UCF defensive end Braeden Marshall thought he had a pick 6 after returning an interception 71 yards for a touchdown against No. 9 Iowa State early in the fourth quarter.
However, the replay review showed that Marshall dropped the ball before crossing the goal line, taking the score off the board and keeping the Knights’ slim lead at 28–27.
But with no one from Iowa State or UCF touching the ball in the end zone after Marshall dropped it, the Knights retained possession and had first and goal at the 1-yard line.
On the next play, RJ Harvey ran the ball in for a one-yard touchdown. That erased a crucial, inexplicable mistake by Marshall.
He became the latest player to make such a blunder, joining the likes of Oregon’s Noah Whittington, Utah’s Kaelin Clay, Alabama’s Ty Simpson, Clemson’s Ray Ray McCloud and, perhaps most memorably, Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson in football scandal. And Jackson did it twice!
