Jabrill Peppers and his Paramus Catholic squad scrimmaged against Red Bank Catholic today. I don't know the final score, nor do I care, because HOLY MOTHER OF GOD LOOK AT THIS RUN:
[Video version here for the GIF-averse.]
A smattering of Twitter reactions that didn't contain totally-justified expletives:
@AceAnbender@JabrillPeppers Should be on Sesame Street. NINE broken tackles! One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine!
— Paul Bloem (@pnbloem) August 27, 2013
NOT FAIR. RT @AceAnbender: GIF of that absurd, video-game-in-real-life TD run by @JabrillPeppers: http://t.co/4QGGV79bOb
— Adam Jacobi (@Adam_Jacobi) August 27, 2013
Ridiculous! RT @AceAnbender: GIF of that video-game-in-real-life TD run by @JabrillPeppers: http://t.co/vRBuIHUVku
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) August 27, 2013
OH MY SCIENCE #team135 RT @AceAnbender: GIF of that absurd, video-game-in-real-life TD run by @JabrillPeppers: http://t.co/QlJv0B4QF2
— Jake Smith (@smithjb) August 27, 2013
247's JC Shurburtt went so far as to suggest that Michigan should play Peppers at running back, even with the presence of Derrick Green on the roster. If you've got the time, our whole conversation is worth checking out:
@AceAnbender I think he's worlds better than Green and Green/Smith could compliment him well in a two-back Brown/Cadillac/Borges deal.
— JC Shurburtt (@jcshurburtt) August 27, 2013
Anyway, just wanted to post that our cornerback recruit—whose next-best position is supposedly safety, followed by wide receiver—just broke the internet as a running back. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.
UPDATE: Slow-motion with me...
From the top: Broken tackle, immediate juke right, juke left, dip shoulder, broken tackle, stiffarm(!), reverse field (time elapsed: 3.3 seconds thus far), broken tackle, spin move, spin move, spin move to break tackle, stiffarm, waltz into end zone. All of that happened in 8.5 seconds. I keep trying to write words and then get distracted by the pictures, so I'll just stop trying and let you do the same.