Lions fool Packers on trick play for 75-yard touchdown

Barry Werner
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Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions may be in last place but they are still pulling everything out of their playbook.

A fake punt failed but that didn’t stop the Lions’ first-year coach from trying another trick play.

Jared Goff handed off the ball. It was then pitched to Tom Kennedy, who made like a quarterback and went deep.

Kalif Raymond could not have been more wide-open and the pass landed in his hands.

Seventy-five yards later, the Lions had a touchdown and after the PAT the last-place team in the NFC North was tied with the division champs at 7-all.

Kennedy wasn’t a quarterback in college. However, he was a good enough lacrosse player to be drafted by the Boston Cannons in the third round of the 2018 Major League Lacrosse Draft.

Per Bryantbulldogs.com:

In lacrosse, Kennedy appeared in 67 games and registered 117 career points (72g, 45a). Kennedy was a two-time 20-goal scorer and was an NEC All-Rookie selection as a freshman, a second-team choice as a sophomore and a First Team All-NEC honoree as a junior and senior. He helped the Bulldogs win NEC Championships in 2015 and 2017.

Following his junior season, Kennedy rejoined the Bryant football program and didn’t miss a beat. Kennedy hauled in a 57-yard touchdown in his first game back and went on to earn All-NEC First Team honors with 57 catches, 888 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. He finished his two-year Bryant career with 90 catches for 1,298 yards and 10 TDs. Kennedy is the only player in NEC history to earn All-NEC honors in both football and lacrosse.