Green Bay Packers har i NFL-draftens sjette runde sikret sig kickeren Trey Smack fra Florida. Med det samlede pick nummer 216 bliver han den første placekicker, der bliver udvalgt i denne års draft.
Smack kommer til at konkurrere med holdets nuværende kickere, Brandon McManus og Lucas Havrisik, om en plads i Packers' trup til den kommende sæson.
McManus, der tidligere har spillet for Denver Broncos, stod i 2025 for 24 af 30 scorede field goals, herunder et langskud på 56 yards. Han missede blot ét ekstrapoint i løbet af sæsonen.
Packers draftede i 2023 Anders Carlson i sjette runde, men kickeren nåede aldrig at etablere sig på holdet. Han missede 11 forsøg i sin rookie-sæson og blev frigivet inden sæsonens afslutning.
Stærk college-karriere
Trey Smack har en imponerende college-bagage med sig. Han var to gange blandt de sidste 15 i konkurrencen om Lou Groza Award, der gives til årets bedste placekicker i college-fodbold. I 2025 var han blandt kun tre kickere i den bedste college-liga, FBS, der formåede at score fem field goals på 50 yards eller mere. Blandt andet sparkede han et 57-yard field goal i Shrine Bowl.
I sin college-karriere ramte Smack 82,8 procent af sine field goal-forsøg, hvilket vidner om en stabil og præcis sparketeknik.
Med sin erfaring og præstationer i bagagen ventes Smack at give Packers en solid konkurrence i kampen om pladsen som holdets primære kicker.
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