Student who practiced alone for 2+ years to get ASU kicker tryout Wednesday

October 22, 2024

By Jeff Eisenberg, Senior Writer, Yahoo Sports: The text message arrived this past Saturday as Arizona State aviation student Nolan Krinsky was preparing for a training flight.

A friend asked if Krinsky had seen Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham’s scathing rant after a loss at Cincinnati earlier that day.

Irate that his starting kicker missed a pair of fourth-quarter field goals that would have pulled the Sun Devils within a touchdown, Dillingham stared out at a sea of smartphones and TV cameras and proclaimed, “If you can kick and you’re at Arizona State, email me.”

Dillingham went on to say that he was “dead serious” about holding kicking tryouts, adding “We’ve got to find somebody that can make a field goal.”

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'This kid just won’t give up': Student who practiced alone for 2-plus years ready to answer Arizona State's call for a kicker

For more than two years Nolan Krinsky practiced on his own, hoping for an opportunity to make the Arizona State football team. Wednesday, he finally gets his shot.

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