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Anyone who has watched a Florida game this year has cringed whenever the Gators line up for a field goal. Actually, scratch that. Even extra points have been cringe-worth.
Starter Austin Hardin missed two more field goals in a 27-2 loss to Florida State on Saturday to move to just 5-13 on the season. He is now a career 16-35 kicker at Florida, and yet somehow, astonishingly, the Gators don't have a better option.
Needless to say coach Jim McElwain has made recruiting an elite kicker a top priority in 2016.
"We’ll get a kicker," McElwain said Saturday night. "That’s our responsibility and we’ll get one. And we’ll get a good one."
Those weren't just empty words from McElwain, either. On a jam-packed recruiting weekend, he is taking time out of his day Sunday to personally escort Alabama kicker commitment Eddy Pineiro, the nation's No. 1 kicker, around town.
Pineiro has been a frequent visitor to Florida's campus this fall, and the Gators will be looking to flip his commitment down the stretch.
Starter Austin Hardin missed two more field goals in a 27-2 loss to Florida State on Saturday to move to just 5-13 on the season. He is now a career 16-35 kicker at Florida, and yet somehow, astonishingly, the Gators don't have a better option.
Needless to say coach Jim McElwain has made recruiting an elite kicker a top priority in 2016.
"We’ll get a kicker," McElwain said Saturday night. "That’s our responsibility and we’ll get one. And we’ll get a good one."
Those weren't just empty words from McElwain, either. On a jam-packed recruiting weekend, he is taking time out of his day Sunday to personally escort Alabama kicker commitment Eddy Pineiro, the nation's No. 1 kicker, around town.
Pineiro has been a frequent visitor to Florida's campus this fall, and the Gators will be looking to flip his commitment down the stretch.