Once a hallmark position in college football, the fullback is disappearing from offenses nationwide. Endangered for the last decade, there has been no crusade to preserve the neck-roll wearing, iso-blocking escort.

So excuse us for taking a minute to bask in the nostalgia Virginia Tech provided before clearing the dust from our misty eyes. What happened last Thursday night in Virginia Tech’s victory over Miami is a moment worth clinging to because it might never happen again.

Hokies fullback Sam Rogers threw a 13-yard touchdown pass ... to a second fullback. Two fullbacks, six points and one treasured moment for those wistfully waiting for the I-formation’s restoration.

“That was pretty perfect,” said Steven Peoples, the 5-foot-9, 218-pound fullback who caught Rogers’ floater. “Not many people can say they caught a touchdown pass from another fullback. It’s insane. It doesn’t seem real.”

It does not, so sear it into your heads so as to never lose this feeling.

Installed a few weeks ago, the play has Rogers take the handoff from quarterback Jerod Evans and sprint parallel to the line of scrimmage. After a sham block attempt, Peoples then leaks up the field. At this point, the defense has to be thinking that no lumbering fullback is going to throw the ball, and even if he does, there is no concern about the other hulking fullback.

And in drills, the two rarely connected. Rogers couldn’t subdue his cannon right arm and kept overthrowing Peoples.

But when the situation presented itself against Miami, offensive coordinator Brad Cornelson was still intent on calling for the fullback pass. Both Cornelson and Peoples talked to Rogers before the game about the play.

“I said, 'I won’t overthrow it,'” Rogers told them.

In the heat of the moment, Rogers rose to the occasion (though coach Justin Fuente labeled the throw “a duck”).

Few teams employ a fullback in their offense, and most coaches are unwilling to even award a scholarship to a fullback. Both Rogers and Peoples started as walk-ons at Virginia Tech. Nick Saban doesn’t even have a fullback at Alabama.

Fullbacks must be versatile in 2016 as more teams work out of shotgun and spread formations. Even before Fuente’s arrival this season, Rogers rarely lined up as an I-formation fullback. He’s often in the backfield as an H-back or next to the quarterback. Sometimes he will even split out wide to receiver. On the touchdown, Peoples was lined up at H-back, which serves as the lead blocker for some of Fuente’s plays.

To survive the spread, fullbacks must adapt, and Peoples and Rogers blend the past with the present at the position.

“Maybe in the classic sense, the fullback and all it used to be is dying, but I don’t think [versatile] football players in general are dying,” Rogers said. “People want guys who can fill a bunch of different roles.”

Peoples and Rogers both enjoy the blocking aspect of their expanded roles, too. If it’s fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line, Peoples is happy to run it in or pave the way. The same goes for Rogers, who said blocking as a fullback is one of the few opportunities to go one on one with an opponent.

And when they do get the ball, "People go crazy,” Peoples said.

“There’s something gritty and blue collar about a fullback,” Rogers said.

Could that have been the last time we’ll see a fullback-to-fullback touchdown, though? Peoples and Rogers are unsure if they will run the play again, and Rogers graduates after this season.

For all the roles they serve, it seems like it would be a waste not to run the play again. Numbers never lie, and they indicate Rogers should be throwing the ball more than his average of one per season. For his career, Rogers is 3-of-4 passing for 35 yards and a touchdown. His completion percentage of 75 would smash the FBS record of 70.4.

“I don’t want to get into a debate of whether I should be the starting quarterback, but I told Jerod to watch out,” Rogers said. “My completion percentage is really good.”