Vanderbilt football, which finds itself in need of a place-kicker, could turn to women’s soccer player Sarah Fuller.
Appearing on 102.5 The Game in Nashville on Wednesday, coach Derek Mason confirmed that Fuller “is an option for us.”
The Vanderbilt Hustler first reported that Fuller practiced with the football team Tuesday with many of the team’s specialists in quarantine because of COVID-19 testing.
If Fuller plays Saturday against Missouri, it is believed that she would be the first woman to participate in a Power 5 football game.
Fuller is a senior goalkeeper from Texas who appeared in nine games and made 28 saves for the Commodores, who finished 8-4 last season.
Vanderbilt has had trouble in the kicking game dating back to the summer, when graduate transfer Oren Milstein opted out. Junior Pierson Cooke, the lone player to attempt field goals this season, is 3-for-7. Javan Rice, a junior who was ESPN’s 12th-ranked kicker in the Class of 2018, has not played in a game this season.
The Commodores are 0-7 this season, Mason’s seventh leading the program.