Jalen Watts-Jackson will never have a moment as big as the first time he touched the ball in a college football game.
You can debate where Michigan State’s last-second miracle ranks among the all-time moments – Kick Six, Flutie’s touchdown pass, The Play – but there’s no question about this: There has never been and will never be a bigger player made in a bigger game by someone who had never touched the ball in a college game before. So how did the redshirt freshman handle the spotlight?
When Watts-Jackson plucked the now-famous fumbled punt out of mid-air he had the presence of mind to glance up at the scoreboard as he started to sprint toward the end zone.