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WATCH: High school player scores TD on kickoff return while using wild deer as a blocker
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There are a lot of key elements to a good kickoff return. Blockers have to be quick to pick up the opponent and powerful enough to stay on the block. Return men are required to find the gaps and explode with speed.
It usually doesn’t involve wildlife.
However, in one high school game over the weekend, Sean Toomey-Stout of Coupeville High School in Whidbey Island, Washington used a wild deer to his advantage.
A video on Facebook from Beth Stout shows a deer sprinting onto the field as a kickoff is being fielded by the return man. The confusion helped Toomey-Stout return the kickoff all the way to the other end of the field for the score.
They say anything can happen in football, but the deer took that saying to a whole new level.
Do you think he was named team MVP for the game?
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB