It was just one play.
But it was a play most rookie linebackers don't make.
Denzel Perryman got the jump on a pass and knocked it down.
There was no false step, no long pause that you see from most rookies. There was no fat to be trimmed from the route Perryman took to the ball.
It was a bam-bam play, defending an intruder, on the first day of Chargers training camp Thursday, and the rookie won.
"That was a pretty big play for me today," Perryman said.
A few teammates hollered praise, and veteran safety Jimmy Wilson congratulated him.