University of Tennessee freshman cornerback Emmanuel Moseley faces off against fellow freshman cornerback D’Andre Payne.KNOXVILLE – Emmanuel Moseley looked dead to rights.
Marquez North, Tennessee’s Freshman All-SEC receiver, had a step on the Volunteers’ first-semester cornerback as he ran a fade pattern into the back corner of the end zone during Thursday afternoon’s practice.
It was a certain touchdown.
The wiry 5-foot-11 Moseley had other ideas.
Even though North got two hands on the football, Moseley stuck his right hand in there and jarred the ball loose to prevent a loss in his one-on-one matchup. As the January enrollee got up off the ground, he emphatically gave an incomplete-pass signal, and his fellow defensive backs greeted him with congratulatory shouts and pats on the helmet.