Scoop Bradshaw hurtled down the left sideline. His objective was simple: Stop the kick returner.
Syracuse had taken a 14-7 lead late in the first quarter against then-No. 2 Clemson in the Carrier Dome, but Clemson’s Travis Etienne received the kickoff and burst up the middle. He crossed the 20-yard line and was met from the right by Bradshaw, who threw his body in front of Etienne, sending him tumbling to the ground before he even crossed the 30.
“I was thinking real fast and dove at him and tried to wrap around him,” Bradshaw said. “When I wrapped around him, I didn’t even feel the pop in my bone.