Wilhoit Kickers Mid Season Update

We are now at the midpoint of the football season and Wilhoit kicking students are having another very successful year so far in college and in high school.

It was a great Summer doing football kicking lessons in Tennessee and numerous kicking specialists are reaping the rewards of all the hard work they did in the offseason.

Some of the standouts so far from the college kickers are Stephen Stansell (Austin Peay) and Brian Davis (Arkansas St.), while high school kickers Shawn Bowerman (Hendersonville High) and Greeneville kicker Ben Ogle are having breakthrough years.

Stephen Stansell (pictured above) has had a solid season so far after having some injury concerns in the preseason. He hit the go ahead 35 yard field goal to beat Tennessee State last weekend and was named Ohio Valley Special Teams Player of the Week.

Click here to read the article Stansell Ohio Valley Player of the Week.

Brian Davis (pictured above) is having a great season this year for Arkansas State. In the first game of the season he kicked a 47 yard field goal against Illinois and last week he kicked a Sun Belt Record 6 field goals against Central Arkansas.

Brian was named one of the three Lou Groza Stars of the Week and was the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the week!

In the high school ranks there have been quite a few guys with impressive seasons. I am very proud of Shawn Bowerman, who plays for my alma mater, Hendersonville High School. Last week Shawn hit field goals of 48, 47, and 26 yards in 23-6 win over rival Beech High School.

Shawn is 6 for 8 on the season with 3 kicks of 45 yards or more. Also, he has done an excellent job on kickoffs with over 65% of his kickoffs for touchbacks.

Ben Ogle of Greeneville High School has had another solid season. The past two years he has been the All State kicker for 4A football and he is making a case for a third year!

Ben hit a 57 yard field goal last week against West Greene (video below). He has a big leg and should get some good looks from colleges across the South.

While Ogle's field goal was impressive...there are some other Wilhoit Varsity kickers across the state that are having great seasons including...

• Sr punter/kicker Landon Foster (Independence)
• Sr kickoff specialist George Bullock (Knox West)
• Sr punter Ryan Ault (Brentwood)
• Sr kicker Chris Harris (Columbia)
• Sr kicker Evan Toby (Maryville)
• Jr kicker Alex Sigmon (Tennessee High)
• Jr kicker Ryan Jenkins (Mt. Juliet)
• Jr kicker Matt Forstoff (Columbia Central)
• Soph kicker Gary Wunderlich (Memphis U. School)
• Soph kicker Aaron Medley (Marshall Co.)

-Check out my blog on www.jameswilhoitkickingcoach.com later in the week as I will be writing about the top kickers and punters in the state of Tennessee .

-There are already two kicking specialists committed to SEC schools and there will be many more commitments over the coming months

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