CORVALLIS — Jordan Choukair walked into the Rose Bowl in awe.
Not exactly an uncommon reaction for any player stepping inside one of college football's iconic venues. But Choukair was also on the field of the stadium where he attended games growing up in nearby Poway, Calif. And he was about to get the first action of his college career, knocking a 20-yard field goal through the uprights in the Beavers' 38-24 loss to UCLA.
"I'm just taking my role how it is," Choukair said. "I don't really care what I'm doing, as long as I'm out on the field.