99-yard fumble return earns Surrey football program $3,000<\/p>\n
Published 1:30 pm Friday, October 2, 2026<\/p>\n
The Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers football program recently won a $3,000 grant to buy football equipment.<\/p>\n
A 99-yard touchdown play was chosen as the Week 3 NFL Canada Way to Play Award winner. With the win comes the cash prize. The video was also featured on TSN.ca in a special segment with NFL pundit, and North Delta\u2019s own, Davis Sanchez.<\/p>\n
LT varsity head coach Michael Carter told the Cloverdale Reporter he\u2019s been submitting videos to NFL Canada for years in an effort to win the cash and it finally paid off.<\/p>\n
Carter submitted a video of T.J. Hudon\u2014a Panther linebacker\u2014running a fumble 99 yards down the field for a touchdown. Ultimately, the fumble-six was the difference in the team\u2019s 28-22 win over Vancouver Island\u2019s Belmont Secondary School Sept. 18.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty cool for TJ to be on national TV,\u201d Carter said. \u201cThe equipment grant is going to come in handy because it\u2019s expensive to run a program. Definitely welcomed.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the play turned the game\u2019s momentum around.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had a big long drive going down the field, down to our 1-yard line, and one of the kids punched the ball out and TJ jumped on it and goes 99 yards. It really flipped the script in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hudon, a Grade 11, also plays on offense in a tight end\/slot receiver role.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a good kid and he\u2019s a good football player,\u201d Carter noted. \u201cHe\u2019s in his fourth year in the program and he\u2019s really emerged as a bit of leader\u2014a guy we rely on on both sides of the ball and special teams\u2014and he\u2019s become a big part of the football program.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to TSN.ca, \u201cEach week during the season one submitted video is chosen and featured on TSN.ca and in a special segment during the NFL broadcast live on CTV.\u201d<\/p>\n
The $3,000 equipment grant is courtesy of Football Canada.<\/p>\n