While Kirby Smart is busy evaluating each position group before beginning his first season as Georgia’s head coach, there is one unit that might give him cause for concern.

Gone are veteran kicker Marshall Morgan and punter Collin Barber, who have primarily handled their respective duties for the past four years, and it remains to be seen which players will take over those roles.

Place-kicker is the position at which there appears to be the most mystery. Three walk-ons are competing to replace Morgan: redshirt freshman Rodrigo Blankenship, redshirt sophomore William Ham and freshman Mitch Wasson.

Blankenship appeared to lead Ham after spring practices and demonstrated his big leg by nailing a 46-yard field goal in the G-Day game.

“I’ve seen him kick 60-yard field goals in high school,” his Sprayberry High School coach, Billy Shackelford, told Saturday Down South late last year. “I’ve seen him line up and kick what would be the NFL record in high school. So, does he have a great leg? Yeah, he’s got an unbelievable leg.”

Of course, Blankenship isn’t the only Georgia kicker with a strong leg. Ham, his primary competition in the spring, joined the Bulldogs as part of the 2014 recruiting class. His highlight video shows him sending kickoff after kickoff out of the end zone, something Georgia fans have longed to see for some time.

New to the team is Wasson. The freshman walk-on joined the Bulldogs this fall and will try to make a quick impression to win the job. A former Alabama commit, Wasson flipped to Georgia and gave Smart another option to evaluate.

All three kickers will seek to win the approval of new special teams coordinator Shane Beamer. It isn’t enough to have the strongest leg, either. The coaching staff is sure to look for the player who demonstrates consistency under pressure. None of the kickers has played in a live game, which isn’t ideal, but each will likely face situations that simulate in-game pressure during practice.

The punter battle is a little less obscure. In quarterback Brice Ramsey, the Bulldogs have a player who has performed under the pressure of actual competition. Ramsey, who worked as the team’s starting punter in the spring, averaged 41.9 yards on 25 punts down the stretch last season. If he doesn’t win the starting quarterback spot, expect Ramsey to handle the punting early on.

Competing against Ramsey is U.S. Army All-American Marshall Long. The freshman punter was committed to Virginia Tech, where Beamer coached before joining Smart’s staff, but switched to Georgia. Long averaged 46.5 yards per punt as a senior, according to the Roanoke Times, and could be the Bulldogs’ punter of the future.

Although the quarterback decision is garnering all of the attention, Georgia’s special teams battle is extremely important. Coming away with points will be crucial against an offense like North Carolina, and it’s sure to be a trial by fire for any of the Bulldogs’ walk-ons.

William McFadden covers the University of Georgia for Saturday Down South. For news on everything happening between the hedges, follow him on Twitter @willmcfadden.