Reporter: So how did you come to play the game of football?
Marshall von Hildebrand: I didn't think I'd be playing football actually. Most of my life I played soccer (typically for a kicker, I know). I couldn't quite make the cut as a D1 athlete for soccer, though, and I think that's something I saw coming early on. But in high school I was introduced to the game of Ultimate Frisbee which was becoming popular at the time. In some ways it is a cross between soccer and football and that's really what opened me up to the game.
Reporter: So you just decided to try out for the team?
Marshall: Yeah, a couple of friends were on the football team and they encouraged me to try out. I was always a bit smaller, but thankfully the coaches knew what to look for in a former soccer player and I was quickly made at home in front of the kicking tee.
Marshall von Hildebrand: I didn't think I'd be playing football actually. Most of my life I played soccer (typically for a kicker, I know). I couldn't quite make the cut as a D1 athlete for soccer, though, and I think that's something I saw coming early on. But in high school I was introduced to the game of Ultimate Frisbee which was becoming popular at the time. In some ways it is a cross between soccer and football and that's really what opened me up to the game.
Reporter: So you just decided to try out for the team?
Marshall: Yeah, a couple of friends were on the football team and they encouraged me to try out. I was always a bit smaller, but thankfully the coaches knew what to look for in a former soccer player and I was quickly made at home in front of the kicking tee.