Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham to hold kicking tryouts - ESPN

After three straight games without a made field goal, Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham has run out of patience.

«Our kicking game's atrocious,» Dillingham said after ASU's 24-14 loss to Cincinnati. «So, if you can kick and you're at Arizona State, email me. We're going to have kicking tryouts on Monday, so bring it on.»

Asked if he was serious, Dillingham doubled down.

«I'm dead serious. We're going to put it out on our social. We're going to have a kicking and tryout on Monday,» he said. «We got to find somebody who can make field goal. It makes it even harder late in games when it's clearly a kick scenario. That's when it gets really hard.»

Sun Devils kicker Ian Hershey, who began his career at Idaho State, badly missed attempts from 48 and 41 yards on the Sun Devils' final two drives of the game. Hersey is 7 of 12 on field-goal attempts this season and 18 of 19 on extra points. Redshirt freshman Carston Kieffer missed his only field-goal attempt this season in the opener against Wyoming.

"[Hersey] was kicking good pregame. So, I felt good about it, but it is what it is," Dillingham said. «We got to do a better job getting him in the better mental states kick. But at the same token, I got to do a job and I got to get guys on the field that can perform in those situations as well.»

Dillingham acknowledged an open tryout won't necessarily lead to a change, in which case they'll stick with the status quo.

«If somebody is [good enough], then you welcome to the team and we'll rock and roll from there,» Dillingham said.

Looking to the student body for help in the kicking game isn't without precedent.

In 2022, Ole Miss added punter Charlie Pollock to the roster, after which coach Lane Kiffin, said, «I don't know a whole