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French loses kicking job, will leave Madison

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After losing his job as the place-kicker of the Wisconsin Badgers, Kyle French

Kyle French

Kyle French

announced that he won’t return for his senior season in Madison next year.

French made the announcement on his Facebook page on Thursday night.

“I want to personally thank everyone who has supported me throughout my career in football,” he wrote. “The coaches have asked me to forgo my senior season and focus on my career outside of football after the season.

The Facebook post came hours after UW coach Gary Anderson told reporters Jack Russell would handle field goals and extra points this week at Illinois and hat linebacker Chris Borland would be ready for kicks of 45 yards or longer.

AUDIO: Gary Anderson says Borland kicking has been in the making for a couple of weeks :18

French started the season at Wisconsin’s No. 1 kicker.  He has made 5 of 8 field-goal attempts this season and 18 of 29 for his career at Wisconsin.

 

Jacobs could land time with the Badgers

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Freshman outside linebacker Leon Jacobs has been so impressive that Wisconsin coach

Leon Jacobs

Leon Jacobs

Gary Anderson could be counting on him right from the start in Madison.

Jacobs played just two seasons in high school before signing to play at Wisconsin.

During the Badgers training camp scrimmage on Monday, Jacobs had one of the best days of any player on the field.

AUDIO: Gary Anderson says Jacobs will play :22

Jacobs played high school football in California as a freshman, then took two years off to concentrate on basketball.  He returned to football for his senior season. [Read more…]

Wisconsin’s Russell demoted

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Wisconsin football freshman kicker Jack Russell has struggled with his first

Jack Russell

kicking opportunity.  That means sophomore Kyle French is going to get a second chance.

Russell struggled in last week’s loss in Nebraska, missing both a field goal and an extra point. 

Kyle French, who had earlier been demoted after a missed field goal and a kick out of bounds, gets a part of the job back again.

French will handle field goals and extra points for the Badgers when they host Illinois on Saturday.  Russell will continue to handle kickoffs for Bret Bielema’s Badgers. 

French is 3 for 4 on field goals this season, while Russell is 0 for 2 with the missed extra point.

Freshman Russell wins Badger kicking job

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Wisconsin Badger football coach Bret Bielema released his first depth chart of

Jack Russell

the season and Waunakee freshman kicker Jack Russell has won the kicking job. 

Russell will handle field goals and extra points after beating out sophomore Kyle French.  The two were neck and neck throughout most of training camp, but French fell off late last week.  He’ll still handle kickoffs.

One other position of interest is fullback where Derek Watt moved from linebacker to fullback just a week ago.  Watt is listed as the co-starter along with sophomore Sherard Cadogan.