By Mark Maynard / Prokickernews.com Nathan Chapman’s Prokick Australia program is making waves on the college football world again. The international partner of Prokicker.com has helped Jamie Keehn land a full scholarship as a punter for powerhouse Louisiana State University. Keehn’s signing was the culmination of 12 months training and ongoing assessment with Prokick Australia, which is quickly developing a reputation for turning out elite punters and placekickers. Keehn made the transition to the elite college level through the Prokick Australia program developed by Chapman and John Smith. It is a proven program that continues to place high-profile punters on…

Foxsports.com A female soccer player and homecoming queen from LSU has missed the cut for the football team after her tryout as a kickoff specialist, coach Les Miles said Tuesday. Senior Mo Isom, the former goalkeeper for the LSU women's soccer team, will be invited to try out as a kicker in August as she continues her bid to be the second female to play football at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported. "We reviewed her skill, the things she can do and do well," Miles said. "We kind of felt like there's four guys…

By Rowan Kavner / The Times-Picayune BATON ROUGE -- Former LSU goalkeeper Mo Isom approached former long snapper Joey Crappell last season to help her start kicking a football rather than a soccer ball. One year later, Isom is attempting to walk on to the LSU football team as a kicker. "He may have never kicked a football in his life, but that old man can teach you anything you want to know about striking a football," Isom said of Crappell. "He was a great mentor and really took me under his wing and was so positive." Isom said she…

NBC Sports Last year it was freshman Lauren Luttrell performing well enough during a summer camp tryout to earn an invitation back to Virginia Tech’s spring practice this year. Now, it appears another kicker of the female persuasion will attempt — again — to earn a spot on the 2011 BCS runners-up. According to WDSU-TV, LSU women’s soccer player Mo Isom got a tryout Tuesday with the Tigers football team, which began spring practice earlier this month.  This would actually constitute Isom’s second “stint” with the Tigers, having practiced kickoffs and field goals with the team last September. Isom, who while…

New Iberia Senior High School placekicker Colby Delahoussaye made it official last week, signing a national letter of intent with LSU after touring the school with his family and meeting with coach Les Miles last weekend, according to The Daily Iberian. Delahoussaye, who had a number of scholarship offers, will be a preferred walk-on at LSU and will likely redshirt his freshman season, said his father, Dwayne Delahoussaye. That means his son, who is currently preparing for a Division I soccer quarterfinal game with his NISH teammates, will pay his own way as a freshman and earn a scholarship after…

By RACHEL WHITTAKER / lsureveille It was the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 20, 2008. The New York Giants were battling the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field for a spot in Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated New England Patriots. The wind chill was a frigid 23 degrees below zero. Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes had just missed a game-winning 36-yard field goal at the end of regulation. Now-LSU special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey was on the Giants' sideline that fateful day in his first season as the New York assistant special teams coordinator, a position he held from 2007…

By David Helman / The Times-Picayune BATON ROUGE - Out of sight, out of mind. That seems to be the case for the Louisiana State University kicking game as spring practice winds to a close. Position battles at quarterback, running back and wide receiver usually take the forefront to uncertainty on special teams. To complicate the situation, LSU's kicking specialists don't work out when reporters are allowed to watch practices. These factors make it easy to underestimate the Tigers' turnover at kicker and punter, but it doesn't change the fact that LSU is losing major production at both positions. With…

By Glenn Guilbeau / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it BATON ROUGE — Drew Alleman knows exactly what he's walking into as LSU's next placekicker. He just hopes he gets to walk away with some of records of his own as well as a scholarship before his career is over. Alleman, a sophomore walk-on from Acadiana High in Lafayette, is the heir apparent of some recent LSU kickers who ran in rare air. "I know I've got big shoes to fill, but I think I'm ready," Alleman said after a practice this week. "Now I'm getting to step in there and be the man. It's…

By Mark Clements / The Daily Reveille While progress concerning the off-the-field chaos and controversies loomed with the NFL lockout, league owners tinkered with the rules. The owners voted last week to move the kickoff spot from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line in an effort to improve the safety of the game and cut down on injuries, leaving Pro Bowl kick returners like Devin Hester and Josh Cribbs with possibly redefined roles. On the other end of the field, weaker-legged kickers looking to make a name for themselves in the pros now have a 5-yard gift every kickoff. "I…

By Michael Lambert / The Daily Reveille Junior kicker Drew Alleman is no stranger to pressure. Alleman nailed a 32-yard field goal in the waning seconds to lead Acadiana High School past Sulphur, 13-10, in the 2006 Louisiana High School Athletic Association 5A state championship game. Since then, he's only been able to imagine pushing the ball through the uprights and sending fans into a frenzy. "I try to put myself in that situation every practice," Alleman said. "When the game's on the line, you have to make that kick." This year the spotlight will solely be on Alleman after…