Idaho kicker Ricardo Chavez switches feet, earns preseason All-Big Sky honors

Chavez was 15-20 on field goals last season and was perfect on extra points.

MOSCOW, Idaho — Among the six Idaho Vandals players named to the preseason All-Big Sky team was kicker and punter Ricardo Chavez.

The former soccer goalkeeper who did not kick a football until midway through high school is now considered the best kicker in a division one conference.

“When I got into high school, around my junior year, that is when I first kicked a football. My head coach at my high school saw potential in me and from there I just believed in myself,” Chavez said.

Even

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