Miner Rush · Jan 18, 2017
UTEP Football: Miners pickup commit from kicker Jake Friant
UTEP needs a kicker for the 2017 season, and received a commit from Georgia high school kicker Jake Friant.
Friant, 5'11, 180 pounds, went 24-for-25 in his high school career, and is known as a kickoff specialist with a major boom and penchant for touchbacks.
A Johns Creek, Georgia native, Friant has visited a number of SEC schools during his recruiting process, and was ranked #100 in the Kohls Kicking camps national rating system based off camp performances from Friant.
He was a Region 7-AAAAAA all-region selection this past season, was a Georgia all-state honorable mention for his junior year performance.