The Home for Football Specialists
Stories, recruiting insight, and performance benchmarks for kickers, punters, and long snappers.
OTU Philosophy
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Why Off The Uprights Exists
Off The Uprights was created to give football specialists a place where their craft is taken seriously.
Kickers, punters, and long snappers follow a different path than every other position on the field. Their development is measured through precision, consistency, and patience over time. Yet too often, their journey is reduced to rankings, stars, and highlight clips that don’t tell the full story.
OTU exists to bring clarity to that process.
Through athlete stories, recruiting insight, and performance benchmarks, Off The Uprights highlights the specialists who are putting in the work and making real progress in their development.
Our goal is simple:
to create a trusted space where specialists, families, coaches, and trainers can follow the journey of the position and better understand what true development looks like.Because for specialists, growth over time matters far more than labels in the moment.
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Specialists don’t just appear. They develop.
OTU exists to highlight that journey.
The Three Pillars of OTU
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ATHLETE STORIES
OTU highlights specialists from across the country, telling the stories behind their development, discipline, and performance.
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RECRUITING GUIDANCE
The specialist recruiting process is different from every other position. OTU provides insight to help families navigate the journey.
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WATCH LIST
OTU Watch Lists recognize specialists demonstrating strong progress and development across multiple classes. This is NOT a Ranking.
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The OTU Specialist Metrics Standard
Evaluating specialists requires more than highlight clips. OTU tracks measurable benchmarks that help athletes understand their development and where they stand within the recruiting landscape.
These benchmarks provide a clearer picture of performance and help specialists focus on the metrics that matter most to college programs.
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Kickers. Punters. Long Snappers.
Three positions.
One moment.
One opportunity to execute.
Off The Uprights exists to tell the stories behind the athletes preparing for that moment.
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SHOULD YOU BE ON THE WATCH LIST?
Off The Uprights highlights specialists who are putting in the work to develop their craft. Submit a profile to be considered.
Specialist Recruiting Guidance
The recruiting journey for kickers, punters, and long snappers is different from every other position.
Off The Uprights offers one-on-one consulting sessions designed to help athletes and families understand how recruiting actually works and how to build a clear plan forward.