BEREA Andy Isabella Jersey , Ohio (AP) — ready-for-Hollywood back story. He is no ordinary rookie.With his long hair pulled back into a ponytail and a thick Scottish accent unaffected by his college days in Arkansas, the Cleveland Browns punter looks as if he just walked off the set of “Game of Thrones.”No dragons, but there is a castle in his background.“At boarding school,” he said. “It looked a lot like Hogwarts and stuff.”And yes, Gillan recently ruined three official NFL footballs because he kicked them too hard.Hey, he’s “The Scottish Hammer.”Born in the Highlands of Scotland, Gillan moved to the U.S. as a 16-year-old when his father, who works in anti-submarine warfare for the Royal Armed Forces, was relocated to Maryland. Gillan played rugby and soccer as a kid and acknowledged not knowing much about American football until attending a high school game in Leonardtown Brian Burns Jersey , Maryland, which coincidentally is the hometown of Browns general manager John Dorsey.Unaware at the time, Gillan saw his future.“I watched a kicker, he didn’t make the extra point, like it hit the back of the offensive lineman,” Gillan said. “I went up to the coach after the game and I told him I had a rugby-playing background, and I’ve been able to do torpedo punts since I was 8 years old and I can do all three for you if you wanted. We went out the next day and he literally told me, ‘OK, make the ball spiral http://www.panthersfootballauthentic.com/greg-little-jersey-authentic ,’ so I made it spiral. And then I kicked a long field goal in front of him and then he just said, ‘All right, you’re on the team.'”Gillan wound up playing in a handful of games before his life would take another unexpected turn.A friend found a Facebook posting from Arkansas-Pine Bluff, which was looking for a punter after one of the school’s recruits decommitted. Gillan put together some game film and sent it to the school, which offered him a full scholarship. The idea of kicking at a Division I program with all its perks was irresistible. “Free weight room. Free balls to kick. Free food, so I’m happy,” Gillen said, recalling his whirlwind recruitment. “That’s kind of how it went.”There was one minor problem.“I’m not going to lie to you guys,” he told reporters Saturday during the Browns’ rookie minicamp. “I had not heard of the state of Arkansas in my life before they called.”He did some quick research about his new home.“On the plane Will Grier Jersey ,” he said. “I pulled out the map and I saw Pine Bluff and said, ‘Oh, this looks like a decent place.'”Gillan handled punting and kicking duties at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, averaging 43.7 yards per punt as a junior and dropping 27 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line during his senior season. He also set the school record with a 52-yard field goal.The likable Gillan caught the eye of several pro teams and then spent the winter in Arkansas working out and perfecting his craft with the hopes of being drafted.In January, he bought four NFL balls — “they’re like 100 bucks apiece” — and was kicking in cold weather when his big plans began to deflate — literally.“I was kicking them and I could hear the air coming out of them, three out of the four,” he said. “I was like, ‘Oh, man.’ So I treated the last one with a lot of care until the Browns sent me some footballs http://www.panthersfootballauthentic.com/christian-miller-jersey-authentic , which was awesome.”He also received a care package from the San Francisco 49ers.“It was like Christmas,” he said.At his workout for the Browns and 49ers, Gillan said his new family in Arkansas cheered every kick.“I had the football team supporting in one corner,” he said. “We had all of the staff out there supporting me. The school I came from had my back the whole way through it. I was a captain of the team as well, so they all wanted to be out there. I wasn’t nervous.”Gillan never expected to be drafted, but he never imagined living in America or Arkansas either.Now he is in Cleveland, where he will compete in training camp with Browns incumbent punter Britton Colquitt, a Pro Bowl alternate last season.“I did a lot of research on him before I came here,” Gillan said. “He’s such a great punter Jordan Scarlett Jersey , great with technique and fundamentals. With him going into his 10th year, what better opportunity than to learn from someone like that?” A lawsuit against Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown over furniture throwing from a balcony was reportedly settled back in April. Brown posted a statement to his Twitter account Monday night apologizing for the “incident” and said an undisclosed amount had been donated to charity as a part of the settlement.“The legal dispute between Ophir Sternberg and me has been resolved, with a confidential sum of funds being donated to charity,” Brown wrote. “I am sorry that an incident occurred. I apologize for any statements we made in court filings or otherwise to Mr. Sternberg and family. I with Mr. Sternberg my best with regard to future endeavors and through this settlement, seek to make amends with Mr. Sternberg and family.”Sternberg, a founding partner and CEO of Lionheart Capital, LLC, claimed that his 22-month old son was nearly struck by airborne furniture being throw out of an upscale condo complex in Miami. The furniture in question included an ottoman and large vases.Brown’s side of the case argued that the suit was a “shakedown attempt” and “nothing more than a shameful attempt by a struggling real estate developer to exploit his minor child.”Those comments would appear to be some of the statements Brown was apologizing for in his statement Monday night.To what extent the NFL is reviewing the case and a separate claim by the owner of the complex for damaged property remains unclear. The league had said they are monitoring the lawsuits but had not commented on the settlement of the case between Brown and Sternberg.