When a defensive player gets ejected from a college football game, it’s usually for an illegal hit.
Chase Young’s ejection from Ohio State’s 52-3 win over Rutgers on Saturday, however, resulted simply from getting a little too excited.
After blowing by the outside of Rutgers right tackle Kamaal Seymour and obliterating Scarlet Knights quarterback Artur Sitkowski for a sack in the second quarter, Young was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for spiking the football in celebration – giving him the American football equivalent of a yellow card.
Then, in the fourth quarter, Young was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct again, this time for running onto the field from the sideline to celebrate an interception by teammate Shaun Wade – and that turned his yellow card into a red card.