West Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard fakes out defense, scores 50 yard TD run on 4th down (video)

Going for it on fourth down, West Virgnia quarterback Skyler Howard took the ball himself and put up some points.

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West Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard was having an average day, putting up 13 of 25 on passing attempts for 152 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT.

The Mountaineers were down 27-17 midway through the third quarter to Oklahoma. West Virginia possessed the ball on a 4th and 2 from midfield and, not surprisingly, Head Coach Dana Holgersen decided to go for it. However, he pulled out a play call of Howard ripping QB run. The only thing is Howard went for much longer than 2 yards. How do 50 yards to the house sound?

GREAT 50-YARD fourth down TD run by Skyler Howard. #Mountaineers only down three now. #WVUvsOU #WVU https://t.co/sA6JTH5pJG
— JG (@JAG3588) October 3, 2015

Howard completely fooled the Sooner defenders, who clearly didn’t expect him to run down the side of the field with the ball. This made the game 27-24. Fans on Twitter also decided to rescind any bad feelings they had about Howard beforehand.

I take back all the bad things I said about Skyler Howard
— Bobbie Jo Julian (@BeeJayy_2011) October 3, 2015

Well, kind of.

I still hate Skyler Howard. but I hope that got his nuts out of his chest and can throw a decent football now
— John Bowman (@JohnDB_) October 3, 2015

A 50-yard touchdown for the usually slow-footed Howard came as a surprise. He only had 88 yards on the ground coming into this contest, so he was never known for his feet.

Shortly after this, Oklahoma put up 7 more points to make the score 34-24 in the 4th quarter.

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