Football High School Kicker Breaks NFL Record

**Lumpy** · 10-19-2012, 02:51 PM

SIGN HIM!!

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Check out the video above as Austin Rehkow of Central Valley High nails a 67-yard field goal as time expires to tie the game at 55 and force overtime against Shadle Park High on Thursday night in Spokane, Wash.

Just look where the holder puts the ball down. It’s on his own 43-yard line. Yes, HIS OWN 43!! The crazy thing is the ball made it over the crossbar with plenty of distance. Just look at how excited the refs are to call it good, looks like they wanna run over and give Rehkow a chest bump.

Keep in mind the longest field goal in NFL history is four yards shorter than Rehkow's kick! Tom Dempsey (1970), Jason Elam (1998), Sebastian Janikowski (2011) and David Akers (2012) have all connected from 63 yards out.

According to The National Federation of High Schools Record Book, Rehkow's kick is tied for the second-longest high school field goal of all-time. Dirk Borgognone of Reno, Nev., holds the record with a 68-yard field goal in 1985. Two other kickers connected on 67-yard field goals in the past. One from Georgia in 1999 and another from Texas in 1987.

Rehkow only has a partial scholarship offer from Eastern Washington right now. That should be changing very soon, as college coaches from all over are sure to be adding him to their lists of top recruits.

Central Valley went on to beat Shadle Park in overtime by a score of 62-55.

http://www.yardbarker.com/high_schoo...?ocid=ansfox11

**The Franchise** · 10-19-2012, 02:53 PM

Doubt he gets any other scholarships. One kick does not a good kicker make.

vailpass · 10-19-2012, 02:53 PM

Cool story though they have one fact wrong. Tom Dempsey's kick was actually shorter by half a foot.

Hoover · 10-19-2012, 02:53 PM

Hell of a kick, but the other team has no clue how to block a FG

**pr_capone** · 10-19-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Cool story though they have one fact wrong. Tom Dempsey's kick was actually shorter by half a foot.

Stewie · 10-19-2012, 03:00 PM

She's hot!

**Lumpy** · 10-19-2012, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

Doubt he gets any other scholarships. One kick does not a good kicker make.

With a kick like that one, I would assume that the kid is consistent.

**The Franchise** · 10-19-2012, 03:05 PM

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73...=1&nid=6362204

Stewie · 10-19-2012, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

With a kick like that one, I would assume that the kid is consistent.

Nah. See Russel Erxleben.

DTLB58 · 10-19-2012, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

She's hot!

That's what I was gonna say. What kick? What is her name?

Start Croyle · 10-19-2012, 03:09 PM

Most kickers in the NFL and college do this all the time in practice. The reason they don't do it in games is because the accuracy goes down enough so that the risk isn't worth it - Maybe they can get it 30% or 40% of the time.

This guy happened to get a chance to try it during a game. The note at the end about how he's going to get all these scholarship offers is pretty silly.

**DaFace** · 10-19-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

With a kick like that one, I would assume that the kid is consistent.

Length does not imply accuracy, and a blind guy can hit a bulls eye playing darts once in a while.

**Lumpy** · 10-19-2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

Nah. See Russel Erxleben.

Point made, Mr. Stewie. What about that Chiefs kicker that was full of fail in the '90's? Oh... what in the hell was his name?

Chiefs Pantalones · 10-19-2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Start Croyle

Most kickers in the NFL and college do this all the time in practice. This guy just did it in a game.

If we score more points than the Raiders next week we'll win.

**DaFace** · 10-19-2012, 03:12 PM

Also, FWIW, the NCAA record is 67 yards, and it's been matched multiple times. It's harder to kick a ball that far when guys are jumping up 10 feet in the air in front of you.

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