Maybe one day Clevan Thomas will make a game-winning catch in the Super Bowl over one of the best defensive backs in the country.
But even then Kentucky’s true freshman wide receiver likely will never beam with pride more than he did two years ago when he finally caught a pass over his dad.
“You know how Michael Jordan had his brother and he thought if he could beat his brother, he could beat anybody?” the younger Clevan Thomas asked. “That was my dad for me. … I caught a bomb over him and I was like, ‘I just did that!