Members of a football program’s special teams unit have the most thankless jobs on the roster. Most of the time they’re remembered for what went wrong and rarely receive attention or laud when things go as planned. Unfortunately, Oklahoma State’s specials team got a lot of pub in 2017.
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ESPN has a pretty nifty stat where they figure a special teams unit’s effect on its team’s scoring margin on a per-play basis, adjusted for strength of schedule, and they grade it from 0-100. Oklahoma State’s group came in at a whopping 31.5 or No. 126 out of 130 teams ranked.