Joe Lang won’t be confused with Kelly Leak, the long-haired, motorcycle-riding rebel in the original “The Bad News Bears” movie. But the UNLV long snapper is a long-haired, motorcycle-riding Rebel in his own right.
“His hair tells you a lot about him,” UNLV senior kicker Nicolai Bornand said, jokingly. “It’s that Washington State hair.”
Lang, a sophomore walk-on, sat out last season after transferring from Washington State, the Pac-12 school located in his hometown of Pullman where his father, David, is the director of strength and conditioning.
“I grew up around Pac-12 athletics. It was a pretty fun childhood,” said Lang, who snapped in three games as a freshman for the Cougars.