Clemson kicker Robert Gunn hasn’t taken the field in a college game yet, but the freshman appears to have a cannon for a leg.
Coming off a torn ACL suffered during his senior year of high school, Gunn was forced to miss Clemson’s spring game and has been in a brace over the last few months. However, it appears he is nearing full strength as he recently drilled a 60-yarder at Clemson’s Allen N. Reeves Football Complex.
60 Yarder. ACL Surgery 7 months ago… the brace is off and he’s full strength, fully cleared, and ready to ball out for the Clemson Tigers. Let’s go! Robert is Blessed 💪 🙏@Robert_Gunn_3 @ClemsonFB #AllIn #ClemsonFootball pic.twitter.com/C1nKq4YJXN
— Kicking World Kicking Camps (@KickingWorld) June 12, 2022
Committing to Clemson in June of 2021, Gunn was a three-star recruit who 247Sports Composite ranked as the No. 8 kicker in the nation. He played for Pinellas Park High School in Largo, Fla., where he had a career-long 57-yard field goal in 2021 and a career mark of 52 touchbacks on 55 kickoffs.
The 6-foot-2, 165-pounder will be one of five place kickers on Clemson’s roster this upcoming season, with B.T. Potter entering his fifth and final season with the Tigers.