Transfer Kicker - Brent Cimaglia

[MWBATL]

Not to be a Debbie-Downer, but wasn't this guy injured most of last year, and now is trying to rebound? Isn't there some slim chance his injury will prevent him from achieving what he achieved before?

I ask mostly our of ignorance.....(and concern)

 

[g0lftime]

So for me this is a tipping point moment for Georgia Tech Football. Coach Collins has made GT such a desirable destination for enough talent thru both the transfer portal and recruiting that I now view the future in a very different light. A bright future.

Word from UT fans that Pruitt was not easy to play for. Even UGA got rid of him for violating some internal policy. I do think Collins is a coach the kids like. Not sure some that have transferred would agree with that. He does do things that are not typical.

 

[gt02]

Good get and impressive resume. Hopefully he wins the starting job. Would hate to see one of the younger kickers get the nod over him and destroy his confidence after a near perfect season.

 

[Josh H]

Word from UT fans that Pruitt was not easy to play for. Even UGA got rid of him for violating some internal policy. I do think Collins is a coach the kids like. Not sure some that have transferred would agree with that. He does do things that are not typical.

Even the best boss/coach is not going to appeal to everyone.

 

[smokey_wasp]

Not to be a Debbie-Downer, but wasn't this guy injured most of last year, and now is trying to rebound? Isn't there some slim chance his injury will prevent him from achieving what he achieved before?

I ask mostly our of ignorance.....(and concern)

Depends on what the injury was (which I don't know). The fact that he was able to gut it out through a substantial part of the season probably means it wasn't that serious and more of just a nagging thing.

Even injured, he was 5 of 9. We'd take it, honestly, but I think he'll be better than that.

 

[TheNaturalScientist]

Depends on what the injury was (which I don't know). The fact that he was able to gut it out through a substantial part of the season probably means it wasn't that serious and more of just a nagging thing.

Heard it was a pulled hammy

 

[smokey_wasp]

I believe but where did you find this?

He hasn't kicked off since his freshman year, so UT must have had a kickoff specialist. Doesn't mean he will or won't handle kickoffs here. Just depends on if he is the best option.

 

[stech81]

Not to be a Debbie-Downer, but wasn't this guy injured most of last year, and now is trying to rebound? Isn't there some slim chance his injury will prevent him from achieving what he achieved before?

I ask mostly our of ignorance.....(and concern)

I understand stand your concern and to help you I used math to see if there is a need to be concerned.

as you can see I really have no idea but he can't be as bad as our kickers were last year. And if it don't get no better then drink more beer.

 

[LongforDodd]

Not to be a Debbie-Downer, but wasn't this guy injured most of last year, and now is trying to rebound? Isn't there some slim chance his injury will prevent him from achieving what he achieved before?

I ask mostly our of ignorance.....(and concern)

I was thinking the same thing when I read "his bio". Said he opted out of last two games to rehab. I hope he's healthy.

 

[tmhunter52]

So for me this is a tipping point moment for Georgia Tech Football. Coach Collins has made GT such a desirable destination for enough talent thru both the transfer portal and recruiting that I now view the future in a very different light. A bright future.

There are lots of places that accumulate talent and still have teams that underperform. I hope you are right, but I think Collins has yet to demonstrate the level of coaching we will need to really succeed.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

I believe but where did you find this?

Looks like he only has one year with us with the COVID exempt year. Here are his place kicking stats:

cfbstats.com - Brent Cimaglia 2020 Player Statistics - Tennessee Volunteers

But Cimaglia didn't do kickoffs except his freshman year. That year (2017) his average was 93.60 on 10 total kickoffs.

cfbstats.com - 2020 Tennessee Volunteers Kickoffs

 

[LibertyTurns]

Did we have a scholarship to offer him? I thought we were already at 85.

We’re going to have more kickers on scholarship than Hewitt has years left on his contract!

 

[jgtengineer]

We’re going to have more kickers on scholarship than Hewitt has years left on his contract!

Could be possible this guy can also punt.

 

[smokey_wasp]

We’re going to have more kickers on scholarship than Hewitt has years left on his contract!

Cimaglia will be the only PK on scholarship now and that's only for a year. The punter Shanahan will be on scholarship, as well. All the other kickers are walk-ons.

 

[LibertyTurns]

Cimaglia will be the only PK on scholarship now and that's only for a year. The punter Shanahan will be on scholarship, as well. All the other kickers are walk-ons.

I didn’t know we had processed all the others.

 

[LargeFO]

I didn’t know we had processed all the others.

I think they're still there but never were on scholarship to begin with?

 

[YJMD]

As has been pointed out, issues with kicks last year had a lot to do with blocking and being able to get the kick in the air in a timely fashion. I don't think we were desperate for a kicker, yet we of course would address a need by getting a slam dunk. This is a slam dunk if healthy, and I really doubt staff would give him a ship even for a year if they didn't think he was 100%.

 

[ncjacket79]

I didn’t know we had processed all the others.

We didn’t have any scholarship kickers last year iirc.

 

[smokey_wasp]

We didn’t have any scholarship kickers last year iirc.

We had 2 in 2019 but none last year. Kent was a transfer but not on scholarship. Stewart, Kelly, Verdisco all pwo.

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

The holder matters too. Especially when the snap isn’t ideal

It’s a 4 headed monster. Kicker, holder, snapper, and blocking.
But it begins with a good kicker. Congratulations on this transfer to all involved.