This isn’t a story to state the case for Georgia placekicker Rodrigo Blankenship to earn a scholarship or not. This is a story comparing what Blankenship did in his first season of playing time to what other Georgia placekickers of the past did in their inaugural seasons.
Whether Blankenship winds up on scholarship or not by the start of the 2017 season is up to the Georgia coaching staff.
But as for how Blankenship did, he did wind up on the All-SEC Freshman Team and was named to the Football Writers Association of America’s 2016 Freshman All-America Team.