Inside a kicking competition at Georgia Tech

David Scully knows all about what Georgia Tech kickers Shawn Davis and Brenton King have gone through as they’ve competed with each other to be the Yellow Jackets’ starting kicker.

Sensing (or hearing) frustration from teammates when they fail on kicks that could have saved them from running. Having every kick scrutinized. And the pressure personally applied by coach Paul Johnson.

“He would literally be not four inches off my plant foot,” Scully said. “You could feel him staring.”

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