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PHOENIX – Two long-snappers with college potential highlighted the Ray Guy Prokicker.com winter camp here this weekend.
Nick Dooley and Michael Lizanich made an impression on Prokicker.com coach Jacob Claycomb. Both were put on Prokicker.com’s top prospects list.
“Nick has got the size that college coaches dream about,” Claycomb said. “He’s about 6-7, 280 pounds … an absolute monster. He’s a good kid and seemed like he wanted to learn and go to work.”
The good news for recruiters? Dooley is a 2012 graduate, meaning he could be snapping in college somewhere this fall. He scored 21 out of 30 as the most accurate long-snapper in the winter camp.
“He knew what he was doing and he was willing to accept coaching,” Claycomb said. “He has the potential to be really good.”
Lizanich, who is in the 2013 class, was another snapper who Claycomb liked.
“Like Nick, he was willing to accept coaching even though he’d had previous instruction,” Claycomb said. “I really liked that about him. He’s really coachable. In my mind he can play college ball somewhere.”
Lizanich, who is 5-11 and 200 pounds, threw the fastest snap at the camp with a .75 seconds.
“Michael kind of reminded me of myself,” said Claycomb, who snapped for Eastern Kentucky University. “He didn’t have the size but he could throw a good ball. He could bring the heat. That’s something I was impressed with and he’s got another year of high school.”
