The disc hung in the air for just a moment, but for sophomore Isaac Fuzat, the memory lasted forever.

As he darted toward the end zone, the throw from his older brother, Xavier, would drop perfectly in his hands. It was one of his first goals playing for Texas’ Ultimate team, TUFF, and it came from the person who had been with him his whole life.

“In that moment, it finally sunk in that I’m actually playing with my brother here,” Isaac said.

For the Fuzats Ultimate is more than just a game — it’s family.

With both parents having a history of playing Ultimate at Arizona State, the sport always played a role in their lives. But senior Xavier Fuzat never envisioned it would become his life.

“Growing up, we always went to their tournaments and everything,” Xavier said. “But we were just throwing the football on the side. Never really that interested in Frisbee.”

That is, until the day his cousin Aaron joined an under-17 club team.

“Once he started playing, I was like ‘I want to do this,’” Xavier said. “And so I got into it before my junior year of high school, and I’ve just been playing ever since.”

Post-graduation, Xavier prioritized finding a school with a strong Ultimate program, bringing him to Austin, one of the biggest flying disc communities in America.

“(TUFF) just gave me a family through these four years,” Xavier said. “Frisbee has been my college experience, everything that I’ve done or plan on doing has revolved around frisbee in a way.”

Isaac followed in his brother’s footsteps, graduating high school early and joining the team before the start of the 2024 season.

“He was one of the bigger reasons why I even came to (Texas),” Isaac said. “I graduated early to come here, and he was a big reason for that.”

But while playing together has always been the dream, it doesn’t come without its growing pains.

“He knows how to get under my skin and I know how to get under his,” Isaac said. “And I’m a little hot headed. So if he’s trying to explain stuff while emotions are all high, there’s times where I snap back and he snaps back at me.”

Yet both understand the team comes first, even if it means not always saying what is on their minds.

“I feel like your brother just constantly saying something to you about (what) you could be doing better is just annoying,” Xavier said. “And so I’ve had to learn to pick and choose when to say stuff and how to say it, which I think has helped our relationship grow so much.”

Whatever minor conflicts appear on the field, the Fuzats know it’s just that — minor. Now, they focus on cherishing the moments they have on the team together.

“Having someone who I care so much about be so passionate about something, I get that much more involved in it,” Xavier said about Isaac. “I just have so much love for him.”

For Xavier, it’s not as much about the trophies or championships they win than it is about seeing his brother turn into the player he always knew he could be. And in one game against the University of North Carolina, that moment unfolded before his eyes.

“​​He just started taking over,” Xavier said. “We call it high-mind thinking, where you’re not thinking, you’re just doing it, … and it was so sick to hear other people tell me things that I have been saying for years. And to see it click, it was honestly a little emotional for me.”