INDIANAPOLIS -- A scout squinted to get a better look at the placekickers in black jerseys marked with difficult-to-read neon green numbers.
"Who is No. 18?" he turned around and asked the fellow special teams aficionados seated in the end zone of Lucas Oil Stadium.
No. 18 had just nailed a 55-yarder from the left hash, and many of the coaches in the seats didn't even have the full roster of specialists, so his identity was a mystery. Only six kickers were officially invited to the combine, and this one wasn't among that small group.
"It's the German kid," said another special teams staffer.