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DonViejo

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Tue Apr 23, 2013, 05:03 PM Apr 2013

NFL prospect comes out kicking


Middle Tennessee State placekicker Alan Gendreau announces his homosexuality on the eve of the NFL draft

BY CYD ZEIGLER


This article originally appeared on Outsports.

It had been months since Alan Gendreau put on a pair of cleats and stood three yards behind a football. The former Middle Tennessee State placekicker had all but left the game behind when he graduated a year ago.

Yet there he was on a Saturday morning in early April lining up for a kick, the sun beating down on the bright green field as the wind swirled around him. A half-hearted attempt to make it to the NFL was in his past; the crush of a disappointing senior season, punctuating a stellar college career, had been put in his distant memory. Now with renewed purpose, Gendreau had made a potentially game-changing decision: It’s time for him to shoot for the stars again.

After a brief instruction on how I should hold the ball for him, Gendreau looked up from his backward steps and focused downfield.

“I always focus on a spot past the goal post,” he said as he readied for his first kick. “Gotta aim further than I’m trying to go.”

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NFL prospect comes out kicking (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
I hope he makes it dsc Apr 2013 #1
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