Two weeks ago. It was 2nd and 5 from the Illinois 15 yard line. Rutgers was on the road and down 14-10. The Knights desperately needed a conference victory after losing four straight games. Noah Vedral, who’d had to leave the game three times due to helmet-jarring impacts, and had just re-entered the game after being out injured the play before, took the snap.
Despite having been banged up numerous times this season, Vedral once again carried the ball himself across the line of scrimmage. Johnny “football” Langan, on this particular play lined up as the A-back, hurried from right to left behind the offensive line to get out in front of his embattled signal-caller.