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Football: Flower Mound's McClimans named to All-American team
From staff reports
Flower Mound long snapper Fred McClimans was recently named to the inaugural Ray Guy Prokicker.com High School All-American team as a long snapper (third team).
The team includes some of the nation's top punting, kicking, kickoff and long-snapping prospects in the nation.
According to a press relase from prokicker.com, players were selected after much vetting from the Prokicker.com staff, who watched and coached the players during camps, and also by how the players performed on the field during the 2011 high school season.
There were four All-America categories -- punting, kicking, long-snapping and kickoff specialist. The last category is believed to be the first of its kind in receiving All-America postseason recognition.
"There are a lot of facets to special teams and we feel like this is an important one that sometimes gets overlooked when it comes to being recognized as the best," Sang said.
Eight different states were represented, including Georgia (two), Texas (two), Florida (two), Kentucky, Virginia (two), Arizona, South Carolina and Arkansas.
Among the first-, second- and third-team selections, three players -- kickers Harrison Butker (Westminster - Atlanta, Ga.), Nick Tankersley (St. Josepth -- Victoria, Tex) and Patrick Sohrt (Manatee -- Manatee, Fla.) -- were selected as Ray Guy Prokicker.com All-Americans in two different categories.
Ray Guy, the former All-Pro punter for the Oakland Raiders and considered the greatest punter in NFL history, was proud to lend his name to the inaugural Ray Guy Prokicker.com High School All-Americans.
"These young men have proven that they're the best of the best," Guy said. "I've seen many of them personally in camps and know the work ethic that goes with being a great kicker or punter. These guys have that something special, that 'it' factor, that separates them from the pack. This is just a steppingstone for many of them. We look for them to do great things at the next level."
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