Jalen Watts-Jackson and the Spartans’ punt-block team, the “rangers,” pulled off the 2015 ESPN Sports Science “Most Improbable” Play of the Year in the final ten seconds of a 27-23 victory against the University of Michigan on Oct. 17.
Sport Science announced its Newton Award winners Feb. 14, which are named after the man who formed the idea of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton. The awards are judged “on unprecedented scientific analysis of thousands of athletic performances from the world of sports,” according to a Spartan Athletics press release.
Freshman safety Grayson Miller reached a speed of 17 miles per hour and covered 39 feet in 1.