Meet Eddy Pineiro, the Alabama Commit Who Can Make a 73-Yard Field Goal

Posted by Sanjay Kirpalani on June-30-2015 Add Comments

The man likely to be tabbed with solving Alabama's placekicking woes wasn't even playing the sport when the Tide lost to archrival Auburn in the infamous Kick Six game some 19-plus months ago.

In fact, two years ago as a senior at Miami’s Sunset Senior High School, Eddy Pineiro was making a name for himself as one of the top soccer players in South Florida.