In a game in which we expected big things from Lamar Jackson, it was a Virginia player doing Action Jackson things against Louisville Saturday. In the third quarter, already up by three, Virginia made it a two-score game after a humongous play by Doni Dowling.
Watch here as the receiver gains extra yards by hurdling over a defender, much in the same way we saw Jackson hurdle for a touchdown in Week 2 against Syracuse.
DONI DOWLING WE ARE NOT WORTHY! @uva_football leads #5 @UofLFootball 17-7 in 3Q. #LOUvsUVA #ACC @8NEWS pic.twitter.com/jksQxAzwwR
— Mitch Carr (@mitchcarrtv) October 29, 2016
Here’s another angle of the spectacular play.
Halloween weekend is always weird. Doni Dowling hurdling over people for UVA, trying to ruin Lamar Jackson Heisman https://t.co/6vTVaHfKBa
— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (IG:twdbk3) (@sluggahjells) October 29, 2016
Not only did Dowling hurdle over a defender on this play, but he also escaped a would-be tackler right after receiving the pass from quarterback Kurt Benkert. This was his second big play of the game after he caught a first-quarter touchdown.
This brilliant run after the catch set up a nine-yard touchdown pass that put the Cavaliers up over the Cardinals by the score of 17-7 midway through the fourth quarter.