Syracuse was playing a Cover 3. Its corners were bailing, its linebackers were covering the seams and the safety was sitting high playing towards the boundary.
Clemson’s Amari Rodgers hit the seam and appeared to be open. But the safety was coming over, so to keep Rodgers away from the safety Lawrence threw to Rodgers’ back shoulder.
However, Rodgers could not get around fast enough to catch the ball. The ball bounced off his hands and right into the arms of the Orange’s Garrett Williams, who returned the miscue 39-yards for a touchdown.