A football hitting artificial turf doesn’t make a sound audible to on-field microphones, but the two consecutive passes dropped by Texas Longhorns wide receiver Xavier Worthy in the Alamo Bowl against the Washington Huskies last December were positively thunderous, defining moments in a close loss that capped a disappointing season for the Fresno product sandwiched around speculation about his future in burnt orange and white in the month leading up to the game and a fan-fueled social media firestorm that followed.
With Texas trailing by 10 points more than halfway through the third quarter, Worthy failed to adjust to a 2nd and 11 pass from quarterback Quinn Ewers on a go route down the sideline, sliding to the turf as the ball went through his hands.