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Chris Borland with the sunset flip and tackle

It is safe to say Chris Borland is on the verge of becoming a living legend for San Francisco 49ers fans. And so, I present the video above from his high school days.

Borland dives and makes the tackle on 3rd and 1 or 2 to prevent a conversion. I don't know the specific score or game situation, but that's a pretty nice stop on third down. Borland went over the top, and executed what in professional wrestling is called a sunset flip. That's just ridiculous.

The highlight of all this might be one of the comments below the video: