UCF defensive back Braeden Marshall thought he had a No. 6 pick after returning an interception 71 yards for a touchdown against No. 9 Iowa State early in the fourth quarter.
However, replay review ruled that Marshall dropped the ball before crossing the goal line, taking the score off the board and keeping the Knights’ narrow lead at 28-27.
But because no one from Iowa State or UCF touched the ball in the end zone after Marshall dropped it, the Knights maintained possession and had first-and-goal at the 1-yard line.
On the next play, RJ Harvey ran the ball for a score. That erased what could have been a crucial and inexplicable mistake by Marshall.
He became the last player to make such a mistakejoining players like Oregon’s Noah Whittington, Utah’s Kaelin Clay, Alabama’s Ty Simpson, Clemson’s Ray Ray McCloud and, perhaps most memorably, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, in football infamy. And Jackson did it twice!