2016 Season Countdown: #86 Andrew David

Andrew David (image via Maize and Blue News)

Name: Andrew David
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 178 lbs.
High school: Massillon (OH) Washington
Position: Kicker
Class: Redshirt freshman
Jersey number: #16
Last year: I ranked David #69 and said he would be a backup kicker. He redshirted.

David came to Michigan last season as someone with an opportunity to play early. His competition for the kicking job came from walk-ons like Kenny Allen, Kyle Seychel, and others. As a highly rated kicker, he seemed to have a fighting chance. Seychel was thought to be the front-runner for the kicking job coming out of the spring, because Allen had mostly been a punter during his first three years on campus. However, Allen won the job, relegating David to backup status. And it’s not often that a backup kicker is necessary.

This season David finds himself in a similar situation: looking up at Kenny Allen. Allen could very well pull double duty as the punter and placekicker this season, but now there’s some added competition in #1 overall class of 2016 kicker Quinn Nordin. After watching David kick in the spring, I think the Wolverines are in some serious trouble if Allen and Nordin don’t get the job done or get injured. Nordin’s an unknown quantity coming out of high school, but with David on the roster, the coaching staff still went hard after Nordin. My guess is that David will be the third-string kicker this season.

Prediction: Backup kicker

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