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UTPB football: The story behind Chris Hoad's viral TD
UT-Permian Basin Falcons football senior Chris Hoad scored a touchdown against Texas A&M-Kingsville that went viral on social media over the weekend. Here’s why John O’Kelley made the selfless play.
The best play of the college football weekend didn’t happen in Waco, Ann Arbor or South Bend. Instead, it happened in a place better known for high school football: Odessa, Texas.
UT-Permian Basin was set to end the most dominant first half in the program’s short history against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Senior Day. Up 35-7, sophomore linebacker John O’Kelley flew off the edge, pulled an interception almost right out of the hands of TAMUK quarterback Koy Detmer Jr. and started running the 85 unimpeded yards towards the end zone.
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