Chevan Cordeiro had dropped back and thrown the football 117 times in 2023.
The opposing team hadn’t intercepted him once. Until 1 minute, 53 seconds remained in the third quarter on Saturday night.
Toledo cornerback Chris McDonald, Jr., stepped in front of a third-down pass along the San Jose State sideline and made his way 25 yards unencumbered to the end zone, rearranging the scoreboard in the Rockets’ favor for the first time all night en route to a stirring 21-17 victory over the Spartans.
It was McDonald, who two weeks ago at Illinois, applied suffocating coverage on the decisive fourth-down play that the Illini converted.