Nigel King’s circus catch vs. TCU up for national play of the year

By Matt Tait     Dec 11, 2014

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Nick Krug's images from Nigel King's circus touchdown reception vs. TCU during the 2014 KU football season.

Although there are still plenty of meaningful college football games to be played this season, we’ve reached the time of the year where awards are handed out pretty much every day and some of the top players, plays and moments from the past season come roaring back.

Over at ESPN.com, the college football nation crew has broken the entire 2014 season into four crazy plays and, believe it or not, your Kansas Jayhawks are represented.

Junior receiver Nigel King’s circus catch and touchdown against TCU is one of four plays up for ESPN.com’s #PlayOfTheYear and fans are encouraged to vote by Tweeting #PlayOfTheYear Kansas on their Twitter accounts during the next several hours.

The play that receives the most Tweets will be announced during Thursday’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show, which airs at 6 p.m. tonight on ESPN.

For those of you who would like to make sure King’s wild catch is worthy of the vote, here’s a look at the four finalists for this year’s best play.

For those of you who don’t really care what else is nominated and would just like to see the Jayhawks win something, remember to cast your vote via Twitter by simply sending a Tweet with the words “PlayOfTheYear Kansas” in it and check in with the awards show later tonight to see if King’s catch wins.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.