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K-I-C-K-E-R: Walk-on Tyler Durbin is making sure Urban Meyer learns his name
3:27 PM ET
Austin Ward ESPN Staff Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The former soccer player arrived on campus the day his team won the national championship and Urban Meyer didn’t really have much reason to bother learning his name for more than a year after that.
Finally, a thumping punt on the first day of Ohio State’s training camp in August caught Meyer’s eye -- and earned Tyler Durbin an introduction.
Famously opposed to either punting the football away or settling for a field goal, Meyer may or may not have made it a point to remember the name that day. One month later, Meyer continues to act like he doesn’t know it and still maintains that he isn’t exactly sure where the walk-on came from, but now that all comes with a smile since Durbin has unexpectedly become the starting kicker for the No. 4 Buckeyes.
“Kicker: I think you spell that kicker, K-I-C-K-E-R,” Meyer joked. “I love this guy, but I’m still giving him a hard time. His last name is Durbin.
“He doesn’t look like a football player and I don’t know where the hell he came from, but he’s really good.”
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K-I-C-K-E-R: Walk-on Tyler Durbin is making sure Urban Meyer learns his name
3:27 PM ET
Austin Ward ESPN Staff Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The former soccer player arrived on campus the day his team won the national championship and Urban Meyer didn’t really have much reason to bother learning his name for more than a year after that.
Finally, a thumping punt on the first day of Ohio State’s training camp in August caught Meyer’s eye -- and earned Tyler Durbin an introduction.
Famously opposed to either punting the football away or settling for a field goal, Meyer may or may not have made it a point to remember the name that day. One month later, Meyer continues to act like he doesn’t know it and still maintains that he isn’t exactly sure where the walk-on came from, but now that all comes with a smile since Durbin has unexpectedly become the starting kicker for the No. 4 Buckeyes.
“Kicker: I think you spell that kicker, K-I-C-K-E-R,” Meyer joked. “I love this guy, but I’m still giving him a hard time. His last name is Durbin.
“He doesn’t look like a football player and I don’t know where the hell he came from, but he’s really good.”
Cont'd ...
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
SKULL SESSION: TYLER DURBIN BULKS UP, J.T. BARRETT'S PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND THE AVERAGE WORTH OF AN OHIO STATE FOOTBALLER
WHY'S A KICKER NEED BICEPS? You're damn right we're leading with a kicker profile, because frankly, I'm not over the story of Tyler Durbin.
Here's a guy who played collegiate soccer. After transitioning to civil engineering studies, he only sent a homemade tape to Ohio State because his girlfriend and her family were big Buckeye fans.
From ydr.com:
Durbin kicked a school-record 11 extra points in the season-opening victory against Bowling Green. He made a career-long 40-yard field goal last week at Wisconsin. He's made all eight of his field goals this year and leads the Big Ten in kick scoring.
Meanwhile, he's packed on 35 pounds to increase his leg strength and provide needed bulk to survive blocks and tackles on kickoffs. When he arrived coaches and teammates joked that he had the "smallest biceps that ever entered the Ohio State weight room."
"It's been crazy, the whole situation ...," said father Martin Durbin. "It's just shocking to me. The biggest (soccer) crowd he played in front of was maybe 2,500 people. I can't even imagine this now."
I have been in the Ohio State weight room (please don't arrest me, Urban; I don't do jail well), so Tyler can rest easy knowing his biceps weren't the smallest ever to enter the sacred training ground.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull...rbin-jt-barrett-pain-average-worth-footballer
WHY'S A KICKER NEED BICEPS? You're damn right we're leading with a kicker profile, because frankly, I'm not over the story of Tyler Durbin.
Here's a guy who played collegiate soccer. After transitioning to civil engineering studies, he only sent a homemade tape to Ohio State because his girlfriend and her family were big Buckeye fans.
From ydr.com:
Durbin kicked a school-record 11 extra points in the season-opening victory against Bowling Green. He made a career-long 40-yard field goal last week at Wisconsin. He's made all eight of his field goals this year and leads the Big Ten in kick scoring.
Meanwhile, he's packed on 35 pounds to increase his leg strength and provide needed bulk to survive blocks and tackles on kickoffs. When he arrived coaches and teammates joked that he had the "smallest biceps that ever entered the Ohio State weight room."
"It's been crazy, the whole situation ...," said father Martin Durbin. "It's just shocking to me. The biggest (soccer) crowd he played in front of was maybe 2,500 people. I can't even imagine this now."
I have been in the Ohio State weight room (please don't arrest me, Urban; I don't do jail well), so Tyler can rest easy knowing his biceps weren't the smallest ever to enter the sacred training ground.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull...rbin-jt-barrett-pain-average-worth-footballer
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Apparently this was more of the quote:
Kerry Coombs "found Tyler Durbin somehow." Meyer loves the former soccer player. He's all in. "And I don't normally like kickers."
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-.../76758/urban-meyer-coachs-show-michigan-state
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sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
Hey, kid... keep that chin up. We _all_ have days like that. That's why we are a team.
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