SALT LAKE CITY — In consecutive touchdowns at Rice-Eccles Stadium, senior Darren Carrington II has received drastically different receptions from the sea of red surrounding the University of Utah’s field.
Last November, Carrington, then a member of the University of Oregon’s football program, shattered Utah’s hearts as he narrowly got his foot down in the corner of the end zone for a last-second, game-winning touchdown catch. It also happened to be the last touchdown scored at Rice-Eccles Stadium in the 2016 season.
Carrington’s touchdown catch is one Utah will never forget given its devastating impact on the team’s chances at claiming a Pac-12 South division title — a loss to a bad Oregon team in a promising season where the South was in Utah’s grasp.