Kicks Just Keep Getting Harder to Find

Except when Remy Hamilton is on the field. Remy is not having his best year, but even a pedestrian season for Hamilton is better than what most kickers can achieve. He was voted Kicker of the Year in 2005 and 2006 and he is the only kicker in AFL history to be awarded Ironman of the Game.

Like I said, he is having an off year. He has made 101 of 114 extra point kicks and 16 of 30 field goals (remember, the goal posts are only nine feet apart as opposed to 18.5 feet in the NFL), for a total of 149 points, which puts him in third place overall. In 2005 Remy was good on 74.4% of his field goals, breaking the previous AFL record of 72%. In 2006 he broke his own record, when he went 27 of 36 on field goals, which translates to an AFL record 75% success rate.

An excellent special teams player after he kicks off, Remy has made 66.5 tackles in his last five seasons with the Avengers. Remy is also in possession of five distinct on-side kicks, each designed to make the ball react in a different manner.

If you are at an Avenger game and you hear some guy yelling, "KICK THE BALL REMY!!!!" during a kickoff, that would be me. Hamilton is my favorite player on the team.