Statistics for Unlikely Sports Heroes

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
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	100%
Became the sixth wide receiver to win Super Bowl MVP after hauling in a 6-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger in 2008	Santonio Holmes	100%
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	86%
Lifetime .260 hitter who clinched Game 7 of the 1960 World Series for the Pirates	Bill Mazeroski	86%
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	86%
Played for six seasons in the NFL -- last career catch came on February 3, 2008	David Tyree	71%
Invited to Patriots minicamp after a career at D-II West Alabama; finished with 17 interceptions in 7 seasons in the NFL	Malcolm Butler	71%
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	57%
Undrafted NFL player with 609 career return yards in the league; had 109 on one play for Auburn in 2013	Chris Davis	43%
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	43%
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	43%
Michigan State redshirt freshman whose career was derailed by a broken hip bone, finishing with just 8 tackles in his career	Jalen Watts-Jackson	43%
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	43%
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	29%
Earned starting spot at 3B due to an injury to Troy Glaus. Hit 10 home runs in the 2011 MLB season	David Freese	14%
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	14%
Cal defensive back with 2 career interceptions and 49 career kick return yards, but most famous for trampling a trombone player	Kevin Moen	14%
Scored two touchdowns at Auburn in 2013, including a 73-yard reception against Georgia	Ricardo Louis	14%
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	0%
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	0%