By Hanna Sprague, MSU Athletic Communications Student Assistant
Lined up in the cadence with his 80-pound offensive linemen in front of him and his 4-foot-5-inch receivers on either side, fourth-grader Connor Cook called for the snap, turned to fake a handoff and locked his eyes on the end zone.
"I got the ball, ran to the right and held it out like I was going to hand it off to the receiver," said Cook, a native of Hinckley, Ohio. "The defense bit."
Forty yards. His mom's voice echoed from the stands while his dad ran along the sidelines.