Florida coach Jim McElwain likes to be funny with his players. In practice, he jokes to Eddy Pineiro that he needs to be ready to hit 68-yard field goals in games, Pineiro said.
But if you’ve been following Pineiro, you know that’s not just a gag.
Florida’s kicker posted a video over summer that shows him nailing an 81-yarder in practice. Granted, that’s without pads and with the help of a kicking stand, but making a field goal from 17 yards beyond the NFL record is noteworthy no matter how it gets through the uprights.
Entering the 2017 season, Florida looks to get the most out of Pineiro for the second year in a row.