AMHERST, N.Y. — This past August, Jake Suder became a media darling.
You remember Suder: He is the Bowling Green State University football team’s kicker who was challenged by his coach, Mike Jinks, to make a 50-plus-yard field goal. The stakes? If Suder made the kick, Jinks would give the walk-on a scholarship.
Suder made it, and a video of the kick — and the celebration of his teammates after the kick — went viral. Before the season began, the Central Catholic graduate was interviewed by national media such as Good Morning America, ESPN’s SportsCenter, and USA Today.