WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Ray Guy Prokicker.com was in Big 10 country this weekend for a winter camp at Purdue University.
More than 70 campers attended at Prokicker.com’s annual stopover here.
The top-ranked kickers in the camp were Craig Larew (Lawrence North, Ind.,class 2012), Andrew Fantini (Ballard High, Ky., 2013) and Jon Parker (Gross Pointe, Mich., 2012). Parker and Fantini connected on 80 percent of their field goals but Larew’s 65.5 average on kickoff distance boosted him. He had the longest kickoff (66 yards) and the best kickoff hangtime (3.94) while also making 60 percent of his field goal attempts.
Dean DeVries (Grandville High, Mich., 2012) was a top punter with a 44.7 average and 4.22 average hang time. Jimmy Crumley (Carroll, Ind., 2013) was closely behind at 40.5, 3.95 and Joseph Davidson (Findlay, Ohio, 2013) was also impressive with 42.5 and 3.63.
DeVries launched a camp record 60-yard punt, further adding to his accomplishments.
Crumley (class of 2013) was the most consistent punter for distance and hang time in Logan O’Connor’s combo group. Carroll had six of 10 punts of more than 40 yards with kicks of 46 (twice), 43, 41, 50 and 51.
“Five of those six were four-second hang time,” O’Connor said, adding Crumley’s best hangtime was 4.25 on a 43-yard punt. “He definitely showed a lot of promise with his ball contact. He had a real solid camp. He seems like he could be a pretty dominant punter.”
Sean Corcoran (Bishop McNamara, Ill., 2013), Nathan Douglas (Milford, Mich., 2013) and Brandon Zehr (Pontiac, Ill., 2013) were the long-snappers who made the biggest impression on the staff and in scores. Corcoran had an average snap time of 0.83 and scored 20 on accuracy. Douglas was 1.03 and 16 and Zehr was 0.89 and 12.
Larew, Isaac Wilkerson (Owensboro Catholic, Ky., 2013) and Crumley were the top kicker-punter combos while the top three punter-kickoff specialists were Larew, Crumley and Noan McMahon (Homestead, Ind., 2013).
The top kickoff specialists were Larew, Matthew Eppers (Elkhart, Ind., 2012) and Jonathan Hutchens (John Carroll Catholic, Ala., 2013).
