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How a Punter Could Change the NCAA Forever

Kickers, man. Kickers are a different breed; if they’re not kicking barefoot or tearing ligaments celebrating a made kick, they’re fundamentally altering the fabric of college athletics.

Perhaps I should explain the last bit.

There is a D-I punter by the name of Peter Deppe. He enrolled at Northern Illinois in 2014; he walked-on at NIU and accepted a redshirt at the request of the coaching staff with the intent of having 4 years of scholarship kicking duties starting in 2015. However, after the 2014 season, the special teams coach left NIU to take a job at Kansas, and the NIU head coach (Rod Carey) signed another punter and pulled Deppe’s scholarship offer.