TEMPE – Staring into the eyes of the uprights, with no movement to the left and stillness to the right, the ball is snapped. The brain tunes out the thousands of fans hoping for failure on the first step. The left foot delicately but firmly graces the football on the second step. The kick is up, and all he can do is watch.

The whirlwind of kicking a football might be lonely for some, but for the Sun Devils’ “cold-blooded” kicker, Jesus Gomez, it couldn’t feel more like home. ×

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