Penn State’s Tyler Warren snapped the ball then caught a TD in opposition to USC

Penn State tight finish Tyler Warren had a large sport within the Nittany Lions’ thrilling 33-30 win over USC on Saturday.

Warren led all Penn State gamers with 17 receptions for 224 yards and a landing. He even had one dashing try for a four-yard achieve and accomplished a go for a nine-yard achieve. At one level, the published workforce on CBS famous all of the totally different locations the place Warren had aligned, together with snaps at QB, WR, TE, and RB:

However the play that many may bear in mind most was that landing reception, a 32-yard strike from Drew Allar that minimize USC’s result in 20-13 simply after halftime.

That play? It started with Warren snapping the soccer.

You learn that proper:

After a shift from the Penn State offense, Warren strains up because the “middle,” and snaps the soccer to backup quarterback Beau Pribula. Pribula then throws a backward go to Allar, who units his ft and throws to Warren downfield.

As you possibly can see USC was prepared for this, and the tight finish was not precisely huge open. Warren needed to work to reel within the landing, making the catch in visitors by out leaping a defender.

On this replay Gary Danielson break the play down, noting that Warren aligns because the “middle” and snaps the soccer. Nevertheless, Warren is the top man on the road of scrimmage to his aspect of the sphere, and “uncovered.” That makes him an eligible receiver:

You may see that from this picture proper after the snap. The road of scrimmage is the USC 32-yard line, and the 2 gamers in entrance of Allar are standing on the 35-yard line. They’re off the road of scrimmage, making Warren the top man on the road of scrimmage. That makes Warren an eligible receiver, regardless of the actual fact he snapped the soccer:

Like Danielson stated, you may not see this play each Saturday, until you’re hanging across the native flag soccer fields.