Watch: HS Quarterback Completes Wild Behind-the-Back Throw While On the Run
What do you get when you cross Brett Favre with Magic Johnson?
You get a quarterback who throws daring behind-the-back passes with a true gunslinger mentality on the football field.
In other words, you get Jacob Naylor, senior quarterback for Russellville High School in Kentucky, and this fantastic throw in the run of play of an actual game.
Behind the back pass for those who haven’t seen yet! #SCtop10 @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/fo4XOsebcB
— Jacob Naylor (@naylorvich11) November 12, 2018
That was just plain filthy.
Naylor started the play running a fairly standard option play.
He took the snap out of the shotgun, faked the draw to the tailback, then took off to his left on a sweep.
So far, so uneventful.
But with the defense hot on his heels, Naylor flipped the ball behind his back Magic-style, hitting the wide receiver on what can only be described as a delayed bubble screen, and netting about a 7- to 10-yard gain on the play, depending on exactly where the referee ultimately spotted the ball.
Why didn’t he just throw it on the run like a normal quarterback? Who knows?
Is he lucky that he didn’t turn the ball over by short-arming it and creating a situation where a defender who picked up the fumble (the ball went backward, making it a lateral by rule) would’ve had nothing standing between himself and six points at the other end of the field? Of course.
So maybe Russellville might not want to add this play to their regular option offense.
The coach of the school might also want to sit Naylor down and tell him about the value of ball control and making smart decisions.
But on the other hand, how hard can you really argue with a play that looked that sweet, caught the attention of the national sports media and even picked up what looked like a first down?
Yes.. yes I did ? https://t.co/hP2ZVDfuYV
— Jacob Naylor (@naylorvich11) November 14, 2018
Some kids are just born to be gunslingers on the gridiron, and that was a Favre-level case of brass balls.
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