The second quarter was just getting underway with the Central Michigan football team trailing 7-3 to Kentucky, who had the ball on CMU’s 36-yard line.
Junior defensive back Xavier Crawford didn’t know he would have the chance to make a play, but he wanted to change the momentum of the game.
On second down and six, Kentucky’s quarterback Terry Wilson dropped back to pass and was flushed out of the pocket. Crawford was defending a Wildcat receiver when he read Wilson’s eyes.
“I thought to myself ‘I know he’s going to throw this (way)’,” Crawford said.