Ahmad Nalls races the other way for the game-ending 101-yard fumble return in the third overtime against Clifton in the North, Group 5, regional championship.
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Ahmad Nalls made perhaps the biggest play in high school state football history.
In the third overtime, Clifton had the ball at the 1-yard line on fourth down-and-goal. Clifton tried a sneak attempt, but Nalls, a senior lineman, wrestled the ball away from the ball carrier and sprinted 101 yards the other way for the touchdown, giving the East Orange Campus High Schools Jaguars an exhilarating 30-24 victory in the NJSIAA North, Group 5, regional championship game at Rutgers University’s SHI Stadium in Piscataway on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 5.
The Jaguars capped the season with a perfect 13-0 record.
The above photo gallery shows the sequence of the play.
Photos Courtesy of Kerry E. Porter
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