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Video: Cyrus Jones scores TD on a most interesting punt return
By Chris Wright
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Alabama’s Cyrus Jones picked up deflected punt and raced 43 yards untouched into the end zone for a touchdown.
That much was unquestionable.
The question was: Who deflected the ball?
Video replays seem to indicate the ball bounced off the heel of Charleston Southern’s Troy McGowens.
Twitter suggested the ball bounced off an Alabama player, the result of which would have created a fumble.
The result was Jones bursting in, scooping and scoring.
On the punt, ball deflects off an Alabama blocker and is picked up and returned for a touchdown by Cyrus Jones #RollTide #CSUvsBAMA
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) November 21, 2015
Cyrus Jones scores on one of the weirder 43-yard punt returns ever.
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) November 21, 2015
CSU punt reached a cruising altitude of about 10 inches, hit a UA blocker downfield, rolled around a second. Jones scooped and scored.
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) November 21, 2015
This video doesn’t show the deflection, just the result.
https://vine.co/v/izuzE5npptB
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A 30-time APSE award-winning editor with previous stints at the Miami Herald, The Indianapolis Star and News & Observer, Executive Editor Chris Wright oversees editorial operations for Saturday Down South.
