EAST LANSING – A kickoff was booted high into the lights at Spartan Stadium and hauled in by Alante Brown.

The Michigan State wide receiver dropped the ball at the 4-yard line before immediately scooping it up and hitting the gas.

Brown quickly took a big shot to the right leg but spun out of the would-be tackle, found an opening and headed down the sideline before finally being wrapped up after a 63-yard return.

What transpired over just 15 seconds in a nearly four-hour game the Spartans won 42-40 in double overtime against Boston College last week encapsulated his journey to this point. A plan altered, adversity endured and then finally a payoff.

“I always knew I was capable of it,” Brown said after practice on Tuesday. “It’s kind of just like, damn, finally, finally the Spartan nati

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