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Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 26, 2014, 4:42 PM
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After hanging out here at the bowl practices and talking to several people within the program, I am hearing that punter Bradley Pinion is turning pro and has already told the coaches. I asked head coach Dabo Swinney about it after practice today, and he said, "I am not going to get into all of that right now. We will get back to school in January and either he's here or he isn't."
I've heard that there aren't a lot of specialists coming out in this year's draft and that his camp says this would be his optimal time. I am sure we will hear from him after the bowl game.
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I heard that rumor a week or two ago here on Tnet
Dec 26, 2014, 4:43 PM
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Can't remember who posted it but I'm sure it came from inside sources at TCI. 
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 26, 2014, 4:49 PM
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That's just odd, has a kicker...let alone a punter ever left early to go pro? I guess he's just relying on making a team in camp, few punters are drafted in the late rounds. I think there may be 1 or 2 punters drafted each year. Good luck to him if that's the case tho.
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I find it strange. He won't get drafted..no punter will.
Dec 26, 2014, 4:56 PM
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As David said, it must be a caculated move by the derth of specialists coming out this year.
Frankly, he needs to improve his leg strength for kickoffs and punts.
He also would have the opportunity to try field goals in the future; something that would be an asset to a kickers arsenal.
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Re: Chris Gardocki went pro a year early***
Dec 26, 2014, 8:59 PM
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He is good but he is no Chris Gardocki....Best of luck to him put don't see him getting drafted this year....Go Tigers!!!
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not even close***
Dec 26, 2014, 9:55 PM
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 27, 2014, 12:39 PM
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I believe the last one to come our early was Sebastian Janikowski from FSU. He went 17th overall to the Raiders. He left partly because of skill, but mainly to bring his mom to America and off the field issues
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 27, 2014, 12:54 PM
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Spencer kickoffs will make BP's look like JV.
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I'm just going to pretend it's because he thinks
Dec 26, 2014, 4:51 PM
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we'll score so often that we won't need him next year.
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+1 for insightfully thinking ahead. That was good.***
Dec 27, 2014, 1:21 AM
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This is a mistake
Dec 28, 2014, 9:36 PM
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Pinion did not even make honorable mention in the ACC, much less any national honors,
inconsistent on KO and punts this season.
Hope he has a back-up plan. Good, even really good punters are a dime a dozen.
Without hang times pushing 5 sec with 45 yard average, he wont be getting a second look.
He will find a spot as a camp leg but after that its whatever his degree will get him.
I would imagine that Dabo has told his, emphatically, that he is making a mistake.
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Bad for us, but probably best for him. He's ready. Why not
Dec 26, 2014, 4:54 PM
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get one year closer to the big pay day. I would expect him to be one of the best in the NFL eventually. Top 12 NFL kickers and/or punters make $1 Million - $3 Million. Rookie contracts are for less than half that.
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Re: Bad for us, but probably best for him. He's ready. Why not
Dec 27, 2014, 1:39 AM
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Really? To my recollection he was the second best punter on the field every game this year.
For real though he needs to work on his touch. Kicking balls to the 15 to 19 yard line every freaking time is not exactly what I would call pining a team deep. He is a punter. He needs to stay. He will make a team whether he goes this year or not. Silly decision.
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Re: Bad for us, but probably best for him. He's ready. Why not
Dec 27, 2014, 1:45 AM
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Every punt made inside the 10 yard line will increase his stock greatly, if he stays. Plus security for a lifetime with a degree under his wing.
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 26, 2014, 4:57 PM
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Going to hurt us on Kickoffs!
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 26, 2014, 5:07 PM
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Soccer player tryouts for kickoff guy??????
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If he thinks he's ready, go for it !***
Dec 26, 2014, 5:17 PM
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 26, 2014, 7:01 PM
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Good luck to Bradley if he goes. To me, he is too inconsistent to make it in the NFL but hopefully I'm wrong.
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 27, 2014, 9:29 AM
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I agree, can't boot it deep every time
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Geeze, whats with all these players wanting to
Dec 26, 2014, 9:03 PM
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Turn pro here lately? Hes just a kicker! Kid needs to take advantage of that free education while he has the chance. Trust me, those degrees don't come cheap.
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Im a guess that he will have his degree by summer...
Dec 27, 2014, 11:18 AM
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may already have it -
I say we just go for it on every fourth down if we have any next year. I mean if we HAVE to kick it, grab some dude from the rugby intramural squad.
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Seems like he needs to improve on pinning teams deep
Dec 26, 2014, 9:29 PM
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I know he's got pretty good inside the 20 numbers but i swear he also punts to like the 17-19 yard line no matter where he's kicking from.
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Re: Seems like he needs to improve on pinning teams deep
Dec 26, 2014, 9:33 PM
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Wow he is good but Idk if he is NFL good. If he has already graduated then I can see it. If not bad move
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Re: Seems like he needs to improve on pinning teams deep
Dec 26, 2014, 9:40 PM
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This is just downright stupid. At best 2 punters go in the draft. He will be picked up in FA MAYBE and then cut s month later.
Nobody wastes a ton of time or resources on specialist in the league. They are cut after one miss. Pinion is only a punter as well (his kickoff duties this season were just not very good).
#### this is so dumb
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I love Pinion, but he is slightly overrated
Dec 27, 2014, 9:28 AM
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Punters and kickers have absolutely no business leaving early. Pinion can't even kick it into the end zone consistently on kickoffs, and I have seen several weak punts out of him this year. A guy his size should be booting it deep every time.
The dude is a friggin specialist....what does he have to lose by staying? It's not like he has a high risk of injury, and his stock could only improve.
Poor Bradley, guess he just couldn't handle living it up another year in the greatest college town on earth
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 27, 2014, 10:13 AM
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I wasn't going bring this up, since usually punters aren't a head line topic.
BUT!!
With his talents and ability. I think he has really under achieved.
He should be doing all the kicking and punting; FGs- and making a run
a All Amer. numbers.
Just saying..
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Thank this is bad news for us
Dec 27, 2014, 10:23 AM
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Pinion was our offensive MVP in many games keeping the D in good field position when our offense was struggling and going 3 and out at light speed pace the way we did at times under chads fast tempo O. I hope we have someone that has the leg strength of Pinion that can step in on punts and kickoffs. Lakkip is listed as the current backup and from his few kickoffs and FG's this season he doesn't have the leg strength of Pinion and will be unable to kick the ball out of the end zone on kickoffs unless he greatly improves. Lets hope Spence's weight room training this season has really paid off.
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 27, 2014, 11:07 AM
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His opportunity to punt will be limited next year
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 27, 2014, 12:33 PM
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May benefit from re-reading "Back to Punt" again, then try his chances
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 28, 2014, 10:14 PM
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As a specialist you typically don't make a team based solely on your college career. Coming back or going will have nothing to do with his draft stock. This is not a position player whose draft stock will rise and drop. A specialist makes the team with tryouts (heck it feels like every week a team is trying out a kicker). They are added and dropped frequently
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Re: Bradley Pinion to turn pro?
Dec 28, 2014, 11:16 PM
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He's not ready. Plain and simple.
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