Craziest “Hero” Plays In College Football

No way to pick up a first down

You've got two cracks at the end zone and two chances to defend it

Little throwback, Searcy decides to keep it. Dice for the end zone, touchdown Georgia Tech

It looked like a throwback to Justin Thomas. And instead he just decides to take it in himself, and he's in

Boy, Searcy just said, forget it. I don't like what I see downfield

Tuck it and run it and extend to get it over the goal line

Georgia Tech able to get it into the end zone. Not exactly how you drew it up, but the result that you desired

A lot. Daniel's going to throw on first down. Goes to the sidelines

Has a man wide open. It's tipped. It picked off. MJ Devonshire

He's got face. He's going to take it to the end zone. Pittsburgh takes the lead

You have got to be kidding me. that it was a good idea

because he's going to run out of time. And Leary does take himself down

at the goal line. The officials are right to obviously take a look at it

but that's a touchdown. I said it all night. Haynes King, listen

attack up the field in the pocket. Let's decide it. Right here in New Orleans

Jaden Daniels to the end zone. Got it! To Ray Jenkins! My, oh my, what a night New Orleans

Send us to overtime. Oh, there he is! It's blocked! It is blocked

It is blocked! Maybe three plays at the end zone, Brian

12 seconds. Schrader throwing. He's got a man. He's got dancing. Yes

They still need three more yards to force OT. Kaiser rolls. Runs into traffic and comes up a yard short

Boulware, Watkins And the Clemson defense rises up To hold off a furious Notre Dame rally

I mean, Kevin Dodd, 98, would not Look at the extension there

Against the tight end Wisher He just throws him back into the quarterback Boulware

Wolf to throw Has Watson in the flat To Coons for the score

Got him. Got him. Got him. Got him. Snap

Hold. Kick. Good. Cavaliers win it. And how about that

Started at the Seminole eight-yard line. Travis throws. Left side. Locks it

And Blinkins there to pick it off. Wow. Here's Cooper

Four-man rush for Florida State. Going to cut it loose. Phil Yaw Johnson caught it

Inside the 10. Phil Yaw Johnson on his feet. He'll cut back

And Jacksonville State has won at the horn. Zarek Cooper throws to Demond Filial Johnson and the Gamecocks have upset the Seminoles A heave down the sideline hoping to get in field goal range is caught by DeMond Filia Johnson

He gets a block out front and is able to get into the end zone to win the game on a walk-off

Philead Johnson on the outside against Jarvis Brownlee. Brownlee doesn't knock the ball down, doesn't secure the tackle either

Ahmad Edwards cleared the path, Roddy. Ahmad, give a lot of credit to Ahmad Edwards too

But Brownlee, you've got to secure the man or the ball. He doesn't do either

Sidney Williams overruns the play. And on a walk-off. Receivers to the field

Josh Downs right there. Here's May. Pressure coming. Going to turn, throw toward Green

Touchdown, Carolina. Leonard again, a two-by-two look. Going to throw, bat it around, and intercepted

Will Hardy has come up with the deflection. To end the game

Here's Pickett. He's completed three passes in the drive. He'll fire one to the end zone

French is there. an excellent job of looking it in and securing it and making sure that he never loses control

And how about Kenny Pickett? It hasn't been the easiest day for the quarterback throwing that rock

But when it comes down to crunch time, he puts it right on the money for his big play man

for Miami Garcia he still has it he's trying to get to the end zone

he dives and he's got it Miami wins in four overtimes Jake Garcia

on the two point conversion convert the second half on the third down

0 for 6 and it will, it's Carter spinning free, headed for the end zone

he's in for the touchdown Down! Valique Carter on the strike by Kenny Pickett from 26 yards

Somebody's got to peel with him, and so it's a bust unless they're asking McSwain, the defensive tackle, to do it

which is an impossible job, which is why Valique Carter is so wide open

Kenny Pickett does a good job of just retreating, giving enough ground. Then it's tough to make a tackle on Carter in the open field

with that much space, but a really, really well-timed play. From his own end zone, pressured, sacked, safety

Well, that's apropos for this defense in Deslin Alexander. And if you're on the cover team, you better contain him

This is a high tail wagger. Bernard will take it at the 26

He'll look for a blocker. He's got a wall. Look out. Bernard to the 40

Will they catch him? Inside the 20. Giovanni Bernard is gone. Touchdown Carolina

73 yards. No flags. From the Tar Heel Network. Bernard fields it at the 26

Heading to the far side. Geo at the 35. Geo, he's at the 50

No, he's not. Yes, he is. Geo, he's going to take it for a touchdown

Are you kidding me? 41 Gabriel to throw This is intercepted A game that had no turnovers is right with them And this is going the other one

And this is going the other one. An outrageous turn of events

Jalen Alderman. Tipped balls in on the last two plays

plays and you're thinking just take care of it. If you're UCF well Amari

Johnson it goes off his mid section into the air. Boy what a what a return by

Jalen Alderman for for pick six excellent pressure by CJ Avery. They decide Brian Brown hadn't

blitzed all game long. They decide to bring the pressure. From the two, pressure comes

Griffin's way, and Griffin hangs on for a touchdown. The edge of the red zone

Wake bringing pressure. Leonard cuts it loose for Higgins. In the corner, did he catch it

He did. Samir Higgins. Man-to-man coverage with one safety deep, but Duke has dropped out of this a number of times

Here is Hartman, pressure coming again. To his left, turns, going to throw

Perry, the intended receiver, and he can't hang on. And it's intercepted

Darius Joyner. Knicks drops back underneath. Touchdown, Ducks. Wow

Chase Carter. And we're level at 27. On a fourth down and three

Davis. Matthews. Got it. Pickett caught it. And Pitt ties the game

They go. They fake this into the Wildcat. There's one toss. And now you've got Matthews throwing to your quarterback

Wow. Wow. It looks exactly like Philly Special down the road. And Davis almost lost that ball

You've got a snap, you've got a toss, and a pass. Jackson going for the end zone

Touchdown! Jalen Smith with the touchdown reception

This is just a tremendous throw and catch. Jalen Smith. He took a couple steps

He didn't go to the ground. The question if he maintained control

It's interesting because the ball is out. He takes two steps. That's a football play. He does let the ball go, but he's not in contact with the ground

So I don't think there's any question about whether that's a touchdown. Down to 40 seconds at the snap

A handoff on the ground into the end zone. T.J. Harden. touchdown Bruins

red shirt sophomore out of Tip City, Ohio he won't have to tip anybody if he hits his field goal

up and got it Sols does it again game is not over, be careful you don't get a penalty

and on third down, rolls right pressure coming from behind look out, got away

Reloads to the end zone Touchdown And it's Bug Howard He had a touchdown pass dropped

He had one Knocked out And then he avoids the blitz by Columbayi

And finds Bug Howard To come within two Good finish here, huh

You should bet There was some traffic there This year, that's Switzer in motion

Carolina for two, here comes Solomon Thomas And Donnie Had their face masks tangled up Had to be separated Now Hampton breaks straight Amari on Hampton Down the sideline High run speed for Hampton

Touchdown. We'll see if he had this ball all the way through

Look at him. Tiki Barber in it. Holding it up tight. Let's see. Oh

It looks like it might have came out there at the end. Nate Wiggins punches it out at the very end

Holy smokes. But if that ball came loose before the one-yard line and it goes through the side of the end zone

it would not only be Clemson football, it would be Clemson football out at the 20-yard line

Woo! And forcing Sims to tuck that ball and get something. 117 on the clock, down the sideline

Sims to pass and caught near the 42-yard line of Dottica Sanders

They've got him walked up. 3 of 12 on third down, James

Out of a cluttered pocket, down towards the goal line, diving for the play

Flag comes out, and a touchdown, Georgia Tech. There is a flag on the play

That's interference. Defense, number 39. The pressure's there in the face of Sims

He's got pressure, but he's holding right off the bat a couple times. They could have thrown that flag three different times

Kick is away. Career best for Wesley Wells

Rock the bells, Wesley Wells. He doesn't need a warm-up. He's got it. Money

Snap. The try away. And it's good. A little more dramatic than the one that put Georgia Tech in front with 64 seconds left

It's right down the middle in the box score. Does it actually hit the upright? Did I see that right

Oh, yeah. Wow. That's what those uprights are there for, by the way, to bank them in

Fumbled it, put it on the ground And a cataclysmic, catastrophic turnover for Blackman and the Seminoles

Now watch, you gotta read this They don't do this a lot

So pulling it out, trying to read that in Is an issue for Blackman

It's not something he does every day in practice over and over again

For the lead No doubt for Creaky with five seconds to go

The Cardinals capitalize on that fumble from James Black. Well, Liam, he caught the ball

That helped us beat Florida State for the first time in eight seasons. And I think it was only his third play in that game

It was a fade route. He was covered well. The ball was thrown a little bit short and outside

which is what you hoped it would be. He makes the catch, and the arms go up, and bam, it was a touchdown

It counted, and it was a big moment for us as a team

and as a staff and as a program. It had to be a monumental moment for him

So it was huge for him and it was huge for us. Your best option is probably Langham, the hero from last week

Fourth and 10. We're playing Georgia Tech. It's fourth and 10. It's basically do or die

We throw another fade right out there to him and it gets double teamed

The ball pops up in the air and somehow, by the grace of God, it lands in his chest

as he's fallen to the ground and he hangs onto it. Another magic miracle by Miami

You know, just back to back shots, you know. Now he played a lot more that game than he did the week before

And I think they're still building the statue that we really make for Langham

because those big plays that he made last year. He only played two plays last week

and had the game-winning touchdown, and he comes up huge again here