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Spartans' Watts-Jackson on 'hero' status: crazy

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson said his overnight rise from anonymity to being etched in college football lore -- all while he lay in a hospital bed nursing a fractured hip -- has been as overwhelming as it has been enjoyable.

The redshirt freshman spoke from a wheelchair Wednesday for the first time in public since he returned a botched punt 38 yards on the final play of a 27-23 win over rival Michigan on Saturday.