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Kicker Eddy Pineiro recently tweeted this picture from Alabama's kicking camp.

Eddy Pineiro's rise from soccer standout to future SEC kicker happened in just a matter of months.

Pineiro came to Alabama's specialist camp from ASA College in Miami on June 6 without much fanfare. Less than a week later, he had three major college offers. The nation's No. 1 junior college kicker committed to Alabama last Thursday on the spot after earning an offer from Nick Saban. Earlier that week, Florida and Miami extended offers.

Pineiro's family is full of Miami fans, but Tuscaloosa felt like home.

"Alabama has everything," the 6-foot-1, 180-pound Pineiro told AL.com last week. "It has great facilities, great stadium and coach Saban feels like I can make it to the NFL."

Pineiro kicked for a few games as a high school senior, but was going to play soccer at Florida Atlantic. But he didn't get cleared by the NCAA, and went to ASA College to play soccer. The school has a start-up football program so it didn't play a schedule last season, but Pineiro joined the program after coaches became aware of his strong leg.

Despite not much game experience, Pineiro thrived under pressure of kicking in front of Saban at the camp.

"We were out there kicking and coach called for four of us to go in the indoor facility to kick for Coach Saban," Pineiro said. "I won the kicking competition and felt like I was the best one on there. I handled the pressure and I'm ready to kick at the next level. The pressure didn't bother me. I just went in there and did what I was supposed to do."

The dominos fell quickly for the scholarship kicker position. Tucker McCann of O'Fallon, Ill., held a Crimson Tide offer since the spring, but committed to Missouri. Alabama offered JJ Molson from Canada, but he committed to UCLA.

Still, there's a chance Pineiro could give Alabama the eligibility of a high school kicker. He's discussed sitting out this fall and enrolling at Alabama in January with four years left to play four. He'll make that decision at a later date.

Adam Griffith returns for his junior season this fall. He's hit 12-of-19 field goals during his career while battling injuries. Even with Griffith's experience, Pineiro's strong leg will help him push for the starting job in 2016.

KornblueKicking.com had a good scouting report on Pineiro from late April, noting a 60-yard field goal in a competition, an event-record 86-yard kickoff and a 71-yard field goal that bounced off the crossbar. Pineiro joined the year-round program for Kornblue Kicking in February.

"He might be the most explosive placekicker to ever have come through our camps," the site said. "It's hard to fathom, but he still has room to improve."