Female Kicker Lauren Silberman Will Compete At Regional Combine For First Time

The March 2-3 New Jersey regional will mark a first in the regional combine process: A female player will compete.

Lauren Silberman of New York City will participate as a kicker. A varsity soccer player at Wisconsin, Silberman wrote a Master's thesis at MIT about how athletes use video games to enhance their own performance. She then founded a consulting company Double Play that helps athletes use video games for virtual training purposes.

"I was not aware that I was the first female registrant," Silberman told NFL.com on Tuesday. "I was actually hoping that the 2012 historical milestone rule, to allow women to play, would prompt more women to attend tryouts this year. But for me, what's important is to finally have a chance to fulfill my dreams by trying out to play in the world's most competitive football league."

Source: The Redzone

 

Pictures? And a nut shot from here would be the worst.

 

Coming soon to the NFL:

Announcer: Look at the gams on that kicker...

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I think.

 

*fixed.

 

kicker the only position where you can get beat out by a female lol

 

eh, i disagree ........... not sure i could ever see a woman with the natural strength for long kicks.

 

I'm with Stubling it's nothing really against women at all it's just simple genetics. Imagine if she was running down the field to cover a kick and someone just knocked her out.

 

she should go to the giants she would fit right in with sheli and the rest of the ladys lol

 

Omg! This was Goodells plan the whole time....

/sarcasm

 

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She has to be good enough to get picked up in the first place. If she is, then she accepts the rewards and consequences of the position. Equal opportunity right?

 

i think it would be awesome if she got a job in the nfl wouldent want her to get hit though

 

they gave danica a car why not give her a ball and a holder

 

god **mn feminists

 

I personally think it would be awesome to see a woman in the league, as well as Women as referees

 

I don't have a problem with it, but as others have brought up, kick coverage would be an absolute nightmare. She's almost have to be limited to a place kicker for field goals and basically be told to get the heck out of the way if something got blocked or fumbled. I think its a great thing if doable, but there are a lot of inherent problems with difficult solutions.