Buffs Receive Verbal from K Will Oliver

by Bob_Bell on Jan 26, 2011 7:51 AM MST in Buffaloes Football Recruiting

According to Chris Sailer, K Will Oliver has verbally committed to the University of Colorado. Oliver is the 13th known verbal commitment for the Buffs this cycle. Sailer, who runs one of the top kicking instruction programs in the country, has high praise for Oliver and ranks him the 12th best high school kicker in the country.

If you click around on Sailer's site, you will find competitions where Oliver fared very well including his National Kicking Event where Oliver finished fourth overall.

Kicking has long been a problem for the University of Colorado and it is good to see Embree address the situation. If Oliver signs, the Buffs will have three kickers on scholarship in Zach Grossnickle, Justin Castor and Oliver.

Here is what Sailer said about Oliver via Scout.com:

Will is a very talented kicker. He has a strong leg and makes kicks with great consistency. Also solid on kickoffs. A clutch perfomer that does his best when it counts the most. Has all the tools to be a great D1 kicker. Nice prospect.

As a 2009 junior at Harvard-Westlake in California, Oliver was 10 for 10 on extra points and 6 for 8 on fields goals, with a long of 50.

Here is a link to everything you ever wanted to know about Will Oliver.

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Did

Willingham de-commit from TAMU? I saw something on the Denver Post website and was curious. I haven’t seen anything elsewhere.

by dune1980r on Jan 26, 2011 8:18 AM MST reply actions

I believe so

Going to Michigan this weekend. I put our chances at 30%

by NYCskibum on Jan 26, 2011 8:26 AM MST up reply actions

He went to Michigan last weekend. Going to UCF this weekend.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/coloradoprepreport/football/recruiting/player-Leilon-Willingham-90754

by HUFset on Jan 26, 2011 9:06 AM MST up reply actions

the good thing about this year compared to last year is

we are actually in the hunt for some quality players on signing day. Last year was not exciting on signing day, this year could be different with Lucien, Parker, Willingham. Marcus Martin

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by Bob_Bell on Jan 26, 2011 9:54 AM MST up reply actions

just curious on willingham. I mus have missed it when it happened.

by dune1980r on Jan 26, 2011 10:16 AM MST up reply actions

We get atleast 2 of those 4

and I think we probably get 3

by NYCskibum on Jan 26, 2011 3:13 PM MST up reply actions

From your lips...

to God’s ears.

by Buff-in-CA on Jan 26, 2011 3:23 PM MST up reply actions

And Welcome Will

Would be great to get some consistency back at the kicker position

by NYCskibum on Jan 26, 2011 8:27 AM MST reply actions

oh, I think our kickers have been plenty consistent...

by Phil Fraser on Jan 26, 2011 8:35 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs

good point

by NYCskibum on Jan 26, 2011 9:37 AM MST up reply actions

zing

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by Bob_Bell on Jan 26, 2011 9:51 AM MST up reply actions

x1000

by Buff-in-CA on Jan 26, 2011 11:09 AM MST up reply actions

Some Stats

2009

6/8 making FG’s from 51,50, 45, 43, 32, 24yds
Kickoff – 80% touchbacks
PAT’s 10/10

Looks like a step up from Goodman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xOdMeJeYas

Shoulder to Shoulder

by Buff'em Up on Jan 26, 2011 10:23 AM MST reply actions

One more

Because every grown man should watch scouting videos of High School kickers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ2ymcZL-1g

Shoulder to Shoulder

by Buff'em Up on Jan 26, 2011 10:26 AM MST up reply actions

Yeah, but can he tackle???

Also, what’s with the claim of an SAT of “1980”? When did they increase the mac SAT score from 1600? Or is this “SAT” a reference to some other metric?

by Buff-in-CA on Jan 26, 2011 11:14 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs

new sat is out of 2400

by Jeremy Sandor on Jan 26, 2011 11:26 AM MST up reply actions

I had no idea they increased the SAT max score

by buffs2524 on Jan 26, 2011 12:00 PM MST up reply actions

Great...

now I feel really old!

by Buff-in-CA on Jan 26, 2011 12:23 PM MST up reply actions

800 for math, 800 for verbal

and 800 for WRITING (was added a few years ago I think)

by nebraskasux on Jan 26, 2011 2:08 PM MST up reply actions

Technically speaking, I think it's 800 for texting

by highlandsbuff on Jan 26, 2011 2:10 PM MST up reply actions

haha, my mistake

that wouldn’t surprise me. I can imagine kids turning in their essay portion written in that annoying and ignorant looking texting and twitter language everyone uses these days.

by nebraskasux on Jan 26, 2011 2:14 PM MST up reply actions

And can he score on a fake FG option play like Oregon's kicker did in the BCS championship?

That was pretty sweet

by highlandsbuff on Jan 26, 2011 1:08 PM MST up reply actions

it's a crapshoot with kickers

I’m sure Goodman’s stats (and his youtube videos) were just as good or better. We all said “thank god, our kicking woes are over!” after Grossnickle and Castor signed yet Goodman was still lining up for kicks on gameday last year.

I welcome him to the Buffs and I wish him a successful career, but until he’s kicking FGs in a CU uniform on Saturdays what he did in high school is meaningless as far as I’m concerned.

Not an attack on you Buff’em, I’m just bitter ;-)

by nebraskasux on Jan 26, 2011 2:06 PM MST up reply actions

No offense taken

Shoulder to Shoulder

by Buff'em Up on Jan 26, 2011 3:19 PM MST up reply actions

i see this kid starting as a freshman

i mean if goodman was our best option last season……

by fluffybuff on Jan 26, 2011 12:21 PM MST reply actions

Welcome, Will

Kid looks like someone you’d want your daughter to bring home. Usually not the best quality for a football player. Unless you’re a kicker. Or Tom Brady.

Wait, did I just compare this guy to Tom Brady?

by BuffulanceMan on Jan 26, 2011 1:12 PM MST reply actions

I don't understand why we didn't go hard after Connor Loftus, if we're offering a kicker

He’s better, kicks longer, kicks for a better team, in more pressure situations, and has been better in Sailor’s own camps
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=3902318

by Phil Fraser on Jan 26, 2011 8:03 PM MST reply actions

I would say his profile picture alone would eliminate him from any consideration

Shoulder to Shoulder

by Buff'em Up on Jan 26, 2011 8:40 PM MST up reply actions

I would counter with the fact that Oliver hasn't so much as warranted a picture to disparage

by Phil Fraser on Jan 26, 2011 8:45 PM MST up reply actions

Really great article about the kicker situation

http://www.buffzone.com/ci_17221210
Embree implies that someone’s losing their scholarship- which I’m not a fan of- but otherwise I think it’s a spot on assessment of what we’ve all seen.

PS: my boy Loftus was just named all CIF in the best section in the state.

by Phil Fraser on Jan 27, 2011 8:49 PM MST reply actions

yeah, that is a good article

was it you that said a while ago that hiring a former kicker as special teams coach would be a smart idea? I tend to agree. Who knows if Grossnickle is a bad punter or maybe it was just that rugby bs that screwed him up. Riddle obviously did zero to improve our punters and kickers once they got here (probably made them worse), hopefully the new guy will be better. Good on Crosby for helping us out too.

by nebraskasux on Jan 27, 2011 10:42 PM MST up reply actions