>Player</td><td>XPM</td><td>XPA</td><td>XP%</td><td>FGM</td><td>FGA</td><td>FG%</td><td>Pts</td><td>Punts</td><td>Yds</td><td>Avg</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Jude Kelley</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>80.0</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>20.0</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Gavin Stewart</td><td>22</td><td>24</td><td>91.7</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>66.7</td><td>28</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Pressley Harvin III</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>45</td><td>2161</td><td>48.0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Austin Kent</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td>124</td><td>41.3</td></tr></table><p></p><p>[thead] [/thead]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Provided by <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/sharing.html?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" target="_blank">CFB at Sports Reference</a>: <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-tech/2020.html?sr&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#kicking_and_punting" target="_blank">View Original Table</a></p><p>Generated 7/20/2021.</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th><th>Kick</th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>Punt</th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td>Rk</td><td>Player</td><td>Ret</td><td>Yds</td><td>Avg</td><td>TD</td><td>Ret</td><td>Yds</td><td>Avg</td><td>TD</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Dontae Smith</td><td>10</td><td>176</td><td>17.6</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Jahmyr Gibbs</td><td>8</td><td>205</td><td>25.6</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Juanyeh Thomas</td><td>3</td><td>22</td><td>7.3</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Marquez Ezzard</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>7</td><td>55</td><td>7.9</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Nate McCollum</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>5</td><td>-1</td><td>-0.2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Josh Blancato</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>3.5</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Ahmarean Brown</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>4.0</td><td>0</td></tr></table><p></p><p>[thead] [/thead]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Provided by <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/sharing.html?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" target="_blank">CFB at Sports Reference</a>: <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-tech/2020.html?sr&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#returns" target="_blank">View Original Table</a></p><p>Generated 7/20/2021.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 811444, member: 282"] Hale hit special teams today. Even after losing Harvin, we’re not at the bottom [MEDIA=twitter]1417498315613118464[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]1417499159020584966[/MEDIA] Anyone who watched last season, especially the first few games, understands how dangerous our blocking was. I’d be stunned if Key wasn’t blowing a gasket over it. Special teams is one of our biggest needs coming back from last year. If you want a bad number, you can find one: [MEDIA=twitter]1417498712016920579[/MEDIA] We didn’t block many kicks, or have many big plays on special teams. Knowing what I do about Collins, it’s got to be a point of emphasis, and I’m sure he’s pushing for a massive improvement this season. With kickoffs, kickoff returns, punts, and punt returns, we didn’t excel, even with the best punter in the country. [MEDIA=twitter]1417498507645181953[/MEDIA] Seguira wrote up an article on Special Teams back in January: [URL]https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/plenty-to-fix-in-georgia-techs-special-teams-in-2021/Z4DULBQ5SVE5LBFWY3R65AATHI/[/URL] We blocked no kicks or punts last season according to official NCAA stats. Our 6 kicks blocked lead the NCAA in the wrong direction (we were dead last). We had 0 blocked punts allowed, in a season where we allowed more blocked kicks than anyone, and were allowing a lot of backfield havoc. Harvin was really a gem, and punted quickly. Some of our basic special teams stats from last season: [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Kick[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Punt[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rk[/TD] [TD]Player[/TD] [TD]XPM[/TD] [TD]XPA[/TD] [TD]XP%[/TD] [TD]FGM[/TD] [TD]FGA[/TD] [TD]FG%[/TD] [TD]Pts[/TD] [TD]Punts[/TD] [TD]Yds[/TD] [TD]Avg[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Jude Kelley[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]80.0[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]20.0[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Gavin Stewart[/TD] [TD]22[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [TD]91.7[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]66.7[/TD] [TD]28[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Pressley Harvin III[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]45[/TD] [TD]2161[/TD] [TD]48.0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Austin Kent[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]124[/TD] [TD]41.3[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [thead] [/thead] Provided by [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/sharing.html?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool']CFB at Sports Reference[/URL]: [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-tech/2020.html?sr&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#kicking_and_punting']View Original Table[/URL] Generated 7/20/2021. [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Kick[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH]Punt[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rk[/TD] [TD]Player[/TD] [TD]Ret[/TD] [TD]Yds[/TD] [TD]Avg[/TD] [TD]TD[/TD] [TD]Ret[/TD] [TD]Yds[/TD] [TD]Avg[/TD] [TD]TD[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Dontae Smith[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]176[/TD] [TD]17.6[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Jahmyr Gibbs[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]205[/TD] [TD]25.6[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Juanyeh Thomas[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]22[/TD] [TD]7.3[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Marquez Ezzard[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]55[/TD] [TD]7.9[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Nate McCollum[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]-0.2[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Josh Blancato[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]3.5[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Ahmarean Brown[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]4.0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [thead] [/thead] Provided by [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/sharing.html?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool']CFB at Sports Reference[/URL]: [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-tech/2020.html?sr&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#returns']View Original Table[/URL] Generated 7/20/2021. [/QUOTE]
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