Entering his fourth season with the Tigers, Auburn punter Oscar Chapman is set to lead an otherwise green group of specialists.
Aug. 24, 2023, 10:38 a.m.APIn most places, special teams is the often forgotten about third facet of football.
“They’re all busting it to get on there because they know that’s another opportunity for the league or for other opportunities outside of this,” Chapman said. “It’s just another point to add to your criteria for scouts to look at you and go ‘That guy works’ on defense and then he goes down and smacks a dude on kickoff the next play.”Though James likely won’t have an issue getting to league as a cornerback, his efforts as a gunner on the punt team only add to his stock.
Chapman, who was a Ray Guy Award semifinalist last fall, is set to return as the Tigers’ starting punter. Last season, Chapman averaged 43.9 yards per punt, ranking him fourth in the SEC. Chapman also tallied 12 punts of 50 yards or better and hasn’t had a punt blocked in his entire career. “I think he hit like a 63 in practice,” Chapman said of McPherson. “Coach was like, ‘Let’s just run it’ and he kicked it… we were like, ‘Yeah, that’s Alex’.”
While at USF, Battie was named a consensus All-American as a kick returner in 2021 after leading the nation with three kickoffs returned for touchdowns and tie an NCAA record after having two 100-yard returns in one game.
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