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GoHeels Exclusive: A Family Mentality

By Pat James, GoHeels.com

Among the items inside the bonus room of his Charlotte home, Dan Orner receives more questions about one, a football featuring Syracuse's logo, than any.

Orner grew up in Warwick, New York, about 200 miles southeast of Syracuse. A member of his high school baseball, soccer and track teams, he also served as the place-kicker for the football team. And each year, he and his teammates played their season opener at the Carrier Dome.

During his visit to the Syracuse facility as a senior, Orner said he kicked a 57-yard field goal off the top of the uprights and booted kickoffs into the end zone stands.