Remember when The Rock sacked future Heisman winner Charlie Ward while at Miami?

Before he was The Rock, Dwayne Johnson was a pretty good Miami football player.

1993 was a different time.

Bill Clinton was just getting started as the President of the United States of America. Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls three-pelted for the first time, thanks to John Paxson’s clutch shot vs. the Phoenix Suns. Crystal Pepsi was a thing. As for the college football side of things, remember when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson sacked future Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward?

Yes, this actually happened. The future WWE superstar would sack the future starting point guard of the New York Knicks in a huge rivalry game. Johnson played defensive tackle alongside Warren Sapp for the Miami Hurricanes. Ward was the first Heisman Trophy winner in Florida State Seminoles history, quarterbacking the team to a national championship.

Even though Florida State won that Oct. 9 game decidedly 28-10 in Tallahassee, Ward clearly lost his olfactory sense on this particular play. No, he could not smell what The Rock was cooking.

The Rock was cooking something special for Charlie Ward on this sack.

One can say the Florida State-Miami rivalry was at an all-time high in the early 1990s. The former national independents were perennial fixtures near the very top of the AP Poll. Dennis Erickson had already won two national titles at Miami, while Bobby Bowden was about to win his first of two at Florida State. The state of Florida football had never been in a better spot across the board.

Injuries derailed Johnson from having an NFL career. Instead, he embarked on one of the greatest professional wrestling careers to date as The Rock. He has crossed over into mainstream media because of his business ventures, public speaking engagements and his Hollywood film career.

Ward opted against an NFL career and instead pursued a professional basketball career. The two-sports FSU star was the No. 26 overall pick by the Knicks in the 1994 NBA Draft. He spent 10 of his 11 NBA seasons playing at Madison Square Garden, nearly winning an NBA Championship in 1999.

Johnson and Ward’s careers went in totally different directions, but we’ll never forget this play.

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