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Oklahoma high school football wideout makes an insane one-handed grab

Jenks wide receiver makes a leaping one-handed snag near the sideline

Gary Adornato

This screen capture from a video shows Malikai Dillard's incredible one-handed catch on Friday night for Jenks (Oklahoma)
This screen capture from a video shows Malikai Dillard's incredible one-handed catch on Friday night for Jenks (Oklahoma) / Video Screen Capture

They'll be talking about this catch for quite some time to come.

Jenks (Oklahmoma) junior Malikai Dillard made one of those catches that will not only lead his school's end of season highlight video, it will receive strong consideration as the national play of the year.

Ever since NFL star Odell Beckham made one of the greatest catches in NFL history, a tumbling one-hand touchdown reception for the New York Giants in a 2014 Sunday Night contest against the Dallas Cowboys, receivers of all levels have perfected their ability to make the one-handed catch.

Dillard's catch on Friday, however, garnered nearly the same degree of difficulty as the catch that launched Beckham's NFL stardom. Running an out pattern towards the right sideline, Dillard left his feet in an effort to reach a high throw from quarterback Owen Jones. At the height of his leap, Dillard was able to snare the ball with his right arm, before tumbling to the turf and converting a first down, just inside the red zone.

Dillard has just two offers at the moment. One from North Texas and the other from the University of Miami,

Jenks, seeking to even its season record at 3-3, leads Mustang High, 45-0, in the fourth quarter.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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