CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — CJ Daniels doesn’t know how many texts he got after his one-handed touchdown catch that helped Miami beat Notre Dame this past weekend went viral.
Suffice to say, it was a lot. With good reason.
The catch — one where Daniels leaped at around the 4-yard line, snared the ball with his right hand and controlled it with his body while falling backward into the end zone — came in the final seconds of the first half, and proved to be a big part of the Hurricanes’ 27-24 win. The victory helped Miami climb five spots to No. 5 in this week’s AP Top 25, going into a home game Saturday against Bethune-Cookman.
“That was a game-deciding play,” Miami quarterback Carson Beck said.
It might have been the catch of the weekend in college football, though it wasn’t the be