Georgia Tech doesn't plan to choose its punter or its kicker this spring.

The Yellow Jackets haven't even decided which specialist does what.

Scott Blair and Mohamed Yahiaoui have been practicing in both roles this spring. So has Chandler Anderson. Don't expect any of the three to continue doing both once the season begins Aug. 28.

"It's pretty hard to do both in college, just because you have to be so good at each particular thing and there's pretty stiff competition," Blair said. "It would be a pretty difficult thing to do."

So difficult, in fact, that Tech special teams coordinator Jeff Monken couldn't remember a time one player served in both roles on a Paul Johnson-coached team. The closest: Jason Elam in 1992 at Hawaii, where Johnson was offensive coordinator. Elam averaged 44.5 yards in his one full season as a punter and still ranks fourth in NCAA history in points scored by a kicker. A Brookwood High School alumnus, he signed with the Falcons this year after 15 seasons kicking for the Denver Broncos.

Tech doesn't have anybody like him.

Blair handled 68 of Tech's 70 kickoffs last season as a freshman and might be the best leg the Yellow Jackets have at either the punter or the kicker position. Blair is part of the reason Tech ranked second in the nation last season in kickoff coverage.

Yahiaoui handled most of the kickoffs in 2005 and 2006 but redshirted last fall. Neither has shown the 45-yards-and-in consistency Travis Bell gave Tech last season, though they appear to be the leaders in a long list of candidates that even includes former wide receiver Tyler Davis.

Johnson and Monken are in no hurry to tip their hand about whom they'll pick.

"Blair's been the most consistent [place-kicker] this spring," Monken said. "We'll just see where it goes.

"[Among the punters,] Scott's kicked it good. [Kevin] Crosby's kicked it good at times. Chandler Anderson's hit some good punts. I don't know who the punter is. We'll make that decision when we've got to, and that'll be in the fall."

The kickers and punters work with the coaches at the beginning of practice and sometimes at the end. In between, they're on their own, because Monken coaches the slot backs. Before each practice, he prepares a sheet of paper that tells the kickers, snappers and holders what to do while they're working on their own.

They've been told whoever does best will get the job, but it has been an open-ended audition, with no clear progress report.

"They haven't told us who's in the lead," Blair said. "It's just a dogfight.

"You have the pressure of knowing you have to be on all the time. You don't want them to see you [screw up] one."

He will have to wait awhile to learn whether he's a kicker or punter. His preference?

"I love it all," Blair said. "There's not one thing I like more."