Having lost his defender and begun a streak along the far sideline, Elijah Badger called for the ball.
There was no deep safety on the scene and the closest defenders were yards behind the sophomore wideout. Already enjoying his best game at Arizona State, the Sacramento-native was moments away from cementing himself in Sun Devil lore in his own backyard.
With one hand, Badger saved an errant throw from going out of bounds, and secured possession through the ground collision deep in the Stanford red-zone. It was the catch of the year, until Badger’s right foot brushed up with the out of bounds marker mere feet from the pylon.