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Sealed With A Kiss – Hewitt Rewards Penix’s Trust

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IUHoosiers.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Michael Penix Jr. trusted. For this, Jacolby Hewitt did what all real men do when they are the recipient of a spectacular Indiana football opportunity:

He delivered a smooch.
"The next day, I had to go over (Penix's) house and kiss him," Hewitt says via Zoom press conference, "because I was like, 'Man, you a bad man for throwing a ball like that. You a bad man.'"

"Bad," in this case, means very good. Under excruciating pressure in the closing seconds of regulation during Saturday's epic win over No.