pressure. He grew up as a pitcher and
catcher in his baseball-loving family.
He played goalie in soccer before the
local high school football coaches spot-
ted his dropkicks and asked him to
come out for the team. Brindza was
raw when in high school he started
working with kicking specialist Bran-
Brindza has made 11 of 12 field goal attempts (91.7 percent) in the fourth quarter during his career,
including crucial late kicks in close wins against Michigan, Stanford, BYU and USC in 2012, and Arizona
State in 2013.
photo by lon horwedel
