One of Tripp’s favorite football teams was holding open tryouts, and he figured that having 1.5 the leg of all the other kickers in the league would give him an advantage over the competition. His first kick went 69 yards straight up, 15 inches forward, and about 200 yards wide right, landing in the parking lot and knocking the side mirror off the head scout’s Chevy Equinox. He was billed for the damage and told never to come back.