His Final Play
Sixty yards,
and then it
was his.
Fourth quarter, Ford Field. Detroit Catholic Central against Detroit Cass Tech, state championship on the line, the last game Benjamin Eziuka would play.
He wasn’t out there to catch anything. He’s an interior lineman, but Catholic Central played him both ways, and on this snap he was at defensive tackle.
He was not out there to catch anything. He is an interior offensive lineman, six foot three, 315 pounds, but Catholic Central played him on both sides of the ball, and on this snap he was lined up at defensive tackle.
The ball came loose. He caught it, turned upfield, and ran it in: his final defensive snap of high school.
The ball came loose toward him. He caught it clean, turned upfield, and ran 60 yards up the sideline at Ford Field for a touchdown. It was the final defensive snap of his high school career.
The internet named it before the confetti landed: the Thicc Six. MaxPreps, SportsCenterNext, and ESPN all picked it up, ESPN in its Top 10 Plays of the Week.
The internet named it before the confetti landed: the Thicc Six, a 315-pound guard housing a pick-six. MaxPreps posted it. SportsCenterNext posted it. ESPN put it in the Top 10 Plays of the Week on the Monday Night Football broadcast.
The last snap he ever played on defense ended in the end zone.
Four state championships: one in football, three in wrestling. The last snap he ever played on defense ended in the end zone.
“Thicc Six.” Three hundred and fifteen pounds, sixty yards, the last snap of his high school career.
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The clip
travelled.
The 60-yard pick-six that closed out his high school career didn’t stay in Michigan.
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Combined following across the accounts
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