Posted on Thu, Apr. 17, 2008
The Eagles brought in a competitor for Sav Rocca yesterday when they signed punter/kicker Richmond McGee to a three-year contract.
McGee was both the punter and the kickoff specialist on Texas' national champion in 2005, when he averaged 37.9 yards per punt, dropping 11 inside the 20-yard line, and kicked off 16 times with five touchbacks.
He averaged 39.6 yards on 130 career punts, while 36 percent of his career kickoffs went for touchbacks. A walk-on at Texas, McGee was a kickoff specialist in 2002. He became the punter in 2003 and earned the Longhorns' special-teams MVP award that season.
McGee converted the only field-goal attempt of his career, a 44-yarder, in 2004.
The 24-year-old McGee will compete with Rocca for a job as the punter and, perhaps, with David Akers for the job of kickoff specialist.
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