The most notable US athletes of 2020: No 9 – trailblazing kicker Sarah Fuller

The college player was more accustomed to her role as a soccer goalkeeper at Vanderbilt - until the men's football team came calling

Sarah Fuller must have felt that her fame had peaked when her performance in goal helped the Vanderbilt women's soccer team to a Southeastern Conference title earlier this year. Little did she know she was about to find fame in the other football.

When Covid-19 tore through the men's football team, they were left without a recognised kicker. The Commodores quickly did a talent search around the college's athletic department and became familiar with Fuller, who could kick a ball 60 yards by the time she was in high school and, at 6ft 1in, was unlikely to be intimated by the very large human beings who play football.