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Meet Colorado Kicker James Stefanou, the Oldest Dude in College Football

At the age of 29, James Stefanou decided he wanted to play college football. For the Australian, the time was finally right.

His day job at a real estate development company was no longer challenging him. His professional soccer career had stalled. And as he and his soon-to-be wife, Laura, planned their wedding, he kept thinking he wanted to try something different.

At the same time, he finally listened to two coaches who felt he could blossom into a star—in a sport he knew almost nothing about.

Two years later, Stefanou is a 31-year-old sophomore at Colorado and the football team's starting field-goal kicker.