Due to COVID-19, Vanderbilt's football team had limited options at placekicker for its upcoming game against the Missouri Tigers on November 28, 2020. Their starting kicker had already opted out of the season due to coronavirus concerns, and contact tracing had sidelined its other kickers. The Commodores' punter was also an option to kick, but he also served as the team's holder, requiring a new holder if he were to kick. With no men's soccer team at Vanderbilt, Commodores football coach Derek Mason turned to the women's team and Fuller. Contacted the day after her soccer team's SEC title game, she agreed to try out for the 0–7 football team instead of returning home to Wylie for Thanksgiving. Mason opted to use her as the kicker for the road game in Columbia, Missouri, and she was the only kicker to travel with the team.
