Field day

"You are a human tackling dummy."

George Quraishi

Sep 14, 2020 • 1 min read

Sports writer Andy Staples walked onto the University of Florida football team during the Gators' 1996 championship season. Turns out his greatest asset was his disposability.

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The life of a walk-on in a world-class college football program is not always kind. Just as sports writer and erstwhile "tackling dummy" @andy_staples. #personalpodcast #collegefootball #walkon #Rudyspeech #floridagators #collegememories

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he quit the team when he had to choose between football and writing for the college paper. Listen to the complete Artifact here.