Yes...no guarantee that Pickering will be back at this point, and if he is, will he return to good form...will he avoid re-injury? We will probably never have another Henery-esque type placekicker walk on. Placekicking is crucial...it provides points, lots of them. As we are seeing, it would be unwise to continue down this road any further.Even if Pickering returns fully healthy? Hard to have two scholarship kickers. What they need to do is have a solid Alex Henery-esque walk-on sitting behind their scholarship kicker.
Now find a scholarship punter in addition to Pickering ... maybe ... but again isn't this where the walk-on program is supposed to help you?