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schools, Penn State reopened the phone lines with Bar-
bir. Louisville also extended an o=er around that time.
By January the Lions followed suit.
It was an o=er he had been waiting on, and he consid-
ered immediately jumping on the opportunity. But a?er
a long discussion with his parents, they opted to follow
through on their previously scheduled o>cial visit to
Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers had recently hired a new
coaching sta=, a?er all, so they had to at least meet
them before culty, McCabe
forces his pupils to start their kicko=s 5 yards deeper
than normal.
"He just has great hang time and great distance," Mc-
Cabe said. "He's hitting from 4.0 to 4.3 [seconds] on
kicko=s and that's amazing from that age, but he's put-
ting it deep from the 35, [because] when we train them,
we train them from the 30."
If they can do it in practice, then in a game, 5 yards
closer – maybe even with the wind at their back – it
would seem a little easier.
CLICK HERE to see video
of Barbir in action.
FRESH LEGS
Barbir is consid-
ered by national
recruiting ana-
lysts to be one of
the top special-
ists in the Class of
2016. He's expect-
ed to compete for
a starting spot
this fall.
Photo
courtesy of South
Forsyth High
School
