This play from a BYU game is one of the wildest turnovers you’ll see. It starts with the quarterback throwing a bad pass under pressure that gets picked off. The defender thinks he’s got a clear path to the end zone, but BYU running back Tyler Allgeier isn’t giving up. He sprints after the guy, catches up, and punches the ball out from behind with perfect placement. The BYU quarterback, who threw the initial interception, falls on the fumble and recovers it. So in one sequence, there’s an interception, a long return, a forced fumble, and a recovery by the offense.
The slow-motion replay shows how calculated Allgeier’s move was. He grabs the defender’s left shoulder to angle the body spin inward, keeping the ball in play rather than knocking it out of bounds. It looks like he aimed the punch to make sure the ball stayed alive on the field. Pulling that off while running at full speed takes elite awareness and timing. Defenders don’t usually think through geometry while sprinting, but Allgeier made it look easy. The moment the fumble is forced, the quarterback is right there, diving on the ball like he knew it was coming.
The box score might call it two turnovers on one play, but the highlight is the punch. It’s a smart, clean strip that turns a touchdown into nothing. Plays like this show how much effort and precision can swing momentum, even after a major mistake. The interception almost became six points the other way. Instead, BYU got the ball back and dodged disaster because their running back refused to quit on the play.