Unlikely Sports Heroes

Can you name these otherwise obscure players that came up big in critical moments?
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Last updated: October 26, 2023
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Invited to Patriots minicamp after a career at D-II West Alabama; finished with 17 interceptions in 7 seasons in the NFL
Malcolm Butler
Michigan State redshirt freshman whose career was derailed by a broken hip bone, finishing with just 8 tackles in his career
Jalen Watts-Jackson
Undrafted NFL player with 609 career return yards in the league; had 109 on one play for Auburn in 2013
Chris Davis
Cal defensive back with 2 career interceptions and 49 career kick return yards, but most famous for trampling a trombone player
Kevin Moen
Earned starting spot at 3B due to an injury to Troy Glaus. Hit 10 home runs in the 2011 MLB season
David Freese
Lifetime .260 hitter who clinched Game 7 of the 1960 World Series for the Pirates
Bill Mazeroski
Played for six seasons in the NFL -- last career catch came on February 3, 2008
David Tyree
After stints with the Sioux Falls Skyforce and Yakima SunKings, returned to Villanova as a student athlete development assistant for the basketball program
Kris Jenkins
Hit just 40 home runs over a 12 year career, including one in a 1978 tie-breaking game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox
Bucky Dent
Journeyman pitcher who finished his MLB career with a 71-81; ended up putting his perfect game jersey on auction to pay for his grandchildren's college education
Don Larsen
Scored two touchdowns at Auburn in 2013, including a 73-yard reception against Georgia
Ricardo Louis
Former Notre Dame point guard who sank a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds remaining in Game 6 of the 1993 NBA Finals to clinch a three-peat for the Chicago Bulls
John Paxson
Became the sixth wide receiver to win Super Bowl MVP after hauling in a 6-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger in 2008
Santonio Holmes
Played just one season in the NBA, but put back Dereck Whittenburg's airball in the final seconds of the 1983 NCAA Championship to lift North Carolina State to the title
Lorenzo Charles
Current Colorado State assistant coach who hit two pivotal three-pointers in the final minutes of Northern Iowa's stunning upset of Kansas in the 2010 NCAA Tournament
Ali Farokhmanesh
Entered the 2015 NBA Finals with 125-1 odds to win Finals MVP before averaging 16.3 points per game for the Golden State Warriors in the series
Andre Iguodala
Taiwanese-American basketball player whose coach at Harvard called "physically, the weakest player on the team"; dominated the NBA for a brief stretch in February 2011
Jeremy Lin
Former Clemson walk-on wide receiver who scored with one second remaining to win the 2016-2017 championship. Later drafted by the Oakland Raiders with the 149th pick
Hunter Renfrow
Third-round running back pick who played for six teams in eight years in the NFL; stunned the New England Patriots with the "Miami Miracle"
Kenyan Drake
36-year-old second baseman who hit a go-ahead home run for the Washington Nationals in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series
Howie Kendrick
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