Brandon Nickle (Class of 2016, #9 Punter) to walk on to VT

By: SevenLayersofPlayers
669TH MEMBER OF TKPC
on April 11, 2016, 9:05 PM | 26 comments

I like him already only because he referred to us at "Virginia Tech". Nickle is rated as the nation's 9th best punter according to the Kohls Kicking rankings.

Per this piece from his local newspaper, he seems pretty chill but time will tell if he's ready to take up the mantle of #punterswag.

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Chachi's picture Chachi
| 10 years 3 months #

Yay for the good guys! Welcome aboard Brandon!

How's your tackling? We have some standards for kickers, you know.

VTCC '86 Delta Co., Peru Hokie, Former Naval Aviator, Former FBISA, Forever married to my VT87 girl. Go VT!

SevenLayersofPlayers's picture SevenLayersofPlayers
669TH MEMBER OF TKPC
| 10 years 3 months # ^

Just because:

Jmckend1's picture Jmckend1 | 10 years 3 months #

Him kick good. Football!

John C Mckendree

zoom4vt's picture zoom4vt | 10 years 3 months #

Great link, great find. Thanks for sharing!

If it ain't orange, it better be maroon...and if it ain't maroon, it better be soon!

cds7c's picture cds7c | 10 years 3 months #

"nickle...back to punt."

brockman_148's picture brockman_148
| 10 years 3 months # ^

That name's taken

RebJanus's picture RebJanus | 10 years 3 months #

#PuntingIsWinning

InEnemyTerritory's picture InEnemyTerritory
PIE!
| 10 years 3 months #

And we beat out Tennessee for a kid they wanted from their own backyard!

Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in bad humor.

2HokiesIn1's picture 2HokiesIn1
PICK 6 BIG SHOOTS
| 10 years 3 months # ^

We've got a Nickle for every time we've done that.

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

wisec4g's picture wisec4g | 10 years 3 months #

The fortunate thing is, his abilities will only be needed late in the fourth quarter, after we're up by a huge margin.

Welcome to the Hokies, Brandon

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coach mcguirk's picture coach mcguirk | 10 years 3 months #

So I'm clicking the play button saying, "Good Lord, I'm really going to watch punter highlights?"
It's a sickness, this VT obsession.
But what does it now say that I found that fascinating?

A picture is worth a thousand words. A gif is worth a million.

AustinHokie's picture AustinHokie | 10 years 3 months #

So our special teams have gone from "Pride and Joy" to "Nickle and Dime"? :D

All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding, dang my dang a long ling long....

Twalex's picture Twalex | 10 years 3 months #

If that is any indication, Tennessee doesn't even need to bother showing up at the battle at Bristol. Forfeit it to the Hokies!

Jander75's picture Jander75 | 10 years 3 months #

Nice but FUENTE obviously will not be punting with his offense so...

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“I served in the United States Navy"

HokieJeep's picture HokieJeep | 10 years 3 months # ^

Someone's gotta stand back there on the fakes, though.

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NitWhitt's picture NitWhitt
🍪 🐶 COOKIES 4 LIFE!
| 10 years 3 months #

Welcome to our new 4th down QB!!!

We put the K in Kwality

TechHokie13's picture TechHokie13 | 10 years 3 months #

He kicks things and they go away. I like it.

NitWhitt's picture NitWhitt
🍪 🐶 COOKIES 4 LIFE!
| 10 years 3 months # ^

Poetry

We put the K in Kwality

jollyman21's picture jollyman21 | 10 years 3 months # ^

Too bad we won't need it

:D

Keep calm, Gobble on

Chris's picture Chris
TEEMING WITH INTEL
| 10 years 3 months #

It's going to be a touch job replacing my favorite 4th down QB of all time #punterswag. Excited to land a kid this excited to be a Hokie, I hope he does great.

HokieAlum6144's picture HokieAlum6144
| 10 years 3 months #

We had a Pickle, now we have a Nickel!

MPHOKIE's picture MPHOKIE | 10 years 3 months # ^

The ol' 2 minute drill running back.

Oh I Wish I Were a Hokie Engineering Undergrad's picture Oh I Wish I Were a Hokie … | 10 years 3 months # ^

My kids have been watching the heck out of this movie and is what I thought of when I saw your comment...

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07Hokie's picture 07Hokie
STATS AND DOG SPORTS
| 10 years 3 months #

Hmm. From Oak Ridge, TN?
Punterswag is about to go nuclear

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Bragghokie's picture Bragghokie
| 10 years 3 months #

I was about to say BeamerBall but then thought for a second. But I suppose Beamerball is still VT. What are they going to say on TV this year??

Either way, welcome aboard Brandon!

If you don't want to recruit clowns, don't run a clown show.

"I want to punch people from UVA right in the neck." - Colin Cowherd

The Fett Man's picture The Fett Man | 10 years 3 months #

At first I thought his name was "Kickle", at which point I promoted him to best kicker name ever.
Then I thought it was "Finkle" and I thought of this:

He's no good to me dead.