Clemson Football: 3 most memorable plays in the National Championship

Clemson football secured their second National Championship in school history with a nail biting 35-31 victory over Alabama on Monday night.

This time it was Alabama who ran out of time, with the Tigers winning their first national championship since 1981 in what is destined to go down as one of the best college football national title games in history.

The first half belonged to Alabama, but the back-and-forth second half proved that both teams weren’t ready to give up. There were spectacular runs, catches, tackles and a little trickeration from Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.

There were a multitude of moments that had fans on the edge of their seats as Clemson clawed their way back into this one, however, these three plays will standout to fans for generations to come.

Jalen Hurts’  late touchdown run

Alabama’s true freshman quarterback did a good job of taking care of the football throughout the night, however, he had not made any impact plays with his legs up until this point in the game.

This run surely felt like a punch in the gut to Clemson fans as the Tigers had just scored in a touchdown to take their first lead of the game. The Tide offense lead by Jalen Hurts drove down the field and went back up 31-28 with 2:07 left in the football game.

Hats off to offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian for calling the double pass on the previous play to get Alabama into scoring position. That being said, this touchdown was completely on Jalen Hurts. The young signal caller saw the safety sitting in the middle of the field, as well as Clemson’s middle linebackers dropping into coverage and took off. The rest, as they say, is history.