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Titans had pair of punters in for tryouts on Tuesday

The Titans brought in a pair of punters for tryouts on Tuesday.

Even though the Tennessee Titans are set to embark on their playoff journey on Saturday against the Cincinnati Bengals, the team is still bringing in players for tryouts.

According to the league’s transactions wire, the Titans held tryouts with two punters, Joseph Charlton and Cameron Nizialek, both of whom have some NFL experience.

Tennessee currently has one punter on its roster in Brett Kern, but none on the practice squad. Kern isn’t on the injury report this week and looks to be healthy, so either the Titans are looking for a practice squad punter or are looking at punters for futures contract purposes.

Charlton played his college ball at South Carolina, and after going undrafted was picked up by the Carolina Panthers in 2020. The 6-foot-5 punter appeared in 16 games that season, averaging 46.3 yards per punt.

Charlton played in just six games in 2021, five with the Panthers and one with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He totaled 40.5 yards per punt in those contests.

Nizialek is a Georgia product who also went undrafted. He played in four games for the Atlanta Falcons this past season, averaging 45.4 yards per punt.

After enjoying a bye week, the Titans will return to action on Saturday in the Divisional Round against the Bengals.

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Atlanta Falcons put former Georgia Bulldog on IR

The Atlanta Falcons have put former Georgia Bulldogs punter Cameron Nizialek on injured reserve

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The Atlanta Falcons have placed former Georgia Bulldogs punter Cameron Nizialek on injured reserve. Nizialek made the Atlanta Falcons’ roster this season, but has had up and down performances.

The 26-year-old punter has punted 18 times for an average of 45.4 yards this season. Nizialek additionally handles kickoffs for Atlanta. He has a 40% touchback rate on kickoffs this season.

Cameron Nizialek suffered a right hamstring injury in week four against the Washington Football Team. Nizialek’s injury forced Younghoe Koo to attempt kickoffs. The Football Team burned the Falcons for a kickoff return touchdown in the contest.

In a corresponding move, Falcons punter Dustin Colquitt was promoted to the Atlanta’s 53-man roster. It is unclear who will handle kickoff duties.

Nizialek, who came to UGA as a graduate transfer from Columbia University, was Georgia’s punter during the 2017-18 season when the Bulldogs won the Rose Bowl and came one play away from capturing a National Championship.

Nizialek was the punter for the Atlanta Legends in 2019. The Legends were briefly a member of the now extinct Alliance of American Football.

Georgia Bulldogs punter Cameron Nizialek (92) against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2018 CFP national championship college football game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

In his one year with Georgia, he averaged 45.0 yards per punt on 61 total punts. 26 of his punts landed inside the 20-yard line.  His career-best punt of 61 yards came in the Rose Bowl against Oklahoma. Nizialek has a long of 62 yards this season.

We wish Nizialek a speedy recovery. He can return in three weeks.

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Atlanta Falcons sign former Georgia Bulldog

Atlanta Falcons sign former Georgia Bulldog punter Cameron Nizialek

The Atlanta Falcons have once again signed former Georgia Bulldogs punter Cameron Nizialek. Nizialek signed a deal to join the Atlanta Falcons practice squad last September, but only spent three weeks with their practice squad.

The 26-year-old punter has also spent time in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens but has not appeared in an NFL game.

To make room for the former University of Georgia punter, the Falcons have waived punter Sterling Hofrichter due to an injury.

Nizialek, who came to UGA as a graduate transfer from Columbia University, was Georgia’s punter during the 2017-18 season when the Bulldogs won the Rose Bowl and came one play away from capturing a National Championship.

Nizialek was the punter for the Atlanta Legends in 2019. The Legends were briefly a member of the now extinct Alliance of American Football.

Feb 24, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Legends punter Cameron Nizialek shows emotion after a punt against the Birmingham Iron in the second half at Georgia State Stadium. Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

In his one year with Georgia, he averaged 45.0 yards per punt on 61 total punts. 26 of his punts landed inside the 20-yard line.  His career-best punt of 61 yards came in the Rose Bowl against Oklahoma.

The Falcons brought in Nizialek along with Colby Wadman of California-Davis and Matt Wile of Michigan for workouts earlier this week following Sterling Hofrichter’s injury. Atlanta elected to sign Nizialek, who will have an opportunity to showcase his talent to the Falcons and NFL for the preseason.

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Jags place punter Logan Cooke on Reserve/ COVID-19 list, sign Cameron Nizialek to practice squad

The Jacksonville Jaguars made a roster move on special teams Monday by placing punter Logan Cooke on their Reserve/ COVID-19 list. The transaction came after Cooke didn’t travel with the Jags to Baltimore Sunday because of an illness and was ruled …

The Jacksonville Jaguars made a roster move on special teams Monday by placing punter Logan Cooke on their Reserve/ COVID-19 list. The transaction came after Cooke didn’t travel with the Jags to Baltimore Sunday because of an illness and was ruled out 24 hours before kickoff with the Ravens.

Kicker Aldrick Rosas was the player to step up on short notice in Cooke’s place, registering three punts for 36.7 yards on the day.

The team also announced that they would be signing punter Cameron Nizialek to their practice squad, which means he’ll be on standby for Week 16’s game against the Chicago Bears. He’ll join the Jags practice squad roster after spending time with the Baltimore Ravens, Atlanta Falcons, and the AAF’s Atlanta Legends.

As a collegiate player, Nizialek played for Columbia University (2014-16) and the University of Georgia (2017). While with the Bulldogs, he ranked ninth nationally with a gross punting average of 45.0.

Former Georgia P Cameron Nizialek signs with Falcons practice squad

Former Georgia football P Cameron Nizialek has signed a deal to join the Atlanta Falcons practice squad.

Former Georgia punter Cameron Nizialek has signed a deal to join the Atlanta Falcons practice squad.

Nizialek, who came to UGA as a graduate transfer from Columbia University, was Georgia’s punter during the 2017-18 season when the Bulldogs won the Rose Bowl and came one play away from capturing a CFP National Championship.

Nizialek was the punter for the Atlanta Legends in 2019, who were apart of the now non-existent Alliance of American Football.

In his one year with Georgia, he averaged 45 yards per punt, downing 26 of his 61 punts inside the 20-yard line.  His career-long boot of 61 yards came in the Rose Bowl against Oklahoma.