Green Getting its Kicks

Better eyes than mine have dug up another commitment, this one from a highly regarded kicker/punter from Roswell, Ga., and Blessed Trinity High School. News of Riley Lyons' commitment was posted here.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Lyons, also offered by Brown, booted a 52-yard field goal this fall and was wide on a 51-yarder. He recorded touchbacks on 31 of his 45 kickoffs and averaged 38.6 yards punting.

From Kohl's Professional Camps:

Riley is super explosive, KO's are good enough to start in SEC

From Chris Sailer Kicking:

He has one of the strongest legs in the class of 2011. Gets great height on his field goals. Kickoffs are huge and near the very top of his class. Also a solid punter.

From ESPN.com:

Riley has BCS leg strength. He can hit KO's as good as anyone in the country (Multiple 4.1's hang-times) and has shown tremendous potential in FG's. His FG range is excellent, his consistency is solid but does need to get better to play in college early.

Kicking stats here

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Voting continues in the Ivy League poll to predict who will win the Ivy League Player of the Year award. Remember, this is to predict the winner, not name him ;-)

As of yesterday at 8:30 a.m. the poll looked like this:
37 percent: Nick Schwieger, Dartmouth
31 percent: Billy Ragone, Penn
19 percent: Gino Gordon, Harvard
11 percent: Trey Peacock, Princeton

As of 9:30 this morning it looked like this:
67 percent: Nick Schwieger, Dartmouth
16 percent: Billy Ragone, Penn
10 percent: Gino Gordon, Harvard
5 percent: Trey Peacock, Princeton

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Penn has a nicely done video on quarterback Billy Ragone, the Ivy League's version of Tim Tebow. The highlights will show you why he's a candidate. The frightening thing for the Ivy League is the 6-foot-1, 220-pound sophomore should have three more years of eligibility (although they probably don't want to refer to him as a "redshirt freshman" in the video). And for the record, Nick Schwieger is a junior, not a senior.

New Hampshire coach Sean McDonnell has been named the New England Coach of the Year. The 10th-ranked Wildcats (7-4) play at 10-1 Bethune-Cookman today in Daytona Beach, Fla., in the NCAA playoffs. UNH is making its seventh trip to the playoffs in a row, the longest streak in the nation.

Patriot League champion Lehigh (10-2) will play at No. 3 Delaware.

And Ivy League champion Penn is ... idle until next fall.