ICYMI: Dayton Kicker Gets TD on His Kickoff

Please allow us to explain this headline, because a kicker scoring a TD on his own kickoff isn't so easy to do.

The set up: The University of Dayton played Marist Saturday. The Flyers took a 21-14 lead in the second quarter and Dayton kicker William Will (his real name) kicked off to Marist.

Marist's Lawrence Dickens caught the kick and was running it back when he fumbled.

Amazingly, the ball bounced around and hopped straight up into Will's hands.

The happy kicker ran as fast as he could...and scored a touchdown, putting his team up 28-14. Dayton won the game 31-21...and Will was named Pioneer League Special Teams Player of the Week.

Rookie League Scrum!!! Rookie League Scrum!!!

((HT: MiLB.com))

This one happened in the rookie leagues- Pioneer to be precise with Ogden and Idaho Falls.

The game itself went 16 innings with Idaho Falls winning 9-8, but this happened top 10th and the managers even got involved...

Oh, the Ogden manager is former White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell...


Yes, we know...

Some zooming in would have been nice...

Now We Know Why This Earned A Helmet Sticker, An Incredible Pick 6

((HT: Andy Stabell/Mercer Football))

The only thing the HQ can say is:

This is how you make national television... a double-deflection, running 100 yards east-west-north-south, and slipping a handful of tackles before getting into the endzone for a pick-6 of 35 yards (officially)...

Alex Avant gets the credit for all that as he gave Mercer a defensive touchdown in their 31-17 Pioneer League debut win over Drake at Henderson Field in Macon in front of 8,000 Bears fans...


Avant's pick was good for a 17-0 lead in the second quarter at the time...

"Well we did a corner blitz and the quarterback checked the pass because he saw me blitzing so I knew I had to jump right once he threw it," said Avant following the game. "So I jumped up, tipped it, it bounced off another linebacker and then the ball fell in my hands and I just tried to score. I caught it and then I went left and then remembered I was probably about to just go out of bounds and I was like I might as well go ahead and try to score. I guess somehow I ended up in the end zone."

Avant is part of a defense that ranks Number 1 in the country FCS total defense, allowing just 241.5 yards per game. The Bears are also Number 6 in the nation in rushing defense and Number 8 in first down defense.

Here's Head Coach Bobby Lamb postgame...