YEARS OLD, STILL A LOT OF CAREER LEFT FOR THE FORMER DRAKE RELAYS CHAMPION KYLE CONRADI MIGHT BE THE NEXT GREAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNDERDOG STORY. A PRODUCT OF DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL KYLE NEVER EVEN PLAYED FOOTBALL UNTIL HIS JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. BUT TWO YEARS AS A RAMS KICKER WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GET HIM A WALK ON SPOT AT IOWA STATE AND GOING INTO JUST HIS SECOND SEASON ON THE ROSTER, KYLE IS IN LINE TO BECOME THE CYCLONES STARTING KICKER FOR THEIR SEASON OPENER LATER THIS MONTH AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA EVEN THOUGH HE'S THE YOUNGEST OF THE PLACE KICKERS ON IOWA STATE'S ROSTER, LIKELY TO BE THE FIRST ON THE DEPTH CHART AT THE END OF THE MONTH. IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS, KYLE CONRADI HAS GONE FROM NEVER EVEN PLAYING A SNAP OF FOOTBALL IN HIS LIFE TO KICKING FOR A POWER FIVE PROGRAM, AND IT ALL STEMS FROM HIS BACKGROUND IN SOCCER WITH SOCCER, IT'S, STILL A LOT OF KICKING MOTIONS, LEG MOTIONS, AND I THINK THAT HELPED ME BUILD A LOT OF MUSCLE STRENGTH IN MY LEG AND ENDURANCE SO THAT AS WE AS I TRANS TRANSLATED THAT INTO FOOTBALL, I KEPT THAT SAME MUSCLE ENDURANCE LEG STRENGTH. >>AND AS I GREW, I JUST GREW IN TECHNIQUE YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WITHOUT A GUY LIKE KYLE. THE LAST SEASON WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GREAT KICKER AND CHASE A YEAR AGO THAT THAT REALLY EMERGED AS A PHENOMENAL FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR US AND KYLE, I THINK CHASE WOULD TELL YOU PART OF THE REASON WHY HE BECAME SO GOOD IS BECAUSE KYLE WAS PUSHING HIM EVERY DAY IN PRACTICE. >>AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE SUPER FORTUNATE TO HAVE KYLE, >>THERE'S A HIGH END BELIEF FACTOR FROM OUR COACHING STAFF AND MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED HOW THAT GUY'S WORKED >>CONRADI IMPRESSED THE STAFF WITH SOME STIFF KICKS INT