Brady Myers and Marvin Holmes put the “foot” in football at Virginia Union University.

When the Panthers kick off their season Sept. 3 in Canton, Ohio, Myers and Holmes will be doing the kicking in the HBCU Hall of Fame Classic against Morehouse College.

Both enter this season with flashy statistics from last year’s 9-2, NCAA tournament qualifier team.

Place kicker Myers made seven of 11 field goals, most notably the game winner as time expired at Bowie State, and was successful on 54 of 56 point-after boots.

He was first team All-CIAA and has been mentioned on some preseason HBCU All-American lists.

Myers’ 75 total points was second in CIAA to teammate Jada Byers’ 125.

Holmes punted 32 times for a 43.5 average, with four touchbacks, two fair catches and six kicks that stuck opponents inside their own 20-yard line. He suffered only one blocked effort.

“We didn’t have to punt a lot, but when we did Marvin made good things happen,” Coach Alvin Parker said.

“He might have been All-CIAA if we’d been forced to kick more.”

His average was more than two yards farther than any other CIAA punter.

Holmes had a tough act to follow at VUU. His predecessor, Jefferson Souza, ranks with the Panthers’ most elite kickers ever.

Myers and Holmes represent the near and far of Coach Parker’s fishnet of recruiting.

Myers hails from Orlando, Fla., some 739 miles from Richmond.

“I just told my coaches to go out and get the best kicker they could find, and Brady was the man,” said Coach Parker.

By contrast, Holmes hails from Varina High, just seven miles from Hovey Field. Holmes’ 43.5 norm broke the school record of 40.8 yards set by Warner Jones in 1997.

Holmes also serves as Brady’s holder on placements.

The Panthers will break in a new kickoff man this season. Andrew Kibler, who averaged 59 yards with 11 touchbacks on 70 kickoffs a year ago, has graduated.

A likely replacement is New Jersey native Josue Hernandez, a transfer from Keystone College, Pa. Hernandez can also punt and place kick.

The Panthers will bus to Canton two days before the game which will be televised live on the NFL Network. The Sunday matchup could be the most watched VUU game in history.

“We’ll be the only game going on at that time,” Coach Parker said.