I know Mizzou lost to Texas and I have never seen a Punter impact a game like that, but
Dickson left college early to go to NFL and was drafted (rarely is a punter drafted) in the fifth round and he probably didn't go high enough in the draft and teams are somewhat kicking themselves about it.
Dickson played at Mile High this past weekend for the Seahawks against the Broncos.
Dickson averaged 59 yards per punt on 6 punts and the average net was 57.5 yards. Now, he would have averaged more yards, but he downed 4 punts inside the 20 and 2 inside the 6, so he really couldn't have increased his yardage numbers much without touch backs. Pete Carroll's biggest fear on special teams was that Dickson would kick way beyond the coverage unit, but Dickson just boomed it into the sky for his players to have more time.
It sucks losing to Texas, but I will always remember how good that guy was for that game.
Dickson left college early to go to NFL and was drafted (rarely is a punter drafted) in the fifth round and he probably didn't go high enough in the draft and teams are somewhat kicking themselves about it.
Dickson played at Mile High this past weekend for the Seahawks against the Broncos.
Dickson averaged 59 yards per punt on 6 punts and the average net was 57.5 yards. Now, he would have averaged more yards, but he downed 4 punts inside the 20 and 2 inside the 6, so he really couldn't have increased his yardage numbers much without touch backs. Pete Carroll's biggest fear on special teams was that Dickson would kick way beyond the coverage unit, but Dickson just boomed it into the sky for his players to have more time.
It sucks losing to Texas, but I will always remember how good that guy was for that game.
