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#UNC place-kicker Rece Verhoff after kicking 4 field goals ad setting the school record.
Nov 16, 2025
#UNC place-kicker Rece Verhoff after kicking 4 field goals ad setting the school record.
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Um, off your leg, coming off the leg, I
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know Bill just was in here talking a
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little about the wind and that was
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something at the end of the third
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quarter there. You called timeout to
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make sure you can get the wind behind
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you. Just what felt good tonight?
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Um, overall the kicks felt good. I mean,
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there was one or two kicks. Well, mostly
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one like where it got blocked and I'll
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take all blame for that was on me. I
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kicked a little low, but overall besides
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that, the ball was popping off the leg
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tonight obviously from 57 which was
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really nice.
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Did you have anything more on that kick
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or did it go on? Did you?
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Um, I mean, it was a great hit. From my
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angle, I'm not going to lie. It looks
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like it was going to hit the upright and
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I was like, "Oh, no." And then all a
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sudden, I saw people holding their hands
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up good cuz I couldn't see it go in. But
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I was ecstatic cuz I just I've worked a
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lot just to hit one of those, you know?
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Yeah. I guess just at what point did you
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actually realize that it it was good if
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that makes sense?
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I actually saw my long snapper Spencer.
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He was in the end zone cuz there was
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they had a returner back and he was
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holding his hands up and I was like,
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"There's no way." So it was awesome.
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Jeremiah.
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Yeah. Reese, I think when we talked to
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you in maybe September, someone asked
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you range. I think you said 60 at that
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time. What is the process of you know
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kind of taking a range expanding on it
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extending it if that makes sense and you
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know being able to I guess in game
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translate.
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Yeah. Um the big thing for a kicker is
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like ball contact. So I mean like that's
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why they compare it to golf a lot.
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Obviously, you don't want to you slice
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it, you know, when you're golfing, but
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the big thing is ball contact and leg
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speed is what I've noticed. But like to
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get to those ranges is just kind of like
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growing as a kicker and just like
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getting your form pure and everything.
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So,
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Andrew,
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when uh you had that block at the end of
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the third quarter, coach called timeout
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before that.
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It looked like the four the third
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quarter was going to run out and you
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would just kick it in the fourth
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quarter. What did he tell you about why
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he called the timeout? Why was that
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maybe more advantageous than letting it
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go in the fourth quarter? I'm actually
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not sure for the timeout. Like I was
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just focused on like knowing like we're
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probably have another field goal here.
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So for my mentality, it was just like
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whenever we're going out, just let me
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know. So
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great.
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Yeah. And kind of quick question before
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I get to my main question, but how what
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was your long before that kid?
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Um I think it was last year at Marshall.
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It might have been 51 against Georgia
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Southern. And so yeah, I mean it's it's
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been a while. I think I've only I
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haven't had that many attempts from 50
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plus in my career. just in college in
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general. So, it's felt good.
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And what kind of goes in the process of
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trying to kick further? This is more
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like weight training. Is it nutrition?
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What kind of goes into all that?
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I feel like as a kicker, like it's more
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of like just being like healthy and like
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making sure your legs fresh during the
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games cuz you don't want to overkick to
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where like your legs a little dead and
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when you need to hit those long range
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kicks. But like training wise, it's just
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practice over time. And then that's when
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I go back to talking about ball contact.
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That was like one of the biggest things
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I've been taught in my career.
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So your previous high was 51. How aware
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were you when you walked out there that
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that was going to be the new career
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high. Did that add level of pressure?
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Um for me the mentality was just like
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like we just got to hit this. I mean
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it's chances to get points on the board
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and Prefer and uh Billy Miller do a good
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job. They trusted me, which I love that
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out of them because I know some people
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that don't get those opportunities
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because their coaches don't trust them
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and it's just awesome just to have that.
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Okay.
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Ree, I know you just kick it when they
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tell you to, but were you surprised by
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some of the decisions to kick it late in
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the game and not go for it?
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Um, those aren't really up to me. So,
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I'm I'm kind of just like a guy. It's
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just like, tell me what to do and I'll
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do it. So, like I don't have anything to
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say about that except I mean, just tell
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me when I have to go kick the ball, I'll
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be ready.
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two super duper quick ones. One, did
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anyone ask you before that field goal if
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you were comfortable enough kicking that
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or did they just tell you to go out
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there?
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Um, I've hit them in practice, so like
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people know as I've hit it before, so
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nobody really questioned it. And I mean,
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it's kind of like a I wouldn't say a
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leap of faith, but it was kind of more
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of like let's why not? It's a half, two
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seconds left. And I know I have the leg
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power to where they wouldn't return it.
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So I mean, and it went in my favor. So
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what's the last thing you tell yourself
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before the ball is snapped? Did you
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point your kick in field goal like that?
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Um, I kind of just like the whole
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mentality for me is just see the ball,
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kick the ball. I try not to like
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overthink anything because like when you
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overthink it, it just kind of like
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throws all those factors in there where
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you can mess up. But for me, I just go
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out there and just trust my process and
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know I've worked hard enough to like get
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these opportunities.
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Last one for Shelby.
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Obviously, great night for you, offense
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as a whole, struggling, couldn't find
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the end zone. Just if you could just
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from your vantage point, just the mood
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in the locker room after this one.
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Um, I mean, obviously the team wants to
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get better. I mean, obviously it's not
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the outcome we wanted, and I'm just
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going to say like we're going to keep
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working and do what we can do and just
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improve week by week.
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Perfect. Good stuff. Thanks so much, Re.
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Green 3.
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