Vanderbilt Student Might Have Future In Kicking After Nailing $500k Pat Mcafee 'college Gameday' Kick

A existent ringer won nan chance to dip into Pat McAfee's slope relationship connected College GameDay at Vanderbilt connected Saturday morning.

Tyler Hwang, a chemic engineering and economics awesome astatine nan school, won nan tie to participate successful nan show's play kicking contest. Hwang divulged that he was not only a precocious schoolhouse shot player—a inclination among nan show's victorious kickers—but arsenic a elder he kicked successful immoderate games for his precocious schoolhouse shot team.

What happens adjacent indicates that he whitethorn person a early connected Saturdays—if nan chemic engineering and economics isn't rather lucrative enough.

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With former Vanderbilt shot prima and kicker Sarah Fuller rooting Hwang on, McAfee tried to get successful his caput pinch a large offer, putting $500,000 to Tyler and different $250,000 to kindness connected nan statement for a azygous attempt.

McAfee whitethorn person known that Tyler had a kicking background. What he couldn't person known—what nary of america watching could person known—is that Tyler is simply a chromatic acold killer.

Hwang looked earthy successful his approach, and pinch Kirk Herbstreit connected nan hold, perfectly drilled nan kicked done nan uprights. The title is for a 30-yard section goal, but Hwang's looked for illustration it was bully from astatine slightest 45. We've seen immoderate bully section goals connected College GameDay this year, but this is intelligibly nan astir awesome of nan full contest.

A genuinely electrical infinitesimal to thief group up what should beryllium a awesome time of assemblage football.

How overmuch money has McAfee fixed distant successful this title this year? Head present for nan afloat breakdown.

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