Drew Kaser

Drew Kaser off to a good start as Aggie punter

Saturday September 7, 2013 12:00 am

Drew Kaser’s 2013 season got off on a much better foot than the Ohio native’s first two years at Texas A&M.

Kaser arrived at A&M as one of the nation’s top high school punters. He averaged 46 yards a punt his senior season at Walsh Jesuit in Strongsville, Ohio, and left a high profile kicking camp ranked second nationally among collegiate recruits at his position.

The Aggies struggled punting during the 2010 season, trying three different punters — and that doesn’t count quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who punted three times. The foursome as a whole averaged 35.7 yards per punt, nearly 5 yards less an attempt than A&M’s opponents.

When the Aggies signed Kaser for the 2011 season, the hope was he would remedy their punting woes. Instead, Kaser was the one who anguished.

He suffered a slight tear of his hamstring on his first day of two-a-days and played catchup from that moment on.

“It kept me out a little while, and they wanted me back before the first game,” Kaser said. “I wasn’t ready.”

Despite the injury, Kaser gave it a go in the second game after Ryan Epperson had punts of 40 and 38 yards in the opener.

In week two during the fourth quarter, Kaser took the field after Epperson had another 40-yard effort earlier in the game. As it turned out, Kaser would have given anything for a 40-yard punt. He botched the snap and kicked the ball off the side of his foot for 23 yards.

A&M took a timeout with 8 seconds remaining to allow Kaser another attempt, and the second time he showed why A&M had coveted him. He boomed the ball 68 yards into the end zone.

“I remember both equally,” Kaser said. “The first one I went out there and was a little nervous. I dropped the snap, picked it back up and luckily got it off. The second time I went out there I was content, relaxed and hit a 68-yarder for a touchback.”

The game and Kaser’s season ended when the ball bounced in the end zone. Epperson punted the remainder of the games and won a highly competitive battle the following year, prompting A&M’s new coach Kevin Sumlin to redshirt Kaser.

“Now that I look back at it, I really think I wasn’t ready my freshman year, coming down a long ways from Ohio, away from family, struggles with my hamstring,” Kaser said. “I would have liked more than two punts in one of my years of eligibility, but looking back I think it’s been a blessing. I’ve had the experience of traveling with the team, going to these stadiums, going to Alabama and being on the sideline, really absorbing all that in. Now I go on the field, stepped on it for the first time on Saturday and I was calm, cool, collected, and I felt like it was just a practice to me.”

If Kaser gets any more relaxed, he’s going to have to scale back just to keep the ball in the stadium.

His third year in College Station and first as a starter opened with 55- and 57-yard punts; both forced Rice’s returners to call for a fair catch, and they were just the appetizer.

In the third quarter, Kaser got off a 76-yarder that drew an ovation only topped that day by the return of quarterback Johnny Manziel from his suspension.

“It’s funny, on that last punt I didn’t even know it was that far,” Kaser said. “I was just jogging down the field covering the punt, and [junior tight end] Cameron Clear came up to me and started jumping, going crazy, and I didn’t know why he was so excited. I do hear [the crowd] just because it is loud, but I didn’t think anything of it until I got to the sidelines and people told me, ‘Did you hear how loud that was?'”

Sumlin’s postgame comments about the kicking game weren’t as deafening, but they had much more impact.

“You guys thought I was joking a week ago when I said we were practicing coverage because I was worried he was kicking too far,” Sumlin said. “It’s not that I’m complaining. He’s become a real weapon.”

Kaser’s 76-yard punt ranks as the sixth longest in Aggie history and ties former All-American Shane Lechler’s longest punt while at A&M.

Coincidentally, Lechler is one of the reasons Kaser chose to attend A&M over Ohio State, the school he believed he was going to sign with all the way up until visiting Aggieland.

“To be honest I never really knew much about A&M,” Kaser. “Being from Ohio I never paid too much attention. It’s all Big Ten schools, Big East schools up there. When I came down her I learned about all the legacy of the punters … Lechler, [Steve] O’Neal, [Justin] Brantly … all those guys. I knew there was a lot of legacy to live up to, and I wanted that challenge.”

Despite his success punting in his first start, Kaser was just as happy to talk about his hold of Taylor Bertolet’s only field goal attempt. The snap was high, and Kaser, as he had promised to his roommate all camp, was able to pull the ball down to allow Bertolet to connect from 44 yards.

“I was very proud of that hold,” Kaser said. “We met each other before we came here at some kicking camps, and when I first committed here I started texting him. We just had a strong relationship from the very get-go. Having me as a holder has really calmed Taylor down, making him more comfortable. He trusts me.”

from: http://www.aggiesports.com/football/article_9f7dfb2d-296f-5167-89cc-c6ae10ecafc2.html

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Drew Kaser was born on February 11th, 1993 (time of birth unknown) in Strongsville, Ohio according to http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205239916

February 11th, 1993

2 + 11 +1+9+9+3 = 35 = his life lesson = Going the distance.

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February 11th, 1993

February 11th

2 + 11 +2+0+1+3 = 19 = his personal year (from February 11th, 2013 to February 10th, 2014) = It’s his time to shine. Proud of his hard earned success.

The Sun Tarot card

19 year + 9 (September) = 28 = his personal month (from September 11th, 2013 to October 10th, 2013) = Hero. Nothing is impossible.

Two of Wands Tarot card

28 month + 14 (14th of the month on Saturday September 14th, 2013) = 42 = his personal day = I’m luvin this.

Two of Cups Tarot card

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using the number/letter grid:

1      2    3       4       5       6     7    8     9
A      B   C      D      E       F      G     H      I
J   K    L      M      N     O   P    Q R
S     T      U      V     W     X      Y    Z

Where:

A = 1 J = 1 S = 1

B = 2 K = 2 T = 2

C = 3 L = 3 U = 3

D = 4 M = 4 V = 4

E = 5 N = 5 W = 5

F = 6 O = 6 X = 6

G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7

H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8

I = 9 R = 9

Drew Kaser

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