Today's lesson: Hurdling can be hazardous to your, uh, health
When a ballcarrier pulls off a hurdle of an oncoming defender, it’s a thing of beauty, a magnificent display of athleticism that stuns the crowd, inspires the offense and buckles the defense.
And then there are the times when hurdling goes wrong—so very, very wrong:
OUCH @dawson_knox! 😳 pic.twitter.com/HJV5eW5lNW
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) October 6, 2019
That’s the Bills’ Dawson Knox, trying to get fancy and taking a forearm to the nethers for his trouble. The grunt of the announcer when Tennessee’s Logan Ryan stops Knox cold says it all, doesn’t it?
Hurdling: Not even once.
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Jay Busbee is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at jay.busbee@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter or on Facebook.
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