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Nov 8th, 2011
By Kevin <http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/author/admin/>

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:



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