Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller makes history with kickoff

No one will ever forget Sarah Fuller. Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller makes history with kickoff against Missouri

By Erin Walsh | Last updated 11/28/20

No one will ever forget Sarah Fuller, who became the first woman to play in a Power Five football game on Saturday for the Vanderbilt Commodores.

While many criticized her, Fuller delivered a perfect squib kick, which was recovered at the 35-yard line, to start the second half against Missouri.

Sarah Fuller squibbed it exactly where she was supposed to (watch Vanderbilt's coverage guys all funneling short right) and left it un-returnable for Mizzou. Probably one of Vandy's best executed plays of the day in all honestly pic.twitter.com/7cEY8j9rnN
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) November 28, 2020

Fuller, a senior goalkeeper for Vanderbilt's women's soccer team, was recruited as a kicker recently after members of the Commodores football team had to quarantine due to COVID-19 policies. She tried out and did well enough to make the team.

When she took the field against Missouri on Saturday, Fuller wore an inspirational "Play Like a Girl" sticker on her helmet. She became just the third woman to play in an FBS football game, joining Katie Hnida and April Goss.

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