With North Carolina leading Louisville by a point nearly halfway through the second quarter last Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C., the Tar Heels decided to bring a corner blitz off the edge.
A play like that on most quarterbacks would have resulted in a sack or at worse an incomplete pass considering the pressure. However, most quarterbacks are not Lamar Jackson.
Instead, Jackson brushed the cornerback off and delivered a perfectly thrown pass to Jaylen Smith for a 75-yard touchdown pass.
“Those are the kinds of things a special player can do,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said on Tuesday.