Bobcat Connor Lytton will kick for Boston College.
By Marty Gordon
NRVsports@ourvalley.org
Rising Radford High senior Connor Lytton has announced plans to attend Boston College in 2021. He is rated the number one kicker in the country by National Kicking Rankings.
Lytton made the announcement Tuesday on his Twitter page. “When I first started my recruiting, I decided my top three focuses would be the academics, the coaches and the program atmosphere. There are a lot of schools that met this criteria, but BC felt like the best fit,” Lytton said.
The 6-2, 195-pound Lytton kicked off 58 times in the 2019 season. Seventy-two percent of his kicks resulted in touchbacks with the opponents starting no further than their 30-yard line five times. Lytton added punting duties this season and averaged 36.8 yards per kick. He made 39 of his 40 extra-point attempts.
He is just 11 away from the school record of 37 field goals, currently held by Trey Mitchell. This past season, he was named the All-County, All-City defensive player of the year.
Some 20 Division 1 schools pressed interest in Lytton including West Virginia, UVA, UConn, Virginia Tech, Iowa State, Memphis and Michigan State. Boston College offered him a full ride to kick in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
