Make room, Brad Wing. Another Aussie is bringing his kicking talents to the states.
Maryland announced via a press release Thursday that punter/kicker Brad Craddock has signed a financial-aid agreement and will play for the Terps in 2012. A native of Adelaide, Australia, Craddock, the release stated, learned to punt playing Australian Rules football.
“Brad is an extremely talented kicker and punter with a very strong leg and excellent hangtime and distance with his kicks,” head coach Randy Edsall said in a statement. “We are excited that Brad has decided to come to the University of Maryland to continue his academic and athletic career. Having had experience with an Australian punter previously, I felt that Brad would be a great fit based on film and recommendations of our kicking and International contacts. We look forward to having Brad with us when our team reports to camp on August 5th.”
From the release:Craddock, a native of Adelaide, Australia, was a four-sport athlete in high school and ... was rated as the top Australian kicking prospect in the class of 2012 by Chris Sailer Kicking.
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Craddock began playing Australian Rules football at age eight and also played soccer, tennis and ran track for his high school, Tabor Christian College. He spent the last year-and-a-half training with OzPunt, an Australian punting, kicking and holding academy.LSU’s Wing, who earned first-team All-SEC and All-American honors as a redshirt freshman last season, came to the Tigers in 2010 after playing just one season of high school football in Louisiana. Wing is from Melbourne, Australia, and also got his “punting” start playing Aussie rules football.