Being a kicker is one of the hardest positions in sports, let alone football. They don't get as many reps as position players, yet every rep they have could swing the tide of a game.

They're expected to be perfect.

It's also a very polarizing position because if the kicker nails the game-winning field goal or have a big game and make multiple field goals he becomes a hero. However, if he misses a kick that later comes back to bite the team in the end, no one wants to be around him.

The position naturally comes with a lot of adversity. When you add in replacing a school's all-time leading scorer it becomes that much more difficult of a job.

Missouri redshirt sophomore kicker Blake Craig has that job. He's replacing Harrison Mevis, who broke Mizzou's all-time scoring record last season. The pressure of replacing someone in the history books can be scary. Or if you're Craig, it can be motivating and a confidence boost.

"I think seeing Harrison break the records he did and doing the things he did honestly just gives me confidence because this school, this coaching staff, they believe in special teams here and that's what we do," Craig said. "Being with him here for a year kind of built my confidence even more to know I can run my own race and feel comfortable with that. So, I don't really feel any pressure with that."

It takes a lot to be able to fill the shoes of someone dubbed the "Thiccer Kicker," although Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz joked at his Tuesday press conference that Craig and Mevis wear the same size in shoes, it's the jersey that Craig would be unable to fill out.

This isn't the first time Craig has had to wait his turn and step into a role no one was sure he could fill.