Vols Grab Kicker Off Frat House Couch One Hour Before Game Time

[BLUE 1,026]

This is a great story. After running out of kickers during pre-game warmups, the Tennessee Vols made a call to Derrick Brodus who was getting ready to watch the game on television from his frat house. The walk-on freshman was their only viable kicker at the moment. A police escort was sent, and Brodus was taken to the stadium.

 

“I thought it was a dream,” Brodus said. “I was just laying on my couch relaxing and I answer my phone and they just tell me that I need to come to the stadium as soon as possible.”

Dooley’s comments on the event are even better:

 

“[Rhome] went out there like the kickers do before pregame and they all come back in a panic,” coach Derek Dooley recounted after the game. “I said ‘let’s get an APB out on Brodus.’ It’s a good thing he wasn’t having too much fun on a Saturday afternoon.

 

“I told the coaches, ‘Hey — an intoxicated Brodus is better than nobody. Get him. Just get him here. Give him a Breathalyzer.’ Fortunately he didn’t do anything bad.”

So, how’d he do? 3 for 3 on extra points and a 21-yard field goal. Not bad for a frat boy!

 

Here’s the post game interview:

 

 

 

Source: SaturdayDownSouth.com

Edited November 9, 2011 by BLUE

[Thanatos 2,847]

Awesome story, lol.

 

It would have been even more funny if he had been drunk and they still played him.

[Piggly Wiggly 960]

o_O

[KeVo 176]

At least the guy had a soccer background. He wasn't too bad kicking either! Even though the longest was only 21 yards.

[Patriots2994 43]

The team gets a for not having a better backup option than a frosh frat kid, but the kid gets a for having an hour to prep and be able to make 3 XP's and a 21 yard FG. None of the kicks are insanely hard but it's tough to get forced into a role with virtually no notice, especially with the pressure being put onto you by the team. Again, good job on stepping up to the plate!