The Denver Broncos spoke with Georgia kicker Rodrigo Blankenship after a Senior Bowl practice on Jan. 21, according to Charlie Campbell of WalterFootball.com. Blankenship is widely considered one of the top kickers in this year’s NFL draft class.
After converting 27-of-33 field goal attempts as a senior, he earned All-SEC first-team honors from the Associated Press in 2019 and won the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation’s top placekicker.
During his four years as the Bulldogs’ kicker, Blankenship was a perfect 200-of-200 on extra point attempts and converted 82.5 percent of his field goal attempts (80-of-97), accounting for 440 points.
He kicked in four different bowl games, including the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. Blankenship converted a 51-yard field goal in overtime of that national championship game but Georgia went on to lose to Alabama 26-23.
Last summer, the Broncos signed kicker Taylor Bertolet in the spring but he didn’t even make it through training camp before being cut.
Brandon McManus probably isn’t in danger of losing his job but Denver might bring in some competition this summer. McManus converted 29-of-34 field goal attempts and 25-of-26 extra point attempts in 2019.
