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FSU Football: Unrealistic Expectations Placed on Ricky Aguayo
FSU football welcomed another kicking Aguayo this season – but the standards set by his older brother may have been unfair for the freshman.
After the 2015 college football season, FSU football saw something that doesn’t happen all that often: their kicker was leaving school early for the NFL Draft after a stellar college career. Indeed, Roberto Aguayo left quite a legacy with the Seminoles – and quite a shadow on the man who replaced him.
Of course, that’s just half the story – since the man who replaced him was none other than his brother, Ricky. After a stellar high school career that ended at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Ricky was expected to pick up where Roberto left off before being taken in the second round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The problem with that? Roberto left Tallahassee with a total of 405 points (198 of them coming on PAT’s having never missed one) on his resume to go along with missing just nine field goals total in his three seasons.
So, what does Ricky do in his first game? He goes out and hits all six of his field goals (a record) and all three extra points in the opener against Ole Miss. All of a sudden, everyone from FSU fans to national experts begin the push to say that little brother is going to be better than big bro – after just one game.
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In hindsight, that may have been the worst thing that could have happened. For the rest of the season, Ricky would be perfect on extra points ( continuing a streak that dates back for FSU to the 2012 game against Savannah State) while going 12 of 19 the rest of the season on field goals – with all seven misses coming from 40 yards or more.
Now, on paper you wouldn’t be too upset at a freshman who goes 18 of 25 on kicks with all the misses being from that distance…unless that’s just two less misses than older brother had during his time setting the bar so high for not just Ricky, but all future kickers in Tallahassee.
Don’t forget that Ricky Aguayo essentially won the game against Miami with his two field goals, including one in the fourth quarter that gave them the important seven point lead. He only had a down season when you unfairly compare him to the one person in his family who was there before him.
When it’s all said and done, Ricky Aguayo could be the best kicker in FSU football history – but only if people allow him to do his thing and not compare what took place three years before just because they happen to have the same last name.
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