ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) – Over the weekend a number of former Knights had success on the gridiron during the National Football League's Wildcard Weekend.
In the first game of the NFL Playoffs it was a showdown between a pair of Knights in the Oakland Raiders' Latavius Murray and the Houston Texans' A.J. Bouye. The Texans came out on top 27-14, but both former UCF standouts had impressive performances.
Murray, who was fifth in the league with 12 rushing touchdowns during the regular season, became the first running back in UCF history to score a touchdown in the NFL Playoffs.
Tay ?? for 6??!#BuiltByUCF pic.twitter.com/3ZAG0YFPID
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After starting 11 games and recorded 63 tackles during the regular season, Bouye was impressive on Saturday. The defensive back was thrown at seven times, gave up no catches, broke up one pass and recorded his second interception of the season.
Hard work pays off.
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From undrafted to 4 passes defended, including this INT in a playoff W…Congrats, A.J.! #BuiltByUCF pic.twitter.com/QzYb9V4Zqb
In the second wildcard game on Saturday the Detroit Lions fell on the road at Seattle 26-6, but former Knight Matt Prater scored all six points in defeat. Prater, with 51-yard and 53-yard field goals, became the first player in NFL Playoffs history to make two 50+ yard field goals in a game.
.@MattPrater_5 etched his name into the @NFL record books ?#BuiltByUCF pic.twitter.com/Cz3uYU6AxF
— UCF Football (@UCF_Football) January 8, 2017
UCF's representation in the NFL Playoffs will continue next weekend as Bouye's Texans take on the New England Patriots, Jah Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs play the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Kemal Ishmael's Atlanta Falcons will challenge the Seahawks.
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