Bryce Love ran over a ref on his way to the first TD of the Alamo Bowl

Oh hey there, referee, you might wanna move out of the way of Stanford running back Bryce Love. Early in the first quarter of the Alamo Bowl between the Cardinal and TCU Horned Frogs, Stanford’s Love ran over a dang ref during a monster 15-yard touchdown to give his team an early 7-0 lead on Thursday night.

My dude straight up ran over a dang referee and bulldozed into the end zone. The Heisman finalist was putting things like this on highlight reels all season long, and he racked up a ton of accolades, even while dealing with a nagging ankle injury:

At all hours this season Love had:

-23 runs of 30-plus yards

-14 runs of 40-plus

-12 runs of 50-plus

-six runs of 60-plus

-and one rush of 70-plus

All of which met or exceeded almost every entire team in the country. Seriously, only Arizona had more 50-yard runs than Love did.

Just so you know, Love did a lot of this on one leg.

Love replaced Christian McCaffrey, one of the best running backs in recent college history. Love’s putting up numbers that even the great McCaffrey, now in the NFL as a first-round Carolina Panthers pick, never put up in college. He was a shoo-in for a 2,000-yard season if he’d stayed healthy, but he didn’t.

Love went out in the second half against Oregon (after already gaining 147 yards). He then missed the next week’s game against Oregon State game with an ankle injury and was hampered him for the rest of the season. In some games he would be spelled by a backup, and wasn’t at his most effective. Love averaged 5.7 per carry in the season’s final five games. It’s a far cry from his best, but when factoring in the injury, it’s understandable.

For a guy who could be headed for the NFL draft next year, we’ll take all the highlights we can get from him in the Alamo Bowl.