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Photographer Gets Absolutely Flattened On The Final Play Of The Game

He took one for the team.
Ed Mazza
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Deputy Editor, Trends, HuffPost

WHAT. A. GAME.

Tua Tagovailoa to DeVonta Smith ... BALLGAME!!!@AlabamaFTBL WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!! pic.twitter.com/WxmHdRazCQ

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) January 9, 2018

A photographer covering the College Football National Championship game got a little too close to the action on Monday night.

Footage from the game shows the as-yet-unnamed photographer stepping into the end zone moments after Alabama’s DeVonta Smith caught the game-winning touchdown. As the Crimson Tide players rushed in to celebrate the 26-23 overtime victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, the photographer found himself right in the path of 6′4″ 246-pound sophomore tight end Irv Smith Jr.

Ouch.

It’s not clear if the photographer was injured, but viewers certainly noticed the hit:

Cameraman down. pic.twitter.com/Rx5HkKDNC9

— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) January 9, 2018

RIP to that photographer that got mowed down in the endzone

— Kyle Zedaker (@kyle_zedaker) January 9, 2018

Legendary finish 🔥🔥🔥#NationalChampionship

(via IG/gabrieldeshawn) pic.twitter.com/CteRaEXkWG

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 9, 2018

And the Stanford trombone player during “The Play” in 1982 grew up to become the photographer for “The Catch” in 2018. @espngolic @GolicAndWingo @wingoz @MGolicJR57 pic.twitter.com/qygN7j1APq

— Mike Robles (@MikeRobles66) January 9, 2018

I hope that cameraman got a good shot.

— D.J. Short (@djshort) January 9, 2018

Here it is: The championship-winning TD pic.twitter.com/GO37e0vrB4

— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) January 9, 2018

Someone check on that cameraman pic.twitter.com/8dOfgwU1AR

— LizzLocker (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) January 9, 2018

R.I.P. to that cameraman 🙏🏼😂💀

— Elijah Estrada (@Etrada01) January 9, 2018

RIP camera man 💀💀💀 #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/7TVX21SIWQ

— Gayle Saunders (@EagleSessions) January 9, 2018

Cameraman ran out after the game winning TD thinking he was about to get the photo of a lifetime and then BOOM. #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/D589hZ4gFP

— Jeff D Lowe (@JeffDLowe) January 9, 2018

One (1) cameraman was harmed during the making of this film #nationalchampionship pic.twitter.com/ssyT64z6ep

— Barstool Sports (@barstooltweetss) January 9, 2018

RIP Sports photographer. https://t.co/qk8G4Hmo9N

— Jeremy Long (@jeremymlong) January 9, 2018

Earlier in the game, a pair of photographers in a similar spot just barely escaped a collision:

Incredible reaction time by photographer pic.twitter.com/CkElxWXvYG

— Hayes Permar (@DHPIV) January 9, 2018
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