Antonio Freeman Antonio Michael Freeman ( born May 27 , 1972 ) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League , most notably for the Green Bay Packers . He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute , dominating his high school conference . College career . Freeman played college football at Virginia Tech , where he caught 93 passes for 1 , 534 yards and 16 touchdowns in three seasons . He also returned 63 punts for 651 yards and another touchdown , and rushed for 37 yards . Professional career . Freeman was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1995 NFL Draft . In his rookie season he returned a punt 76 yds for a touchdown during a playoff win over Atlanta . He went on to lead the Packers in receiving in four seasons from 1996 – 1999 , and led the NFL in receiving in 1998 . The peak of Freeman ' s career occurred during his first tenure with the Green Bay Packers including a victory in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997 over the New England Patriots . During that Super Bowl Freeman caught a Super Bowl record - length touchdown pass of 81 yards from Brett Favre , since eclipsed . That play would give the Packers the lead for good as they went on to win 35 – 21 . Freeman finished the game with three receptions for 105 yards . The following year , Freeman gained over 1 , 200 receiving yards as Green Bay advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl , where he caught 9 passes for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 31 - 24 loss to the Denver Broncos . His 230 all - purpose yards in the game was the third highest total in Super Bowl history In 1998 , Freeman had his best NFL season , catching 84 passes for a league leading 1 , 424 receiving yards and earning the right to his only Pro Bowl appearance . During overtime of a Monday night game on November 6 , 2000 despite bad weather conditions , Freeman caught what initially appeared to be an incomplete pass while lying on his back — after almost being intercepted by Chris Dishman , the ball actually bounced off multiple parts of Freeman ' s body without hitting the ground . Untouched by the defender , Freeman jumped to his feet and ran the ball in for the winning touchdown over the rival Minnesota Vikings . The touchdown prompted ABC play - by - play announcer Al Michaels , who was obviously stunned by the play , to famously shout , " He did WHAT ? ! " In 2005 ESPN labeled the catch as the greatest play in the history of Monday Night Football . Freeman has said it was the second best catch of his career ( claiming his best to be an 81 yard catch in Super Bowl XXXI ) . Freeman played for the Green Bay Packers from 1995 through the 2001 NFL season . After feuding with Packers Head Coach Mike Sherman in 2001 , Freeman signed with the Philadelphia Eagles . His final game in his first Packers tenure was against the St . Louis Rams during the 2001 NFL playoffs . He then went on to play a year for the Eagles in 2002 before coming back to Green Bay for the 2003 season and a second tenure with the club . His final catch with the Packers occurred on the road in December 2003 during the fourth quarter of Brett Favre ' s phenomenal performance against the Oakland Raiders on ABC ' s Monday Night Football , following the death of Favre ' s father . He played his final game with Green Bay in the infamous " 4th and 26 " debacle in the NFL playoffs against the Philadelphia Eagles in January 2004 . Freeman last played in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins during 2004 training camp . In his ten NFL seasons , Freeman caught 477 passes for 7 , 251 yards , gained 1 , 007 yards returning kickoffs and punts , and scored 61 touchdowns . He played in the Pro Bowl in 1999 . His teams made the playoffs in seven of his NFL seasons . He appeared in four NFC Championship Games and two Super Bowls . He ranks sixth all - time on the Green Bay Packers receivers list with 6 , 651 yards on 431 catches . Freeman had three 1 , 000 yard receiving seasons in his career , 1997 - 1999 . Nicknamed " Free " , in 2006 Freeman won a Pop Warner Award for his work with youth . On June 16 , 2007 , Freeman signed with the Packers to retire with the team . Freeman occasionally participates as an analyst on ESPN First Take and NFL Live , mostly during NFL season . He has also appeared on ESPN College Gameday in support of his alma mater Virginia Tech . Freeman now appears on Redskins Kickoff and Redskins Postgame Live as a commentator on Comcast SportsNet Washington . Freeman was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 .