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hardly see straight now. The crowd

was shocked when we lined up to run

instead of to punt. When the ball was

snapped, I pulled out and hit the

cornerback so hard I laid him out flat.

A linebacker came to stop the run,

and I did the same to him. Our ball

carrier was right behind me, and there

was only one more defender. I took

that defender out with a perfect

down-field block, leaving our ball

carrier with a free run all the way to

the end zone.

As we came off of the field

following the point after attempt,

Coach grabbed me by the face mask.

“Howard, you are the luckiest *#&@