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Vote for college football's 2016 catch of the year: Final 4

(Amber Matsumoto/Yahoo Sports)
(Amber Matsumoto/Yahoo Sports)

All season long, we’ve asked you to vote for the best catches in college. And with another round of voting in the books, we’re down to the final four: Ohio State’s Noah Brown, Memphis’ Anthony Miller, Texas A&M’s Jeremy Tabuyo and Appalachian State’s Shaedon Meadors.

Here’s how the field was narrowed from eight to four:

No. 1 seed Noah Brown, Ohio State (80 percent) vs. No. 8 seed Zach Pascal, Old Dominion (20 percent)

No. 2 seed Anthony Miller, Memphis (55 percent) vs. No. 7 seed Dante Pettis, Washington (45 percent)

No. 3 seed Moroni Laulu-Pututau, BYU (45 percent) vs. No. 11 seed Shaedon Meadors, App State (55 percent)

No. 5 seed Jeremy Tabuyo, Texas A&M (64 percent) vs. No. 13 seed Mike Gesicki, Penn State (36 percent)

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That voting brings us to our final two matchups:

No. 1 seed Noah Brown (Ohio State) vs. No. 5 seed Jeremy Tabuyo (Texas A&M)

Noah Brown, Ohio State — Week 3 vs. Oklahoma

In Ohio State’s early-season win over Oklahoma, Noah Brown had four touchdown catches. His third of the night was remarkable. Oklahoma defensive back Michiah Quick was all over Brown, but the redshirt freshman jumped and grabbed the ball in midair. Brown somehow established possession of the ball by pinning it against Quick’s back as he fell to the turf for a touchdown.

Jeremy Tabuyo, Texas A&M — Week 5 vs. South Carolina

Texas A&M senior Jeremy Tabuyo had a career-high 89 receiving yards in an Oct. 1 win over South Carolina. 29 of those yards came on this wild one-handed catch in the second quarter. Tabuyo was able to locate the ball, rotate in mid-air and catch the ball with just his left hand. Impressive play.

a&m catch
a&m catch

No. 2 seed Anthony Miller (Memphis) vs. No. 11 seed Shaedon Meadors (Appalachian State)

Anthony Miller, Memphis — Week 11 vs. South Florida

Memphis junior Anthony Miller put up huge numbers in a close loss to USF in Week 11. Miller hauled in 10 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown in the 49-42 defeat. His best catch of the night was Odell Beckham-like. The best part of the play is that he briefly lost possession but regained hold of the ball and tapped a foot inbounds in a split second. After putting up big numbers in Memphis’ bowl loss, Miller finished the year with 95 catches for 1,434 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Memphis 2
Memphis 2

Shaedon Meadors, Appalachian State — Week 9 vs. Georgia State

In a 34-10 win over Georgia Southern in Week 9, Appalachian State junior Shaedon Meadors had six catches for 126 yards. He had a 30-yard catch in the second quarter you have to see to believe. Even though the DB had a hand on the ball, the 6-foot-2 Meadors was strong enough to snatch it away and maintain possession as he fell out of bounds. Meadors finished the season with 45 catches for 716 yards.

app state 2
app state 2

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