It's really not necessary to ever draft a kicker in the National Football League.

Look at the Ravens if you need evidence. Before this year, they had never drafted a kicker. Not once in their first 29 years of existence, when they won a couple of Super Bowls, made the postseason 16 times, and employed two of the most prolific kickers in NFL history -- Justin Tucker and Matt Stover -- for 26 years. A model operation in numerous ways, the Ravens got by just fine without ever spending a draft pick on a kicker.

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You can always find a guy.

As of right now, only 11 out of 32 kickers were drafted. Guys with tremendous kicking careers -- Matt Prater, Graham Gano, Brandon McManus, Chris Boswell -- all entered the league as

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