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Tearing up the field
To even a seasoned football kicker, a 59-yard field goal is a daunting feat. Add in that it’s at your school’s high-energy homecoming game in front of 51,000 fans and it’s your first collegiate field goal attempt. But no problem, says Illinois kick-off specialist and agricultural communications sophomore Ethan Moczulski, it’s easy: just black out.
Spokane, Washington, native Moczulski, in his first season as an Illini, is now in record books for that kick. He completed it during the Illinois Homecoming game against Central
