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WATCH: P.J. Fleck puts senior punter on scholarship, involves former Gophers, Pat McAfee in announcement
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As the season creeps closer, there’s one really cool aspect of college football that we’ll start to see more and more: scholarship videos.
Over the last few years, college football coaches have made it a point to have elaborate celebrations when announcing a walk-on player has earned and received a scholarship. It’s a really awesome aspect of the sport that never gets old.
Recently, Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck put Gophers senior punter Jacob Herbers on scholarship, showing a one-minute clip that involved several former teammates and former Colts punter Pat McAfee.
Former Minnesota specialists Peter Mortell, Payton Jordahl, Ryan Santoso, Justin Juenemann and Emmit Carpenter were all involved with the video, which can be viewed below:
Congrats to @Herb_verb on EARNING his scholarship!! He’s an ELITE student, athlete and most importantly, person!! Special thanks to @PatMcAfeeShow, @PMortell1, @Mit_Carp, @JustinJuenemann, @paydayy25 & @RyanSantoso90 for helping with the announcement!! #RTB #HYPRR #SkiUMah pic.twitter.com/9I4pGPDwsm
— P.J. Fleck (@Coach_Fleck) May 20, 2019
Herbers will be a redshirt senior this fall and was the team’s punter and place holder last fall. He averaged 41.24 yards per punt and was an Academic All-B1G selection.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB