Former Indiana kicker Austin Starr has been invited to attend mini-camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend. Should he kick well the team could offer him a contract.
“My agent talked to a lot of teams, but Jacksonville wanted to set something up,” he said.
In January, thhe Jaguars hired Russ Purnell to coach special teams; he’d held the same position with the Indianapolis Colts since 2002 before being let go by new coach Jim Caldwell. So he is familiar with Starr.
Starr hit 21-of-23 field goals as a junior but just 10-of-17 last season.
If Starr’s leg is healed this is a great FA pick up for the Jags…
Good luck Austin!
He simply couldn’t kick this year. Missed chip shots. Doesn’t kick straight, draws all his kicks in. With a young proven kicker like Scobee on the Jaguars I don’t see him making it there.
Yeah, he wasn’t that good last year, but hopefully for him that was due to injury and he’ll find a spot somewhere in the NFL.
Don’t the Jags still have that little knucklehead kicker Scobee? Remember the Colts game when he faked and injury then taunted the crowd afterwords? I hope Austin takes his job.
I am from jacksonville, Fl. We have a good kicker in Scobee! We certainly don’t need this guy! 10-17 and he thinks he has a chance to make it? No way in hell! to TD, scobee a knucklehead? How bout the kicker on the colts before they guy you have know! I despise the Colts and hope like hell they don’t win the AFC South this year! Go JAGS! Vince
Well, we all know the Jags certainly won’t win the division, as usual.