Sleeper kicker going national

Looks like the stock of place-kicker Tony Binswanger (6-1, 175, 4.6) from Concord (Calif.) De la Salle is taking an upward turn. Binswanger is the place-kicker that Rivals saw real close up in Hawaii. We were very impressed with Binswanger and the bandwagon is growing.

Now the talented place-kicker is adding schools that are interested and there was someone who was so impressed by the powerful leg of Binswanger that this mystery guest offered to work with Binswanger, making him even better.

Binswanger received a call from Mike Biselli the former All-America place-kicker for Stanford.

Biselli called Binswanger out of the clear blue because he saw him kick at Memorial Stadium De la Salle hooked up against Long Beach Poly. Biselli was so impressed that he felt it necessary to get in touch with Binswanger to help him with the recruiting process. Biselli remembered how tough it was on his family and himself, so he felt compelled to call and help mentor Binswanger through the process.

Biselli also has offered to help correct a few fundamentals that he is convinced will make Binswanger an even stronger kicker.

Needless to say, Binswanger is thrilled to have someone of Biselli’s stature and experience who believes in him enough to want to help further his career.

Binswanger has kicked 74% of his kickoffs in the end zone. He could probably bang it the end zone every kickoff, but from time to time he is asked to squib kick.

Binswanger gives De La Salle a big weapon over opponents in terms of field position. If De la Salle wants to their opponents to start at the 20 that is what they are likely to do with Binswanger kicking.

Cal, USC and Notre Dame were the first out of the box showing interest in Binswanger. Now Tennessee and Miami of Florida are also taking a long look.

When you talk about a sleeper waking up giants, you are talking about Binswanger.