Auburn CB Champ Anthony delivers huge hit before injury exit

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Auburn CB Champ Anthony delivers hit of year before exiting injured

By Adam Gretz | Last updated Sep 21, 2024 4:46 PM ET

Auburn cornerback Champ Anthony experienced the highs and lows of being a defensive back in football in Saturday's showdown with Arkansas.

He first experienced the highs, when he delivered what might have been the hit of the year in college football, leveling Arkansas wide receiver Andrew Armstrong with a thunderous open field hit that not only forced an incompletion, but also knocked off Armstrong's helmet.

Champ Anthony with the hit of the year pic.twitter.com/vjcjTOIFKG
— Top Tier Auburn (@TopTierAuburn) September 21, 2024

The beauty of that hit? It was legal. It was clean. It is everything you want to see from a big hit in the open field. Textbook in pretty much every way.

Unfortunately for Anthony, the next play did not go as well. He was injured away from the football and needed to be carted off the field while his leg was immobilized. The entire Auburn bench and coaching staff came off the field to gather around him as he was down on the field.

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Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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