McKinney takes interception back for a touchdown
DJ McKinney blows the game open in the third quarter by intercepting Wisconsin's Colton Joseph and taking it to the house at Lambeau Field.
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Find those guys, they grow before your eyes, and he's doing it.
On first and 10, play action for Joseph.
He goes to the air.
Yeah, this one is well over the head of his intended receiver.
By the way, unfortunate news for Notre Dame defense, Briante Johnson is out for the game.
We saw him walk into the locker room earlier, and Jason Onyea is also lost for the game, the defensive tackle for Chris Ash up front.
So a couple of big losses for the Notre Dame defense.
The safety, Briante Johnson, is a big-time player.
He and Don Shuler, fantastic.
But Notre Dame is lucky Luke Talent, a veteran guy, can come in and play that spot.
Oh, and Joseph's gonna be picked off.
And loose down the sidelines, gonna go all the way is D.J.
McKinney.
55 yards the other way.
The pick six for Notre Dame, and suddenly they've widened the gap on the Badgers.
75% of takeaways in college football start in the pocket.
Pressure on Joseph in the pocket.
Makes a throw under duress, has to throw it too early.
Sanders has his i- excuse me, McKinney has his eyes on the quarterback, and drives on the ball.
He's gotta get it out quickly.
McKinney has ball awareness.
He sees it before the receiver does, drives, and makes him pay.
Extra point is good.
And just like that, Notre Dame's got a 17-point lead when it was just three at the half.
And Freeman fired up, "Let's go.
That is more like it," he says.
D.J.
McKinney, the new cornerback for Notre Dame, pays off with his first pick in an Irish uniform.
