Xavier Gipson has company.
Tylan Wallace became the second player this season to end a game via a walk-off punt return touchdown in overtime, taking it 76 yards to the house to power the Ravens to a 37-31 win over the Rams.
Wallace cut to the left, spun around one would-be tackler, went straight through another and stayed on his feet through a would-be trip before seeing nothing but green grass ahead of him. He leaped into an end zone somersault to celebrate a first career touchdown.
The win moved the Ravens to 10-3 while sending the Rams to 6-7.
The fourth quarter had teetered between the two sides twice in the final five minutes, with a Demarcus Robinson score finishing an eight-play, 85-yard drive for the Rams before a Zay Flowers touchdown culminated a 13-play, 75-yard Baltimore drive.
That gave the Rams just over a minute to come up with a field goal to tie the game, a task they duly completed by going 57 yards over 1:09 to send the game to its madcap finish.
Ravens punt returner Tylan Wallace celebrates with teammates after his game-winning punt return for a touchdown on Sunday. AP
Ravens teammates rush to celebrate with Tylan Wallace after his game-winning touchdown. Getty ImagesWallace, a third-year receiver out of Oklahoma State, does not have a catch this season and had not even been used in the return game prior to Sunday. In fact, he had never returned a punt in his career, his only return game experience being a pair of kicks back in 2021.
Devin Duvernay’s injury forced Wallace into action in the punt game. He is now in a pretty good position to hang onto the job.
