Photographer Gets Absolutely Flattened On The Final Play Of The Game
WHAT. A. GAME.
Tua Tagovailoa to DeVonta Smith ... BALLGAME!!!@AlabamaFTBL WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!! pic.twitter.com/WxmHdRazCQ— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) January 9, 2018
A photographer covering the College Football National Championship game got a little too close to the action on Monday night.
Footage from the game shows the as-yet-unnamed photographer stepping into the end zone moments after Alabama’s DeVonta Smith caught the game-winning touchdown. As the Crimson Tide players rushed in to celebrate the 26-23 overtime victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, the photographer found himself right in the path of 6′4″ 246-pound sophomore tight end Irv Smith Jr.
Ouch.
It’s not clear if the photographer was injured, but viewers certainly noticed the hit:
Cameraman down. pic.twitter.com/Rx5HkKDNC9
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) January 9, 2018
RIP to that photographer that got mowed down in the endzone
— Kyle Zedaker (@kyle_zedaker) January 9, 2018
Legendary finish #NationalChampionship
(via IG/gabrieldeshawn) pic.twitter.com/CteRaEXkWG— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 9, 2018
And the Stanford trombone player during “The Play” in 1982 grew up to become the photographer for “The Catch” in 2018. @espngolic@GolicAndWingo@wingoz@MGolicJR57pic.twitter.com/qygN7j1APq
— Mike Robles (@MikeRobles66) January 9, 2018
I hope that cameraman got a good shot.
— D.J. Short (@djshort) January 9, 2018
Here it is: The championship-winning TD pic.twitter.com/GO37e0vrB4
— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) January 9, 2018
Someone check on that cameraman pic.twitter.com/8dOfgwU1AR
— LizzLocker (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) January 9, 2018
R.I.P. to that cameraman
— Elijah Estrada (@Etrada01) January 9, 2018
RIP camera man #NationalChampionshippic.twitter.com/7TVX21SIWQ
— Gayle Saunders (@EagleSessions) January 9, 2018
Cameraman ran out after the game winning TD thinking he was about to get the photo of a lifetime and then BOOM. #NationalChampionshippic.twitter.com/D589hZ4gFP
— Jeff D Lowe (@JeffDLowe) January 9, 2018
One (1) cameraman was harmed during the making of this film #nationalchampionshippic.twitter.com/ssyT64z6ep
— Barstool Sports (@barstooltweetss) January 9, 2018
RIP Sports photographer. https://t.co/qk8G4Hmo9N
— Jeremy Long (@jeremymlong) January 9, 2018
Earlier in the game, a pair of photographers in a similar spot just barely escaped a collision:
Incredible reaction time by photographer pic.twitter.com/CkElxWXvYG
— Hayes Permar (@DHPIV) January 9, 2018
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
