overplayed his punt

Overplayed his punt; (v) When someone does something that ends up way more remarkable than his initial effort.

When you see a total dork-ass feeb with a hot chick, you say; Wow, that dude really overplayed his punt to end up with her!

It's like when a football team recovers the ball and scores on a kick away.

When a guy pulls of a terrible pick up line, but gets laid anyway.