SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Trent Sherfield Sr. tracked the ball toward the front corner of the end zone.
He knew he’d be tight up against the sideline but thought he had room.
As quarterback Jarrett Stidham’s throw approached, Sherfield expertly used the little bit of space he’d left himself to the outside to create a crack of daylight between himself and San Francisco cornerback Dallis Flowers. Then reached up.
“I knew I was tight to the sideline,” Sherfield recounted afterward. “So I immediately looked right at the ref and, sometimes, the refs, they can be wrong, but I looked right at him just to see if he threw his hands up, he threw his hands up, and he made a great call.