The route was “56 Jerk.”
According to Paul Hubbard, a wide receiver would run a 10-yard out before breaking up the field. The track standout was a mere freshman on Wisconsin’s sidelines as a walk-on, but watched as one Lee Evans lined up during a tie game in the fourth quarter.
“He was doing it in practice—it was cool,” Hubbard, himself a former Wisconsin wide receiver, said back in June 2015 in an interview for Walk-On This Way. “He did it in the second game of the season against Akron, and he went 99 yards for a touchdown.