NEW ORLEANS — Will “White Shoes” Parks has a nice ring to it.

The Broncos’ rookie safety did a tight-rope dance down the sideline, saying he didn’t step out-of-bounds, making the play of the game to score after fellow rookie safety Justin Simmons blocked a New Orleans extra-point attempt at the Superdome on Sunday. Parks said his white shoes never touched out of bounds on the play and officials didn’t rule otherwise.

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“I did ballerina when I was 5 years old, so I know I had the balance to stay in. They couldn’t tell me I was out,” said Parks, a sixth-round pick by the Broncos from Arizona in April. “I was thinking run like somebody’s chasing you with a big ol’ gun. Just run. That’s what I did. I was running so fast I really couldn’t control my feet. I was just moving.”

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Simmons, who displayed his 40-inch vertical leap at the NFL scouting combine in February, jumped over the Saints’ long snapper without touching him. Upon landing, Simmons leaped again to block the field-goal attempt.

“That’s a call you use if you need a big block to win a game,” Simmons said. “It’s all or nothing. It’s all about timing it up. It felt great.”

“I knew I was going to clear him, but I wasn’t sure how quick their operation would be as far as getting the ball off. It all worked out.”

Simmons, a third-round pick in April from Boston College, said he would have knock Parks out if he hadn’t scored. The rookie safeties and summer roommates are tight and both have come up big in reserve roles.

They saw flaws in the New Orleans field-goal unit’s protection and its cohesiveness with kicker Wil Lutz. They exploited that vulnerability.

Down 23-17 with less than two minutes left, Saints quarterback Drew Brees led his team on a potential game-winning touchdown drive before Simmons’ heroics.

Referees reviewed whether Parks stepped out-of-bounds on replay. Some angles showed a white shoe might have touched the line, but officials ruled there was no indisputable evidence to overturn the call.

As for those white shoes, Parks said he practiced in them all week and they felt good. He decided to stick with them come game time on Sunday.

“I’m keeping them on every game now,” Parks said.

The Broncos’ game-changing extra-point attempt block resulted in only the third defensive conversion since a rule was implemented by the NFL before the 2015 season:

Date, Team vs. Opp. | Player who blocked kick | Player who returned kick | Result

12/6/15, New Orleans vs. Carolina | Kenny Williams | Stephone Anthony | Made it 13-16 with 1:55 left in second quarter

9/18/16, Baltimore at Cleveland | Lawrence Guy |Tavon Young | Made it 2-20 with 4:34 left in first quarter

11/13/16, Denver at New Orleans | Justin Simmons | Will Parks | Made it 25-23 with 1:22 left in fourth quarter