Xavier Gipson’s 65-Yard Miracle: How One Undrafted Texan Briefly Became the World’s Favorite Underdog
When Xavier Gipson, a 22-year-old undrafted receiver from Stephen F. Austin, took the opening kickoff of overtime 65 yards to the house against the Buffalo Bills last September, the planet did not wobble on its axis. The Amazon rainforest did not burst into spontaneous applause, and no Swiss banker adjusted his ledger. Yet in that…