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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Matthew McCrane Oakland Raiders Kicker


Matthew McCrane Kansas State University and now Oakland Raiders Kicker
Coach Zauner's College Senior and Free Agent Combines are
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"Congrats To New Oakland Raiders kicker, Matthew McCrane"
This year Matthew McCrane (Kansas State), Trent Sieg (ColoradoState), Corey Bojorquez and Jason Sanders both from the University of New Mexico, along with Brett Maher (U. of Nebraska) and Hunter Bradley (Mississippi State) all made 2018 NFL Rosters from Coach Zauner's Programs.
Coach Zauner's Programs consist of not only the College Senior and Free Agent Combines but also ONE on ONE Lessons and PRO Development Camps. Brett Maher attended three of Coach Zauner's Free Agent Combines and Hunter Bradley has taken ONE on ONE Snapping Lessons and attended my Snappers ONLY 'Vital Man' Snapping Camps both in Arizona and Wisconsin. Congrats to all these specialists for making NFL final rosters this year.

In February, Matthew attended Coach Zauner's 2018 College Senior Combine in Gilbert, Arizona with (70) other College Senior Specialists.
Matthew competed for two days with (22) other College Senior Kicking Specialists. During the Combine all the snappers, punters and kickers are evaluated with respect to their NFL potential. Kickers are evaluated and tested in several areas, field goal form, technique, accuracy, consistency and kickoff potential.  Matthew's performance over three days caught my eye.
As I tell all the specialists attending my combines, winning a contest doesn't mean you have NFL potential it just means you won a field goal, kickoff or punting contest and congratulations. My bottom line and goal is to find NFL prospects and give their names to NFL teams so these specialists that might be overlooked get exposure to NFL teams. 
Matthew didn't win any of the combine contests but showed me he has NFL potential and thats all that counts. He along with (4) other kickers, (8) punters and (7) snappers were recommended to NFL teams as having NFL potential.  He was ranked in Group 1, a kicker that is an NFL Prospect. 

Coach Zauner's College Senior Combine in the past (9) years has produced Exposure and Results for many College Seniors.  Coach Zauner's 40 plus years of coaching, training and "Eye" for special teams talent and my recommendation to NFL& CFL teams has resulted with (79) specialists signing NFL contracts, and many more have been invited to mini-camps. To date (29) of these specialists have made NFL rosters and (8) CFL rosters. 
After the 2018 College Senior Combine and NFL Draft, Matthew signed a Free Agent Contract with the Arizona Cardinals.  He went to training camp and did very well in preseason.  

On September 23, 2018 veteran NFL kicker, Mike Nugent was hurt during the Oakland Raiders game vs the Cleveland Browns. Matthew had a workout on Tuesday September 25 and was selected from a excellent group of kickers to replace Mike Nugent.

Like many kickers in the NFL, they received their opportunity because somebody got hurt. It's too bad that Mike Nugent got hurt.  But as they all say "Injuries are big part of the game." However, this is an opportunity for Matthew to make his mark as a starting kicker in the NFL and he has earned it. 

Both Matthew McCrane and Snapper, Trent Sieg (Colorado State) attended my 2018 College Senior Combine. Both are now with the Raiders replacing specialists that got hurt in early season games.

Congrats to Matthew and I wish him and Trent the best of luck in their upcoming games for the Oakland Raiders.




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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Jason Sanders Miami Dolphins New Kicker


Jason Sanders University of New Mexico and Miami Dolphins Kicker

Coach Zauner's College Senior and Free Agent Combine are
'A Specialist's Path To PRO Football"®
"Congrats To New Miami Dolphins Kicker, Jason Sanders"
This year Jason Sanders and Corey Bojorquez both from the University of New Mexico, Matthew McCrane (Kansas State), Trent Sieg (Colorado State),  along with Brett Maher (U. of Nebraska) and Hunter Bradley (Mississippi State) all made 2018 NFL Final Rosters from Coach Zauner's Programs. 
Coach Zauner's Programs consist of not only the College Senior and Free Agent Combines but also ONE on ONE Lessons and PRO Development Camps.  Brett Maher attended three of Coach Zauner's Free Agent Combines and Hunter Bradley has taken ONE on ONE Snapping Lessons and attended my Snappers ONLY 'Vital Man' Snapping Camps both in Arizona and Wisconsin.  Congrats to all these specialists for making NFL final rosters this year. 
In February, Jason attended Coach Zauner's 2018 College Senior Combine in Gilbert, Arizona with (70) other college senior specialists.
Jason competed for two days with (22) other College Senior Kicking Specialists.  During the Combine all the snappers, punters and kickers are evaluated with respect to their NFL potential. Kickers are evaluated and tested in several areas, field goal form, technique, accuracy and consistency and kickoff potential. 
 As I tell all the specialists attending my combines, winning a contest doesn't mean you have NFL potential it just means you won a field goal or kickoff contest and congratulations. My bottom line and goal is to find NFL prospects and give their names to NFL teams so these specialists that might be overlooked get exposure to NFL teams.

Jason didn't win any of the combine contests but showed me NFL potential and thats all that counts. He along with (4) other kickers, (8) punters and (7) snappers were recommended to NFL teams as having NFL potential.  He was put into Group 1 as an NFL Prospect!
Coach Zauner's College Senior Combine in the past (9) years has produced Exposure and Results for many College Seniors.  Coach Zauner's 40 plus years of coaching, training and "Eye" for special teams talent and my recommendation to NFL& CFL teams has resulted with (79) specialists signing NFL contracts, and many more have been invited to mini-camps. To date (29) of these specialists have made NFL rosters and (8) CFL rosters. 
As a side note.  I coached at the University of New Mexico in 1986 and 87 and still follow Lobo Football every year.  I was very aware of both of these Lobo Specialists by some of my friends still working at the University.
Congrats to both University of New Mexico Lobos, Corey Bojorquez and Jason Sanders for their hard work and dedication and making 2018 NFL Rosters.  Go Lobos!



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Saturday, August 1, 2015

College Senior Combine Gives Specialists Exposure and Lasting Opportunities


Coach Zauner's College Senior Combines
Gives Specialists Exposure And Lasting Opportunities!
(Specialists Sign 2015 Futures Contracts)
Coach Zauner 2014 College Senior Combine Produces Results in 2015
One week after my 2014 College Senior Combine I host my 2014 Free Agent Combine. The
only difference is NFL Coaches, Scouts and Directors of College / Pro Scouting can attend
my Free Agent Combine but can not by NFL Rule attend any one's College Senior Combine, unless run by the NFL.  The likes of the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. 

That is why I run Coach Zauner's Free Agent Combine immediately after my College Senior Combine.  So, I can give all the (NFL) and (CFL) Canadian Football League Coaches and teams the results from the College Senior Combine plus hand deliver their Combine workout videos and give them my NFL potential recommendations to them. 

 It is a system that has worked for the last several years for many College Seniors that did not receive the exposure they wanted, needed and deserved.  The likes of Punters:  Johnny Hekker (St. Louis Rams), Sam Martin (Detroit Lions) and Tress Way (Washington Redskins).  All three of these punters did not play in any after season Bowl Games or get an invite to the Senior Bowl, or NFL Combine.  They received my recommendation and endorsement that they had NFL Potential and should be strongly looked at and evaluated with the other top senior that did get invited to the NFL Combine.

 That is why my recommendation early in "The Process" to all the NFL Special Teams Coaches is important.  So the NFL Coaches can find specialists that NFL Scouts missed on in the evaluation process. 
Coach Zauner's College Senior Combines Have Produces Results For These Punters:
Johnny Hekker / Sam Martin and Tress Way
So, after the 2014 Draft many of the specialists I recommended to NFL Coaches were invited to NFL Mini Camps and later signed NFL Contracts.  Every year there is a good number of specialists recommended. Many go to either NFL Training Camps or get invited to CFL Training Camps.  Most of the specialists get pre-season game experience and exposure.  However, all of them got cut at the end of 204 training camp season.  

 Some did well enough in camps and pre-season games to sign Futures Contracts in 2015:  The list of Specialists signing futures contracts were:  Travis Coons and Carey Spear both with the (Cleveland Browns), Andrew Furney (New York Jets), Michael Palardy (St. Louis Rams) and Kasey Redfern (Jacksonville Jaguars). Congrats to all these Specialists.
Travis Coons (U. of Washington) Signs Futures Contract with Cleveland Browns
Carey Spear (Vanderbilt) Signs Futures Contract with Cleveland Browns
Andrew Furney (Washington State) Signs Futures with New York Jets
Michael Palardy (U. of Tennessee) Signs Futures with St. Louis Rams
Kasey Redfern (Wofford College) Signs Futures with Jacksonville Jaguars
Also, some specialists from the 2014 College Senior Combine Signed NFL Contracts and later signed
contracts with the (CFL) Canadian Football League in 2015.  Andy Wilder (Northern Arizona) signed with Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015 and later in the year signed with the (CFL) Ottawa RedBlacks.  Sergio Castillo (West Texas A&M) was an All-American Kicker and 2013 Fred Mitchell Award Winner signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014 and this year signed with the (CFL) B.C. Lions.
Andy Wilder (Northern Arizona) 2015 Signs With Tamp Bay Buccaneers / Ottawa RedBlacks
Sergio Castillo (West Texas A & M) Signs 2014 with Atlanta Falcons & 2015 B.C. Lions

I wish each of these Specialists the best of luck in the future and hope to see them playing on T.V.  someday. 
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