More and more rugby and Gaelic football players are giving American football a shot. The kickers and punters are hoping to earn scholarships to play at U.S. colleges.
“It’s part of our DNA,” Leader said. “It’s part of our heritage where we kick a Gaelic football, we kick a rugby ball, we kick a soccer ball. We’ve just accumulated so many hours of foot skills. It translates perfectly to American football, just there was never a program or platform to connect the dots.”
Delta flew Leader, Ross Bolger and Ronan Patterson to the United States this summer for college camp visits. Boston College was interested in Bolger as a kicker, as was Vanderbilt, which observed him in a workout via Zoom. Idaho State, however, showed the most interest and wanted Bolger as both kicker and punter. He has two years of eligibility., where the ceiling curves downward above the uprights.
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