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A kicker on one of my teams is sub 50% at 50+ yard FG's. He just boosted to level 56, where should he put his equipment and skill points? He doesn't get a lot of touchbacks on kickoffs either.

Strength 80
Vision 73
Confidence 73
Kicking 116
Jumping 35
Stamina 20

SA's
Calm Nerves 11
Big Boot 13
Automatic 11

Thanks for any help

The obvious culprit to me is Stamina. The rest of your stats aren't significantly off of my K's, but Hakai went 7/8 last season/postseason for 50+ yarders. He has 37 Stamina, though, almost twice yours, as well as the Hometown Hero VA (another 3.7 Stamina in home games, to bring it over double your total). He's also got a bit more Jumping (~33% more). You've actually got him slightly beat in both Strength and Kicking, and have the same amount of Big Boot, so that can't be it.

What's your Speed and Agility? I don't think they affect kicking at all, but it's worth asking.

All EQ in kicking. Tell him to use the Swagger & Clutch VAs... his conf is pretty low. He should spend SP in it to the 77.28 cap.

stamina is fine, it will only affect your kicking in games you are probably winning anyway

afaik, that much strength is not having as much affect on your 50+ attempts and you think, if any


if you have EQ in str, i would move it all to kicking if possible (may be expensive to do)

what are your VAs? Booming Kick will help with the TBs
what is your agi at? that has an impact on accuracy. at this level, you should be making the distance just fine, its the accuracy you need.

conf is low for a 56, i would like to see it 80+ at least. (which is where it would be if it had been 4-5 capped at lower levels)
also, agi > jumping

lastly? are you 50+ attempts all low 50s? most teams will set a limit on attempts. high 50s will always be a low %.

one of my kicker's earlier seasons he went 4/18 50+ or something like that. but if you look closer, 8 of those were 60+ and a few more were 58-59s

Heh. As I said, I have worse Kicking and Strength than you do, and I kick touchbacks and 50+ yarders regularly. Clearly, it's not Kicking or Strength that need to be changed. Confidence, either, because you have me beat there too.

Thanks for the help guys.

Anybody else with more advice is welcome to give it. I will keep checking back

a level 56 kicker should be hitting touchbacks on almost every kickoff tbh.