Clemson kicker Jonathan Weitz made a routine 30-yard field goal for the first points of Saturday’s game against Florida State.
The distance doesn’t convey how unlikely the kick was.
Weitz served as Clemson’s backup kicker for four years and graduated this past year. With a job waiting for him in New York, he left the program — but he remained a Clemson student as he pursued his Master’s degree.
Last week, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney asked him to rejoin the team. When he trotted out against the Seminoles, it was his first career field-goal attempt for the Tigers. He drilled it through the uprights with his family in attendance.
Jonathan Weitz was the backup kicker at Clemson for 4 years before graduating and deciding to pursue his masters degree
He was asked to re-join the team last week and his parents reaction to his first-career FG is amazing 🙌
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 23, 2023
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