{"id":28678,"date":"2025-07-28T05:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/28678\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T05:46:11","slug":"cfl-defensive-back-hauled-in-one-of-the-best-interceptions-youll-ever-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/28678\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL Defensive Back Hauled In One of the Best Interceptions You&#8217;ll Ever See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qnekll7s6\">While the <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/training-camp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL begins training camp<\/a> ahead of the 2025 season here in the States, the CFL&#8217;s campaign is off and running in Canada and\u2014on Sunday night\u2014delivered one of the best interceptions you\u2019ll ever see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_q60liagnd\">With just over a minute left in the first half of his team&#8217;s contest against the BC Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell did his best to give wide receiver Brendan O&#8217;Leary-Orange a chance to make a play in the end zone. Lions cornerback Robert Carter Jr., however, saw it coming clear as day and jumped in front of the pass for an incredible, one-handed snag\u2014resulting in a turnover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_pv4a6igni\">Take a look at the remarkable play here:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OH. MY. GOODNESS. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CATCH BY ROBERT CARTER JR. FOR THE INTERCEPTION \ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#CFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eNfzTiZfjo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eNfzTiZfjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TSN (@TSN_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSN_Sports\/status\/1949625081312723303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_644yt9djz\">Incredibly enough, this isn&#8217;t the first time Carter Jr. has made a play like this. While playing for Robert Morris University last season, the DB made a similar leaping grab\u2014also with one hand\u2014to intercept Utah State quarterback Bryson Barnes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_myfv9slvs\"> Check it out:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you missed it, check out this acrobatic interception by Rob Carter Jr. to end the half. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BobbyMo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#BobbyMo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwE9XxXmk9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EwE9XxXmk9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RMU Football (@RMU_Football) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMU_Football\/status\/1830063677564993621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8v9f8p6gc\">Shades of <a class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_aoxits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zxbz3DDQzHU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odell Beckham Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_1mfvp8o-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_87cx73cr9\">Unfortunately, Carter Jr.&#8217;s Lions team would go on to lose to the Tiger-Cats 37-33, but he&#8217;ll now have this surreal highlight forever.<\/p>\n<p>More on Sports Illustrated<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the NFL begins training camp ahead of the 2025 season here in the States, the CFL&#8217;s campaign&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-28678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}