The first highlight of Julius Davis’s junior Hudl film above should be viewed as an eye-opener.
On a third down, the 2019 running back from Menomonee Falls, Wis., took a handoff and sprinted to around the 40-yard line, where he hurdled over a defender into a nearly 360-degree spin. Keeping his balance, he evaded would-be tacklers before using his speed to break away for a huge touchdown.
“In the moment, there wasn’t really much going through my head other than, ‘score,’” Davis told B5Q late last month. “I knew there was a huge hole, my linemen opened up a huge hole for me, and I just hit that hole as fast as I can and then, out of nowhere, I saw a person dive for my feet, so my reaction was, ‘Oh, I got to hurdle him.