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Ryan Silverfield had 35 seniors to greet, but he still had a few extra seconds to spend with one of them.
Seth Henigan smiled as he shook his coach’s hand, the two sharing a brief moment during Memphis football’s senior day ceremony before Saturday’s game against UAB.
“The fact that this young man said, ‘I’m going to be a part of this.’ He’s going to go down as one of the best to ever do it wearing a Tiger uniform,” Silverfield said. “Loyalty is rare, this day and age.”
Henigan and the rest of Memphis’ seniors played their last game at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, defeating UAB 53-18 to retain the “Battle for the Bones” trophy in a matchup that was never competitive.
It might have been Henigan’s most complete game of the season, with four touchdown passes to get to a round number by the end of the night — 100 career TD passes, on the dot. It’s a program record he’s likely to extend, what with one regular-season game and a bowl game left.
The 100th went to a fellow senior in backup tight end Jamauri Chislom, and it was Chislom’s first with the Tigers.
“I didn’t know it was my 100th touchdown pass,” Henigan said. “I just knew it was Jamauri’s first.”
It was a vintage quote from Henigan, who has almost always deferred to his teammates when he breaks records or wins games, but takes the blame when things go the other way.
The Tigers (9-2, 5-2 AAC) were picked in the preseason to win the conference title, but they were officially eliminated from contention earlier in the day, meaning this senior class will leave Memphis having never gone to an AAC title game. So Saturday’s win did nothing to quell the disappointment about failing to reach that goal. But it did provide a positive sendoff for a class that has had an outsized impact on the program.
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Author : The Commercial Appeal
Publish date : 2024-11-17 09:39:19
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