The One Yard Drop

The One Yard Drop

 On November 8th at the Rice-Eccles stadium, the Utah Utes played the Oregon Ducks. It started out as a great game for the Utes, within five minutes of the game, the Utes already had seven points. But the next five minutes were not so great. Quarterback Travis Wilson #7 made the perfect pass to Kaelin Clay #8 which seemed to be the perfect 78-yard touchdown. 

 He ran into the end zone, an Oregon player right on his tail, and the fans celebrated. Everyone was too busy celebrating to notice that Oregon had picked up the ball and ran to the opposite end zone. Three Utes players struggled to reach and tackle the player with the ball, but Oregon stopped them. Everyone in the stadium was confused. They reviewed the play, and Clay had dropped the ball just before he reached the end zone. Oregon had seen them drop it, so Oregon snatched the ball and made a touchdown.

 After the game, Kaelin Clay tweeted, “I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS GAME BY MY SELFISH ACTIONS…I’ll take this one”. Many fans were booing, screaming and even throwing food and brownies at Clay as he walked off the field. 

 Treasure Mountain Students who saw the game say, "It was a stupid mistake, but he should have been more aware he wasn't across the line." Another student said, "More people should be aware that it was a little mistake."
  They called it a Desean Jackson moment, because the NFL player did the same thing twice. He called Clay’s father, and talked to him after seeing the play, almost identical to his. One odd fact is that Clay and Jackson both went to Long Beach Poly at one point in their life time. 

 Clay is being comforted by letters from young kids, and kind phone calls. He says he now needs more support, because the play has gone world wide.