Most "Vicious" Hits in Football History

Good protection, Vaughn! Incomplete. Big hit by Kyle Fuller and now flag is thrown. Returnable by Speedy. Oh! Wow! That's Mack Wilson, a true freshman by the way. Hey Smith! What's up boy? Rising, now he breaks it down and rolls out. Rising, steps in and gets absolutely demolished. Oh my gosh, what a hit. That was Raylan Goforth that just lit him up. Against the side, short kick, free ball. And Christian Jones levels. It's a peel back block and that's going to be a fine and that's going to be... Davis lost the ball, Cam Chancellor comes in. That's what Brett's saying, that's not reviewable. First pass is... That was a shellacking of Sean Shivers. And did I mention something about Witherspoon? He's class. 37, over the middle. Polamalu, got a hand on it. And Ryan Clark laid out Wes Welker. Wharton Schlager to the sideline, caught. First down! Woo! What a hit! Denzel Lord, you got barbecue back there! Sinks his, throws middle. What a shot by Lewis on Dustin Keller as the ball arrived. Stroud rolling, looking that way. Retreating and he'll just throw it out of the back to the end zone. There was heavy pressure. Actually, a flag comes out. I thought it was going to be way beyond the end line. Harrison worked his way back and actually made a play on the ball. To keep his defense off. Slack, out ball. And there is the biggest hit maybe of the 1989-90 bowl season. Separation. Oh! Big hit. Sanders gets walloped by McCloud. Penalty marker on the play. Wharton, from his own 40. Oh! Whoa! What a hit! 37-yard line. Brady stepping up. Deep downfield, wide open. Brandon Cooks. And he gets smacked down at the 40-yard line. Taking some shot there by Jenkins. Martinez to throw it over the middle. He finds Demont Turner. And what a block! Touchdown Nebraska! That's the best block we've seen this year. Flag on the play. Second to nine. Stafford throwing middle. There's Johnson. Hit hard by Camp Chancellor. Illegal shoulder hit by Chancellor. There's some pressure from the Bengals. Roethlisberger. Juju Smith-Schuster is blown up. And the whistles blow. Playing like a one lurk. And watch him just come downhill. Boom! It's perfect. He does it perfectly. He knows it's coming to him. Wow. Michigan at the 41. What a hit! Ball's free! Oh! South Carolina deserves to have it. And they do! Cloudy just says, I'll take care of business right here. Here's another one. Watch out! A flag on the hit by Derwin James, who just laid out Ashton Doolin. As Norwood comes to the middle of this defense. Oh! Goodness. That's why the rule is there. Oh! The burgundy and gold. And here's Banks. Hump fake. And he is going to be hit by Brian Dawkins. That was a legal hit because he was in the field. Now Dawkins has the crowd going. Pickup of three yards by Banks. Pulls it down around and gets leveled by Shazier. Confidence. And the Bengals are allowing that to happen. Oh, Watson gets smashed by Geno Atkins. And that'll wipe all the confidence off. Steps up, throws, and he completes the pass to Sterling Shepard who drops the ball. The flag comes out. And this is not going to be pretty. K.J. Morton with the hit. Here comes Harrison chasing. Oh, my goodness. Moore is absolutely walloped. I don't know how he's going to get up. Oh, boy. That was Bud Dupree. Drask fires deep middle. Oh, my goodness. Pits. Didn't make the catch. And we're going to have what looks like maybe a targeting call. On the run. And he's going to come up short. Oh! Oh, Sean Taylor. Right down the middle again. Oh, did they hit him? Looking. And Trelawney gets decked at the 30-yard line. Wow, that's Perrion Winfrey. He'll catch up. Pull him out. Oh, what a hit. It's a draw. It was drilled. Oh, my goodness. Could be a fine right there. That's exactly what the league is trying to stay away from. A little pump fake. Now over the middle. Oh, Crumpler. What a throw. What a hit. What a catch. Algie Crumpler hung on after getting a vicious ball from Brian Dawkins. This is some time. Pretty good pop right there at the 35-yard line. Laid on Quintin Skinner by Quincy McAdoo. He's having himself a really good Liberty Bowl. Third and six. The blitz. And the throw in. Oh, wait. Oh, what a crushing tackle at the 10. Did you hear that? He's trying to cover Brooks and Atwater with a crushing hit. Pressure coming. He's going to run away from it and get the first. Oh, maybe he didn't get the first down. The ball is out. And it's out of bounds short of the first down. Did he take a shot from Owen Paffel? Off the play fake. Over the middle. And then the ball is intercepted as it was McCourty who comes up with it. See Browner get his head out of there or try to. Hits him with a shoulder in the chest area. It's run defense, but looking to throw. A huge hit. And there comes a flag. He launched. So, Bill, that's going on the tape, I would assume. Second down of 10. Oh, what a hit. Look out. Grant Smith. My goodness. He's the leading tackle. Leading pass defender. Gallaty set in. He dropped back down to his knees. Bradford. Not a body within 10 yards. Walking down the sideline for Johnson. And he is leveled by Major Wright. From the 30-yard line. Slant is caught. Williams throwing out of there. Tremendous hit by Deshaun Goldson. Brady. Throwing, and that's incomplete. And Gronkowski gets popped. Boy, he took a shot. Daryl Thomas is going to make Gronkowski pay. You cannot draw it up any better than that. Onside kicks. Harris throws a wobbler. Oh, my goodness. Bird got laid out, and you knew that flag was coming. In today's football, you're just not going to be able to do that anymore. Nigel Bradham. Reeves swings it out to Bush. The ball is knocked away. And an incomplete pass. And a crunching hit put on by Sheldon Brown. And Bush takes a while to get up. And there's a throw. What is Jonathan Bostic? He has that innate ability to square these up. Whether it's in chaos in tight quarters. Rush, yeah, it was Rush. Thomas in there as well. Big walk. Get a goal this season. Lips coming. Chasing Goff away. Flag gets thrown. And Goff with the ball. Oh, gets slammed out of bounds at number three. Here comes the push. Oh, he's rocked. Ball. Thompson's football. Trey Lamar able to knock the football out and recover. What a shot. Brady in trouble. Here comes the rush. And here's the hit. And a lie. Brady's up. That's good to see. What looked like a knockout hit by Nate Clements who played against Brady when they were both in the Big Ten. Clements at Ohio State, Brady at Michigan. This exchange. Unless Roberts can do some work. And he can. The punch. Smoking at the 30-yard line. My goodness. On third down. The possession guy. You know who was looking for him? DeAndre Singleton was on the lookout. Fake screen one way. Goes the other. DeMettis has it. Rocker. 20. Who is he? Hit hard by Lewis. With bowler in support. Now there was a rough Lewis open field tackle. Defense on this play. And Prairie gets his pass off. And he's completed to Bob Stephenson. And Stephenson dealt it out of bounds with a first down. Watch this collision. Wow. That's powerful. Inside the five. And Barner with a good return and gets smacked down by Bajor. So Bajor says, well. Here comes pressure. He's going to get drilled. The ball is loose. Minnesota ball. Elmore with the recovery. Steve will want to put that over his mantle right on the fireplace. That's better than any touchdown catch he's ever made. Quick turnaround. Amendola hit. And then body slam. WWF style. And there's the penalty. Rolando McLean. Got a man wide open. And that is complete. And a monster shot. The ball is loose. And they say that Devon Street is down. And Devon Street might not get up. Flushed out of the pocket. And now he throws at the last second. And completed it as he got planted. And I mean planted. And he's down. And there's flags down as well. Yeah, I think we're going to get a hit on goal line. Off and running. Oh, he is nailed. And the ball is out. And BYU's got it. El Bakri with the hit of the year. And Deke gets out of the way. This ball bounces at the 5. And down there a flag is thrown. Inside the 5-yard line. Amendola comes across. He got leveled. And lays him out. Park is still down. Both players coming right at each other. Again, South Carolina had a little trouble with the exchange. And there's Clowney picking up the running back nail. And planting him. That looked like Michigan with the exception of the helmet coming off. Sure looks like it. Grinnell having to hold it alone. And that pass is incomplete. And Ray Lewis just leveled. Laverne is called. Holy cow. We'll be right back.