After three straight games without a made field goal, Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham is running out of patience.

“Our kicking game is horrible,” Dillingham said Saturday after ASU’s 24-14 loss to Cincinnati. “So, if you can kick and you’re in Arizona State, send me an email. We have kick-off tryouts on Monday, so bring it on.”

When asked if he was serious, Dillingham doubled down.

“I’m very serious about it. We’re going to put it out on our social media. We’ll have a great tryout on Monday,” he said. “We need to find someone who can make a field goal. That makes it even more difficult late in games when it’s clearly a kicking scenario. That’s when it gets really difficult.”

Sun Devils kicker Ian Hershey, who started his career at Idaho State, missed attempts from 48 and 41 yards on the Sun Devils’ final two drives of the game. Hershey is 7 of 12 on field goal attempts and 18 of 19 on extra point attempts this season. Redshirt freshman Carston Kieffer missed his only field goal attempt this season in the opener against Wyoming.

“(Hersey) was good in preparation. So I felt good about it, but you know what, it is what it is,” Dillingham said. “We have to do a better job to get him in a better mental state. But at the same time I have to do my job and get guys on the field who can also perform in those situations.”

Dillingham acknowledged that an open tryout won’t necessarily lead to a change, in which case they will stick with the status quo.

“If anyone is (good enough), welcome to the team and we’ll rock ‘n’ roll from there,” Dillingham said.

Seeking help from the student body in the game of spades is not without precedent.

In 2022, Ole Miss added punter Charlie Pollock to the roster, after which coach Lane Kiffin said, “I don’t know much about him. I think he was in the frat house at a keg party or something where they got him from.”

In 2008, the late Mike Leach recruited college student Matt Williams to the Texas Tech team after seeing him kick a 30-yard field goal during an in-game contest. Williams would remain with the team for the entire 2010 season.