In October 2016, Lamar Jackson and Louisville traveled to Clemson, S.C. to take on Deshaun Watson and the Tigers—just a few months before the Texans drafted Watson into the NFL. We asked people who were in attendance at that game what they remember about the two quarterbacks who would go on to become NFL studs.
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Bobby Petrino remembers the game like it was yesterday. Louisville had first-and-10 at their own 25, down six points with 3:08 left and a NFL-talent-laden Clemson defense standing between them and a program-changing victory.