NFL running backs Kenyan Drake of the Miami Dolphins and Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans were college teammates at Alabama. Now they’re opponents in the competition for the ESPY Award for the Best Play of 2018.

The Best Play ESPY is determined by online voting, with Drake and the Miami Miracle seeded first and Henry’s 99-yard run seeded third in the 16-play competition.

On Dec. 9, Drake ran the final 52 yards on a game-ending play to lift the Dolphins to a 34-33 victory over the New England Patriots.

Miami had the football on its 31-yard line with seven seconds to play trailing New England by five points. The winning play started with a 14-yard completion from quarterback Ryan Tannehill to wide receiver Kenny Stills. Stills lateralled the football to wide receiver DeVante Parker. After running ahead for 3 yards, Parker flipped the ball to Drake, who immediately slipped a tackle and picked his way through New England defenders all the way to the end zone as time ran out.

KENYAN DRAKE. FOR THE WIN. pic.twitter.com/mWcSQQ9GPP — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 9, 2018

On Dec. 6 in the Titans’ 30-9 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Henry recorded the second 99-yard run from scrimmage in NFL history. Henry ran for 238 yards and four touchdowns on 17 carries in the game to become the first player in the NFL’s Super Bowl era to run for at least 200 yards and four touchdowns on 20 or fewer carries.

Derrick Henry started himself in fantasy this week. pic.twitter.com/dCeP0QDpmj — Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 7, 2018

The plays by Drake and Henry sandwich the No. 2 seed -- the buzzer-beating shot by the Toronto Raptors' Kawhi Leonard in Game 7 of a second-round NBA playoffs series against the Philadelphia 76ers.

In the first round of the voting, the Miami Miracle is matched against a Hail Mary by North Shore High School that won the Class 6A Division I championship in Texas high school football.

Henry's 99-yard run is up against Virginia's game-tying basket in the final seconds of regulation against Purdue in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The Cavaliers went on to an 80-75 overtime victory against the Boilermakers in the Elite Eight on their way to the national championship.

The ESPYS, ESPN's annual sports awards, will be presented on July 10. ABC will televise the presentations at 7 p.m. CDT.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.