NFL: How Harry Kane’s dream of becoming a kicker could become a reality

Dustin Colquitt emulated his father Craig by not just becoming an NFL punter but a Super Bowl champion, with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020.

Colquitt spent 15 seasons with the Chiefs, setting the franchise record for most games (238), but he grew up dreaming of playing in the Premier League.

He played football at high school, earning college scholarship offers, and remains a big football fan.

He remembers cheering on Kane during World Cup games and, asked if the ex-Tottenham striker could become an NFL kicker, Colquitt told BBC Sport: “Absolutely, if he focused on it. He would do fantastic. I’ve seen some of his finishing skills.

“I would love to actually work with him just because I love soccer, and his excitement. He’s seeking this out – that’s part of the fibre of his being, that he wants to try this NFL thing.”

Almost always, a team’s punter holds the ball in place for kickers. As Colquitt puts it, a punter “holds the kicker’s job literally in his hands” and “if you have a bad hold, really bad things happen”.

So if and when Kane begins to practise kicking, he needs an experienced holder, otherwise his bid to become a two-sport athlete could be over before it has truly begun.

“The guy that holds for those field goals, that is extremely important – knowing where the laces [on the ball] are, if you’ve got wind,” Colquitt said.

“So when he’s ready, I’m ready.”