Athletes who became “names” off of one performance

Doug Williams

Bam Adebayo

Was talking to my dad on Father’s Day about where college FB is now compared to how we came up experiencing it. It’s such a sad thing knowing how I grew up loving it and how that experience is gone for my kids and theirs. The communal nature of it, local and in state kids you followed or knew for sometimes nearly a decade, the radio broadcasts on squirrel weekend in the woods, parking next to the stadium, my uncle living in the stadium, John Ferguson’s voice on radio, post game drives on the way home, the regional rivals that meant everything regardless of national implication.

Matt Flynn got a huge contract based off of one game against the Lions as AR’s backup.

Trevor Knight vs Bama. I thought he would be what Baker Mayfield ended up being.

Odell Beckham minus the one handed catch would be looked at very differently.

Same with Jadeveon Clowney and the helmet explosion against UM.

Both were elite players, but two plays made them famous.

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Matt Flynn got a huge contract based off of one game against the Lions as AR’s backup.

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this was the first one i thought of.

Mike Eruzione

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Jeremy Lin, I mean, it was in the span of a week or so, close enough to one off for my taste.

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This was my pick too. It was the most incredible 15 minutes of fame and proved how much confidence and momentum influence sports.

Then the athleticism and pure talent of the rest of the league took over and his 15 minutes were up. Decent role player the rest of his career though. He probably made so much money overseas from that week too.