HELLO MIAMI

Iowa kicker @mjkoehn1 agrees to terms with the Miami Dolphins. — Scott Dochterman (@ScottDochterman) April 30, 2016

WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT MARSHALL KOEHN?

Koehn is a kicker with a powerful leg -- over 55% of his kickoffs went for touchbacks and in his career he successfully converted 12 of 15 field goals of 40 yards or longer, including 2/2 on 50+ yard field goals. If you need someone to bomb a long field goal, Koehn's a solid bet.

WHAT DID HE DO THAT'S SO GREAT?

Well, in Iowa City we love him a lot for this play:

That play is great because a game-winning field goal is always thrilling, but it also encapsulates Koehn's biggest strengths: his powerful leg and his impressive accuracy from long range. And while it doesn't really matter because he's a kicker, Koehn is a very good athlete -- he ran a 4.6 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine, which was the fastest 40-time by a kicker in over a decade. So if you've got any fake field goal plays that you'e been itching to run, well, they might work pretty well.

STATS

YEAR GM FGA FGM FG% FGL XPA XPM XP% KO KOAVG TBACK TBACK% 2013 1 0 0 0% 0 1 1 100% 1 62.0 0 0% 2014 13 16 12 75% 52 38 38 100% 68 59.5 43 63.2% 2015 14 20 16 80% 57 53 47 89% 81 63.4 47 58.0% TOTAL 28 36 28 77% 57 92 86 93% 150 61.6 90 55.5%



HOW ARE HIS PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES?

He's a kicker.

HIGHLIGHTS:

WHAT ABOUT THE BAD?

Koehn failed to convert six -- six! -- extra points this past season, which is... pretty bad. A few of those were blocked as a result of good plays by the defense or breakdowns by his blockers, but there were also several extra points that he just flubbed. There's really no sugarcoating it -- missing that many extra points is very bad. Also, while Koehn's long-distance field-goal kicking was generally very good (see above), he was only 5/9 on kicks from 30-39 yards and he missed a field goal under 30 yards this year as well. Koehn was not exactly automatic on shorter-distance kicks, which is a bit alarming.

WAS THIS A GOOD SIGNING?

Like most undrafted free agent signing, it's a pretty low-cost and low-risk transaction, so sure. Koehn has a very powerful leg, which can certainly be a strong asset in the NFL. If he can improve his accuracy -- especially on middle-distance kicks and extra points -- then he can be a solid kicker at the NFL level.