Maher knows draft is hit-or-miss for kickers By Rich Kaipust / World-Herald Bureau LINCOLN — Rob Roche’s personal opinion is that Brett Maher will go somewhere in the late rounds of the NFL draft — that his strong leg, good workouts and high ceiling will entice somebody or other next weekend. But the New Jersey-based [...]

Each NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Day is selected from the list of candidates for the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards, presented by Fidelity Investments. Nominated by their school as the absolute best all-around scholar-athlete on their team, 147 candidates met the high standards needed for consideration this year. As part of its effort to highlight the [...]

by Aaron Wilson of Scout.com, April 11, 2013 at 3:50 pm ET Appalachian State All-American punter and kickoff specialist Sam Martin has had official top-30 visits with the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation. The 6-foot-1, 205-pounder is known for his leg strength and ability to [...]

Sam Martin says his NFL future is in punting and kickoffs Like most kickers and punters, Sam Martin had an accomplished soccer career before football. In fact, Martin had accepted a soccer scholarship to Georgia State following his junior season in high school in the state of Georgia. He joined the football team for kicks [...]

The New York Giants confirmed the signing of former Bengals kicker Josh Brown on Wednesday in a move that officially ends the Lawrence Tynes era with the Super Bowl XLVI champions. Brown, 33, has had stints with the Seahawks, Rams and Bengals during his 10-year NFL career. Brown connected on 11 of 12 field goal [...]

New York Jets Longsnapper, Tanner Purdum has agreed to a two year deal to remain with the team. That’s because Purdum for the past three seasons has been pur-fect, at least as far as looking upside down through his legs and putting the ball fast and true through a small window snap after snap. He’s [...]

Brett made all 10 of the 10 field goals he attempted for scouts on Thursday. This comes after he made 14 of 15 kicks at the NFL combine. The Kearney native kicked for about a half hour for scouts. “I’m kicking really well right now,” Maher said. “I kicked well today, kicked well at the [...]

Appalachian State’s Sam Martin continued to rake in accolades earlier this week when he was awarded the 2012 College Football Performance Awards’ NCAA Division I FCS Punter Award on Monday. The award is the latest in a long list of postseason honors for Martin. In addition to the CFPA Punter Award, Martin was also named [...]

LAWRENCE — Calling Kale Pick the biggest surprise of Kansas’ fall camp would be a classic left-handed compliment, because it implies a certain level of skepticism about whether a converted quarterback from Dodge City can become a bona fide playmaker at wide receiver. After seeing Pick make a diving, left-handed grab earlier in camp, though, [...]

MORGANTOWN – Dream chasers lined up last week at West Virginia’s Caperton Indoor Facility for their chance to make an impression on National Football League scouts. Jeff Braun was among them. The 6-foot-5, 316-pound offensive lineman who was a jack-of-all-trades for WVU in his career ran through all of the tests in an effort to [...]