For those of you who missed the first fifteen seconds of the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, then you might have missed this long touchdown return by University of Oregon speedster De'Anthony Thomas.
Check out as Thomas speeds past the Kansas State special teams and finds the right corner of the end zone:
(Courtesy of USA Today)
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