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Joe Burrow escapes sack to deliver latest Heisman moment
By Keith Farner
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What will he do next?
LSU QB Joe Burrow has had multiple Heisman Trophy moments already this season, against the likes of Texas and Alabama. But his latest may have been in the third quarter against Georgia.
Burrow on first down rolled away from the pocket, and somehow escaped multiple attempts at a sack, only to find Justin Jefferson for a 71-yard pass play. Jefferson scrambled back toward the sideline, caught the ball, then wiggled away from Georgia defenders for more yards.
Burrow’s already been compared to Tom Brady, but on this play, he was compared to former Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel.
That was the first play of a four-play scoring drive, where Burrow connected with Terrace Marshall for a four-yard TD with 2:18 left in the third quarter. It was called his Heisman Moment, and it may have been a clincher to an award that has long been expected to go to Burrow.
By that point, Burrow was 26-for-36 for 339 yards and three touchdowns.
Joe Burrow is a magician. pic.twitter.com/PU55GUFXhx
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 8, 2019
Heisman Moment pic.twitter.com/V2Yw0bjiBT
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 7, 2019
Joe. Burrow.
That’s It. pic.twitter.com/uaX42Pd5sC— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) December 7, 2019
That 71 yard completion from Joe Burrow to Justin Jefferson is the fourth longest pass in SEC Championship game history.
It’s also when the Heisman race officially ended.
(It actually ended weeks ago but for the sake of this tweet it ended on that play.)
— Cody Worsham (@CodyWorsham) December 7, 2019
That 71 yard completion from Joe Burrow to Justin Jefferson is the fourth longest pass in SEC Championship game history.
It’s also when the Heisman race officially ended.
(It actually ended weeks ago but for the sake of this tweet it ended on that play.)
— Cody Worsham (@CodyWorsham) December 7, 2019
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
