WATCH: Spartans score on opening play vs. Youngstown State on flea flicker 75-yard TD pass

By Robert Bondy

For a second straight week, the Spartans started the game with a 75-yard touchdown play.

Michigan State jumped out to an early 7-0 lead over Youngstown State on Saturday with a 75-yard touchdown pass from Payton Thorne to Jayden Reed. What made the play even better was that it came on a flea flicker.

Check out the highlight play below:

No team is more explosive on the game's first play than 2021 @MSU_Football. @JaydenReed5 hauls in the long TD pass to make it two straight weeks. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/7pWeE1onRl

— Michigan St. on BTN (@MichiganStOnBTN) September 11, 2021

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