 During his junior and senior years, Mazzetti set several school records, including for longest FG (54 yards, twice), as well as kicking several game-winning FGs.Mazzetti also was an All-Ivy League player for Penn's soccer team, but decided to leave the team in his senior year to concentrate full-time on kicking footballs.As a result of his achievements on the gridiron at Penn, Mazzetti received an invitation to try out for the New England Patriots in training camp in the summer of 1977 after his senior year, but after failing the physical as a result of a hernia, he lost the opportunity to play during the 1977 NFL season.