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# Watch This High School Football Player Execute a Mad One-Handed Backflip Catch

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by 

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## David Stout


May 26, 2015 7:09 AM UTC

by 

[David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/)


## David Stout


May 26, 2015 7:09 AM UTC

Professional and amateur football has had no shortage of unbelievable catches over the years, from Terrell Owens’ [clutch grab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzThn8pkpC0) against the Packers in 1999 to Odell Beckham’s [single-handed miracle](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/odell-beckham-jr--makes-the-greatest-nfl-catch-ever-021823479.html) against the Cowboys last season.

However, almost all of the great receptions from the past pale in comparison to the one-handed backflip snag that high school cornerback Marco Wilson was somehow able to execute with apparent ease in a video [posted](https://vine.co/v/eqOtVZjlUti/embed) online this week.

Unsurprisingly, the 16-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., already has 11 collegiate offers on the table, [according](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2474124-4-star-cb-marco-wilson-makes-unreal-jogging-one-handed-backflip-catch) to Bleacher Report. After this video goes viral, expect that number to keep rising.

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