Updated 9:30 a.m. Wednesday
The wind in Baton Rouge was no friend to Mo Isom and other would-be walk-on kickers for the LSU football team Tuesday.
"Wow, what a WINDY day!" the Lassiter alum and former LSU soccer player tweeted. "Not my best on field goals, but solid on kickoffs. Time to clear my head & prep for day 2 of tryouts on Thursday."
Isom placed her kickoffs between the goal line and 5-yard line, the Shreveport Times reported, and LSU Coach Les Miles said he was impressed with her ball skills.
While the tryout will continue Thursday, Miles said he's unlikely to decide to keep any walk-on kicker to join the two scholarship kickers on his roster until regular practice starts in August, the Times reported.
Original Report
Northeast Cobb Patch told you in the fall about alumna Mo Isom working out with the Louisiana State University football team in her spare moments from being a college senior, , and .
Now the Northeast Cobb student is getting her shot to make the team, New Orleans TV station WDSU reports.
Isom, who reportedly kicked a 51-yard field goal during a September practice with the Bayou Bengals, is starting a three-day tryout today.
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"Absolutely overwhelmed and humbled by all of the amazing support that has been pouring in surrounding tryouts," Isom posted on her Facebook page. "There is so much power in prayer, so please know that I truly appreciate every single one of you! Today is the first of a 3-day tryout, so I would appreciate continued prayer through this week."
Isom would not be the first woman to Division I college football. Katie Hnida kicked for Division I-A (now FBS) New Mexico in 2003, and Ashley Martin did the same for Division I-AA (now FCS) Jacksonville State University in 2001.
But it's not something that happens every day, especially for a national championship contender such as LSU.
Isom told Bleacher Report she wants to play football in part to preserve a connection with her dad, who played college ball and who committed suicide in 2009.
Though she's due to graduate this spring, Isom will have one year of football eligibility if she makes the team.
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