Who won Celebration bowl between Jackson State-NC Central?

NC Central defeated Jackson State in a 41-34 overtime thriller in the Celebration Bowl on Saturday.

NC Central came out swinging to start the contest as MEAC Offensive Player of the year Davius Richard ran in a four-yard touchdown to put the Eagles up 10-0. Jackson State would wake up and answer as SWAC Offensive Player of the Year Shedeur Sanders would fire off two touchdown passes to put the Tigers on top early in the second quarter.

From there, the two squads continued to trade haymakers throughout the rest of the contest as the lead changed hands several times with both squads jacking momentum from the other. Trailing by one in the fourth, NC Central capped a seven-minute drive with a Latrell Collins touchdown run to put them back in front. They would add a little pizazz by breaking out the Philly Special on the ensuing two-point conversion attempt to put them up 34-27.

With the game on the line, Sanders and company would make clutch play after clutch play to keep themselves alive. Facing 4th and 7 with just over a minute left, the star QB would hit JD Martin on a 10-yard pass to move the chains. And then facing 4th and 10 in the closing seconds of regulation, Sanders would find heralded freshman Travis Hunter in the corner of the end-zone for a 19-yard touchdown. The ensuing PAT evened things up at 34-34 and sent the game into overtime.

More to come.

  
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