Former Colts player shares behind the scenes details of an iconic play that left fans speechless the first time they saw it
We gotta way back in time for this one, back to the 2012 season. A year that began a new chapter for the Indianapolis Colts. It was Andrew Luck's rookie season, and the team's roster had gone through significant changes from top to bottom. They prioritized young talent as they appeared to be beginning a […]
We gotta way back in time for this one, back to the 2012 season. A year that began a new chapter for the Indianapolis Colts. It was Andrew Luck's rookie season, and the team's roster had gone through significant changes from top to bottom.
They prioritized young talent as they appeared to be beginning a rebuild after moving on from the greatest player in the franchise's history, Peyton Manning. They went on to be way more successful than anyone would have imagined by going from the worst team in the league a year before earning a playoff spot. One of the significant moments that left fans speechless at the moment was Vick Ballard's iconic flying touchdown against AFC South foe, rival Tennessee Titans.
Former Colts RB Vick Ballard speaks on his incredible acrobatic touchdown
The Colts drafted Vick Ballard in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He made the team's 53-man roster and started 12 of the team's 16 games that year. He recorded 814 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and 152 yards and one receiving touchdown through the air.
Ballard recently appeared on the NFL Players Second Acts Podcast, which is hosted by former NFL players Roman Harper and Charles Tillman. During his interview, he spoke on the most significant moment of what would end up being a short two-year NFL career. During his rookie season, that one receiving touchdown came at a big time. With him catching a walk-off touchdown from Andrew Luck against the Titans, and he did so in style.
As he explains on the podcast, Bruce Arians was the mastermind behind the play. They had practiced this misdirection play only one time before running it in a live game, and in overtime, nonetheless. Ballard was able to come down with it, and once he had the ball in his hands, he did everything in his power to get into the endzone. He put his body on the line by leaving his feet and being fully in the air for about five yards, and landed in the endzone for a touchdown and cemented the win for the Colts. It's not often that a player who played in fewer than 20 games, like Ballard did, ends up being widely remembered across the fan base. But thanks to that play, that is the reality for Ballard. To learn more about Ballard's time with the Colts and what he is up to now, check out his episode on the NFL Players Second Acts Podcast.
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