The Patriots are adding a former second-round pick to their practice squad. ESPN’s Field Yates reports (via Twitter) that New England is signing kicker Roberto Aguayo to their practice squad.
Following a standout career at Florida State, Aguayo was selected with the 59th-overall pick by the Buccaneers in 2016, making him the first kicker since 2005 (Mike Nugent, Jets) to be selected in the second round. Aguayo struggled throughout his rookie campaign, connecting on only 71-percent of his field goal attempts. During the 2017 offseason, he ended up getting replaced by Nick Folk (ironically, which we’ll get to in a sec), and the kicker hasn’t appeared in a regular season contest since that time.
Since the 2017 campaign, Aguayo has had stints with the Bears, Panthers, and Chargers, and he hasn’t had a gig since the end of the 2018 preseason. Now, he’ll have a chance to make an NFL comeback by participating on New England’s practice squad.
Of course, the 26-year-old’s going to have a tough time cracking New England’s roster; their current starter, (you guessed it) Nick Folk, has connected on a career-high 92.6-percent of his field goal attempts and 26 of his 28 extra point tries. The 36-year-old Folk is set to hit free agency following the season, so Aguayo could be auditioning for a role in 2021.
Gotta be in the conversation for worst pick ever right? Tons of busts in each draft and reaches but a Kicker takes the cake.
Yeah, the only one I can think of that even compares is when Jacksonville drafted punter Bryan Anger over Russell Wilson in the 2012 third round
PK-PT Steve Little was taken 15th in the 1978 NFL Draft by the Cardinals. He’s got my ‘money’ as the worst ever kicker taken with a high pick. They passed on Ozzie Newsome and Al ‘Bubba’ Baker, among others
imo, things were a little different back then. Now, there’s only a little difference between and average kicker and an elite one, league average is around 80%, and practically everyone can hit a 50+ yarder. There’s no reason to gamble on drafting a kicker because quality kickers are everywhere.
Back then, league average was around 60%. If you thought a kicker could make 80% of his kicks or make 50+ yarders, that would be a massive advantage over everyone else and could stretch your field.
I mean, a bust is a bust, but a high draft pick spent on a kicker back then seems like less of a waste than now.
Surprise surprise the pats blow another draft pick (Rohrwasser) on a useless player all the great things Bill has done for the pats and it’s fans he can’t draft for crap and it’s amazing because he always does pretty good with UD free agents and players on their last chance trades