I don’t know how else to assess kickers for the draft or their potential than their performance in college. There are a few of the top 10 NFL kickers that are also among the top college kickers ever, such as Carlson (78th), Gay (11th), and Forbath (26th), Gostkowski (215th). It seems most of the great kickers had several seasons in the upper 80s, but Grupe was up an down throughout college. He went from 66.7 to 86.4, to 61.1 to 80 to 73.7. I just hope he has gotten more consistent. Maybe he'll deliver something in the 80s based on his trend. However, if Grupe starts messing up, then I would try to persuade Daniel Gutierrez, the UNLV kicker, to come kick for the Saints. His stats are insane! He's gone from 78.6 to 83.3 to 88.9 to 94.7 last year. He's the 12th best kicker ever in college. Also, he's 5'11, 220, so if he had to tackle someone, he'd probably survive. The last listed kicker was 244th, and Grupe didn't make the best ever list.