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Morocco never played soccer, and he is certainly not the graceful type that could not take a hit. After starting on the offensive line for three years at perennial conference champion Sharon High School in western Pennsylvania, Morocco considers himself a football player, not just a kicker...
Coming out of high school, though, college scouts recruited Morocco to kick, as he had made 17 out of 23 field goals in four years as the kicker at Sharon with a long field goalof 43 yards. Morocco chose Harvard with the understanding that he would focus on kickoffs early on, because senior Anders Blewett and junior Robbie Wright were the two kickers that had done all the place-kicking the past two seasons...
...Back in August, we felt that Morocco was the kicker of the future and we could develop him for a year, because Blewett and Wright would give us a solid rotation at kicker,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy says. “Obviously, things change, and things have changed a lot since the start of the season...
Morocco certainly faced a lot of pressure and responded admirably in high school in his kicking duties. Sharon High won four straight Mercer County Athletic Conference Championships as well as four straight District 10 titles during Morocco’s tenure as kicker and punter. Sharon also twice advanced to the Pennsylvania state semifinals and was 43-11 overall from...
Morocco accumulated 200 total points and was the all-conference kicker in Mercer County for each year in his high school career. With these accolades behind him, Morocco’s teammates say that confidence in his ability to play at this level is not a problem...