Before He Was College Football’s Ultimate Unicorn, He Was a ‘Human Matrix’

Daniel Shoch stepped up in the pocket and rolled out to his right. The quarterback at East Coweta (Ga.) High School — under pressure all night — saw his receiver open for a split second.

But there was a problem. Travis Hunter was on the other team.

“I threw it to where I thought only my receiver would be able to break on it fast enough to get back down to the ball,” Shoch said.

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Predictably, this did not end well for East Coweta.

Hunter broke on the ball, snatched it out of nowhere and took it 70 yards the other way for a pick six on that Friday night in September 2021.

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