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Ole Miss DT Robert Nkemdiche Shows Blazing Speed with 31-Yard TD

If there were such a thing as fantasy college football, Ole Miss defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche would be having a huge, yet strange, day.

The big fella caught a 31-yard score while appearing to line up at fullback with 12 minutes and 35 seconds to go in the second quarter vs. Tennessee-Martin. The effort would normally draw headlines calling it some sort of “fat-guy touchdown.”

Nope, not here. With that type of speed at 6’4”, 296 pounds, he is an athletic monster.

Later on in the game, Nkemdiche blocked an extra point, which further cements the notion that he’s a straight-up beast:

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