Navy is quite literally pulling people out of the stands to replace its players after quarterback Tago Smith left the game against Fordham with a knee injury. 
 
 Per multiple reports, freshman backup quarterback Malcolm Perry, fully adorned in his dress whites to start the game, was pulled from the stands to dress out in a uniform at halftime. He will wear No. 5 in the second half. 
 
 WOW! One of the Freshman Midshipmen in his dress whites was pulled out of the stands & sent to locker room. Replacing QB Tago Smith. #Navy — Pam Chvotkin (@reddusfoximus) September 3, 2016 
 
 Freshman QB Malcolm Perry was not dressed to start the game. He was pulled out of the Brigade when Tago went down. Will wear #5 in 2nd H — Scott Strasemeier (@ScottStras) September 3, 2016 
 
 Smith, making his first start as the successor to Keenan Reynolds, rushed for 97 yards and completed his lone pass attempt against Fordham before sustaining his knee injury. It's not clear yet what the extent of his injury is. 
 
 Perry, a true freshman, finished with 30 yards rushing in the 52-16 win. 

 After Navy quarterback Tago Smith goes down with an injury, the Midshipmen grab a backup, Malcolm Perry, from the stands and have him get dressed in the locker room before making an appearance in the fourth quarter. (0:22) 
 
 Playing quarterback at Navy isn't a job, but it's sometimes an adventure. 
 
 After starting quarterback Tago Smith injured his right knee in the first half of Saturday's 52-16 victory against FCS opponent Fordham, the Midshipmen pulled freshman Malcolm Perry out of the stands. 
 
 Perry, listed as the team's No. 4 quarterback after preseason camp, was wearing his uniform whites while sitting in the brigade at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. 
 
 By the fourth quarter, Perry, from Clarksville, Tennessee, was playing in the game. 
 
 Navy freshman quarterback Malcolm Perry started the day in the stands but was running plays by the fourth quarter of the Midshipmen's 52-16 victory over Fordham. Rob Carr/Getty Images 
 
 He ran for 32 yards on his first five carries in the Midshipmen's triple-option spread offense. He finished with 30 yards on seven rushing attempts, and he didn't throw a pass. 
 
 After Smith was injured, Navy's coaches decided to get Perry out of the stands. They also had to send someone to get his uniform, which was inside the team's locker room at the academy. 
 
 Navy officials said Perry didn't dress for the game because he was sick earlier this week, missing practices Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. He returned to practice Thursday and played in the JV game against Louisburg Junior College of North Carolina on Friday. 
 
 Senior Will Worth took over the offense after Smith was hurt. Worth ran times for 22 yards with one touchdown and completed all three of his passes for 78 yards with one score. 
 
 The extent of Smith's injury wasn't immediately known. The senior from Fayetteville, Georgia, had waited the past three seasons to start while playing behind Keenan Reynolds. Smith ran 10 times for 97 yards with two touchdowns and completed his only pass attempt for 45 yards before he was hurt against Fordham. 
 
 Sophomore Zach Abey, who was the team's No. 3 quarterback, was suspended from playing in the game.
– When starter Tago Smith went out with an injury in the first half of Navy's game Saturday against Fordham, the team literally pulled a student out of the stands to play quarterback, USA Today reports. Granted that student, Malcolm Perry, is technically the team's fourth-string quarterback, but still. Perry was out of uniform (but in his Navy dress whites, according to CBS Sports) and in the stands because he was sick. But at halftime he found himself suiting up and joining the rest of the team. Despite being a backup to the backup, Perry actually saw some game time at the end of a 52-16 Navy blowout, leading the team on a 90-yard drive for a field goal. ESPN reports the freshman ran for 30 yards and didn't throw a pass while living out the fantasy of anyone who's ever attended a football game.