Backup K JJ McGrath appears to be transferring
Per this youtube video, it looks like JJ Mcgrath is transferring as this appears to be his film to generate interest. He would have been Wile's backup this year so it turns the kicking situation into a bit of a scary situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnyqHV7Y0pw
I would have to guess the scholarship given to Andrew David in the 2015 class is the reason behind it. The below quote comes from a Freep article in Jan 2013 when McGrath said he was coming to Michigan as a preferred walkon.
From Free Press Jan 2013>>>>> Macomb Lutheran North kicker J.J. McGrath announced he will attend U-M as a preferred walk-on, with the understanding that he will get a scholarship when one opens for a kicker. “I’m taking a preferred walk on my first year and there’s a possibility I might end up taking a greyshirt,” he said of the process of enrolling in second semester and not being a part of the scholarship class immediately but being included down the road. “I am going to walk on for sure.” According to the roster, his understanding is that may be as soon as the end of next season, when U-M senior kicker Brendan Gibbons’ eligibility expires. >>>>>
Any clue who Wile's backup will be now?
OK I made it 1:13 into the video and got bored, but I never saw why you think he's transferring. Because he made a video of himself kicking?
The title of the video says RS Freshman Transfer and says to contact him..but also being reported on Twitter by another Michigan site (Maize n Brew).
OK, that makes sense then. On my screen the title on the embedded video stops at Freshman ...
I started looking when m.go.licio.us posted this. I don't see it here either. But there is this from his twitter:
Telling your best friends something you know will bum them out, takes the cake as the one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
Andrew David is a damn good kicker from what I hear.
Lol, nice edit.
Was gonna leave it up, but now that I've seen a credible source reporting him leaving, didn't make much sense to leave it up.
We saw that...nice edit.
Everyone says that but i think i remember his stats from this past year not being very good at all, no?
Michigan kicker JJ McGrath is transferring from #Michigan.
— Joshua Henschke (@JoshuaHenschke) May 8, 2014
We have a walk on kicker coming in for 2014 named Kyle Seychel if I'm not mistaken. No idea if he is any good though
He is probably next in line at the moment. I know Kenny Allen is backup punter but I have never heard his name mentioned for kicking field goals..,but maybe that was just because he was too far down the line when McGrath was here still.
Here is the hello post for Kyle Seychel from the msg board:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/hello-kyle-seychel-preferred-walk-kickerpun…
We can give up on this season, I say start only freshman all season for experience and look towards 2015.
I know he was brought in as a Punter, but he kicked in high school. According to his Hello: post he seems to have at least been rated as a 2* Kicker by ESPN.
Man, I wish we had access to videos of all the players doing there thing like this.
Is it really transferring if he was a walkon? Can't he just enroll at another school and walkon there as well, then get a scholly the next year?
Ummm yes? When you leave one college to enroll at another you are transferring whether you're an athlete or not.
Good luck to him.