Jabrill Peppers purposely stepped aside to avoid blocking him. A Kent State returner called the tackle one of the hardest hits of his career. And one of his longtime teammates referred to him as a “stone wall.”
Meet Penn State’s 258-pound Joey Julius, the hardest-hitting kicker in college football.
“I would say he’s the hardest hitter on the team,” Nittany Lions defensive end Shareef Miller said.
Sure, maybe a laughing Miller was speaking tongue in cheek. But those hit by Julius say the kicker is no joke. Julius has twice gone viral this season by barreling downfield after kicking the ball off and brutally tackling the returner like an oversized linebacker.