Grandma knows best
So how did Bass first turn to football? Because of his grandmother, naturally.
Kickers are a different breed. Typically they grow up playing a different game, the one called soccer. Bass was no different. He was kicking around the pitch, but he told The State, a newspaper in his home state of South Carolina, it was his grandma, Rebecca Lusk, who encouraged and even helped out his career.
Via The State:
One of those Bass credited in his journey was his grandma — or “meemaw” — Rebecca Lusk. She encouraged her grandson, who played soccer, to go out for the football team. Lusk also took him to practice when needed, brought him snacks and even retrieved balls that Bass kicked.
Bass said Lusk never missed one of his games at Georgia Southern despite battling breast cancer.
That’s some above and beyond grandparenting. Bass was eventually named the high school kicker of the year, too.