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“You get the play call, and you’re like, ‘OK, yeah, this is a great play call,’” he said. “We executed it throughout practice, and nothing’s ever guaranteed, but the chance of you succeeding and executing it skyrockets.”
The play started with Jackson operating out of a “trips” formation to the right, with tight end Nick Kallerup on the line of scrimmage and wideout Elijah Spencer to Kallerup’s left and Jackson to his right, both a step off the line.
Brosmer took the shotgun snap, and Spencer drove ahead before cutting toward the middle of the end zone. Jackson and Kallerup crisscrossed at the 5, the tight end turning toward the corner of the end zone and Jackson moving to the left and cutting in front of Michigan defensive back Zeke Berry.
Brosmer fired the ball, and Jackson was in position to make the catch. Berry, however, caught up to Jackson, and grabbed his right shoulder.
“You don’t expect a DB being draped over your back, so I attacked the ball like I would attack any other balls — go up with two hands,” Jackson said. “Then, out of nowhere, I’m getting pulled.”
Berry’s tug drew a penalty and caused the righthanded Jackson to spin around and briefly lose sight of the ball. But he knew where it was and had his left hand extended to be in position to make the catch.
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