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Michigan State Football: Top 5 plays from Penn State upset (Video)

By Connor Muldowney

STATE COLLEGE, PA - OCTOBER 13: Felton Davis III #18 of the Michigan State Spartans catches a 25 yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter against Amani Oruwariye #21 of the Penn State Nittany Lions on October 13, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA - OCTOBER 13: Felton Davis III #18 of the Michigan State Spartans catches a 25 yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter against Amani Oruwariye #21 of the Penn State Nittany Lions on October 13, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /
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EAST LANSING, MI – NOVEMBER 04: Felton Davis III #18 of the Michigan State Spartans makes a diving second half touchdown catch while playing the Penn State Nittany Lions at Spartan Stadium on November 4, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI – NOVEMBER 04: Felton Davis III #18 of the Michigan State Spartans makes a diving second half touchdown catch while playing the Penn State Nittany Lions at Spartan Stadium on November 4, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

4. Felton Davis III’s bobble catch

Comparing Felton Davis III to previous all-conference receivers to come through East Lansing just isn’t fair. Why? Because while he’s similar to Tony Lippett and as effective as Aaron Burbridge, he’s more freakish of an athlete and he seems to make 3-4 highlight catches per week.

On Saturday, he had a few, but the first one is a concentration-filled catch along the sideline on a ball that looked like it was tipped and almost intercepted.

With the clock winding down in the fourth, the Spartans were driving down 17-14. On third-and-10, Brian Lewerke stepped back and found his big receiver, a little shorter of a throw than he would have liked, for 11 yards and a big first down. The most impressive aspect of the play was the catch by Davis III between his knees, holding firm control of the ball.

This was another clutch play by the Spartans, but unfortunately the drive ended with a failed fake field goal try — if Lewerke was able to find Raequan Williams inside the 5-yard-line, that may have been the No. 1 play on this list.

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