MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Mike Tirico was the first to say the words.
On Monday night’s ESPN broadcast, he uttered the phrase that no one in the history of the NFL ever had the need to verbalize.
“Stony Brook,” he announced, “in the end zone.”
It was rookie tight end Will Tye, specifically, but it probably felt as if the entire football program and Long Island school were with him.
Tye had been the first Stony Brook product to play in an NFL game since his promotion from the practice squad in October. On Monday he became the first Seawolf to score a touchdown.