Chase Young hit Joe Burrow so hard it knocked him back to college (Video)

In a true collision of college football greats, Chase Young and Joe Burrow met on Sunday. 

The top two picks in this year’s NFL Draft met on Sunday in more than one way.

Chase Young was selected by Washington one pick after Joe Burrow was made the Bengals new franchise quarterback — and they both briefly played with each other at Ohio State before Burrow transferred to LSU. But while they weren’t able to meet each other on the Draft night stage, they made up for it with a violent reunion on Sunday.

On a fourth down scramble, Burrow tried to use the heroics he displayed while at LSU to get the Bengals on the board. While Burrow was able to pivot away from an initial defender, he careened into Young at the goal line and paid a price for it.

What followed was almost as wild as the hit that forced the fumble.

Washington recovered Burrow’s fumble and ran it out of the endzone, but the ball was fumbled back into the endzone and recovered by a Washington player which resulted in a safety. However, before any of it happened — the hit on Burrow or the ensuing craziness — the Bengals had committed a holding penalty which negated everything, and the down needed to be replayed.

Whew, that’s a lot. And it doesn’t end there.

Officials took a closer look at the play and determined that Washington never possessed the football long enough for a safety to be on the table and the end result was actually a touchback.

Don’t let all of that distract you from the fact that Young hit Burrow so hard it knocked him back to the bayou. Bengals fans shouldn’t be too upset with the turnover though, as it’s yet another example of Burrow putting the team on his back and trying to make a play happen.

UPDATE: Not long after this hit, Burrow left the game after suffering a horrific leg injury.

As Burrow was being carted off, Young came over to console him and share a moment to wish him well.

Even though they were competitors just a few plays later, the humanity of both men outshines any violence of the previous collision.