Just a couple of weeks ago, he did not know if he was going to ever be able to play football again.
But with a stroke of good fortune, LaDarrell McNeil got the chance to be back on the field Saturday night with the Tennessee Vols taking on the Western Carolina Catamounts.
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And he was clearly not going to take his return for granted.
McNeil had an incredible interception to set up a touchdown that gave the Vols a 34-0 lead, and the interception along with the return were both epic.