In football, the difference between a great play and a bad one is often said to be a matter of inches.
For former South Carolina great Jadeveon Clowney on Sunday, the margin for error was a single lock of hair.
In the third quarter of the matchup between Clowney’s Houston Texans and the Buffalo Bills, the ex-Gamecock All-American had yet to record a tackle and was unusually quiet on the field.
He changed that when Bills running back Chris Ivory got the ball, lunging from behind to grab one of Ivory’s dreadlocks and using that lock to yank the tailback down for a loss of three yards.