ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- The labyrinthine path that 28-year-old punter Karl Schmitz took to the cusp of the NFL routed him from the soccer pitches and beaches of Bermuda to being a YouTube sensation and finally a legitimate pro prospect.
He played one half of one high school football season in St. Louis after recovering from an auto accident just before his senior year and a single season in college after bouncing around to three universities, one of which didn't even field a football team.
Yet, here he is, amazingly, with a shot at making the Denver Broncos - after he turned the head of chief executive John Elway.