PiPress: In 6-6 Ryan Santoso, Minnesota has a kicker of stature

per Marcus:

Last year, Santoso redshirted with senior Chris Hawthorne as the starter. It was a critical time in his development not only to get ready to compete for the place-kicking job the following season but also to change his body.

Losing 35 pounds with the help from the strength and conditioning staff and team nutritionist added to his confidence.

"They really helped me focus on changing my physique and getting ready for the season," Santoso said. "(It helped) a lot of explosiveness and flexibility and just being overall healthy will help that. I want to be a football player first before a kicker."

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Go Gophers!!

I hope he doesn't have to catch Amir Abdullah on a kickoff return.

GoldenRodents said:

I hope he doesn't have to catch Amir Abdullah on a kickoff return.

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Just have him kick it through the back of the end zone.

O wait... The coaches don't want him to ?

Coach Kill said on his show we call him "Bigfoot" He has been consistently nailing 60 yarders in practice, and he had no reservation trying the 52 yarder. He went on to say I think that kick would have been good from 60.