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lead on quarterback Tre Roberson's 58-yard
touchdown run with 1:38 left, but ND State
QB Carson Wentz answered by closing a long
drive with a five-yard touchdown with 61 sec-
onds left for the victory.
The Redbirds finished the season 13-2.
"It wasn't to be," Spack said after the
game, according to the Chicago Tribune. "We
have a lot to be proud of. It's not a great feel-
ing but we have a good core group coming
back and hopefully we'll get back (here)."
Roberson, the former IU player, rushed
for 161 yards and a TD and threw for 157
yards and three touchdowns.
LEAVING EARLY
Among the dozen-or-so players in the
Big Ten who have announced they will forgo
their final season of college
football to enter the NFL,
some are no-brainers.
Wisconsin running
back Melvin Gordon
rushed for 2,587 yards and
29 touchdowns in 2014, the
rushing total the second-
highest in FBS history, only to Emmitt Smith;
Indiana running back Tevin Coleman (2,036
rushing yards, 15 rush TDs); Michigan State
cornerback Trae Waynes (three INTs); Ne
-
braska defensive end Randy Gregory (seven
sacks) and Minnesota tight end Maxx Wil-
liams (569 yards, 8 TDs) were All-Americans.
More could be coming. Underclassmen
have until Jan. 15 to decide whether they will
enter the draft or return to college.
Others who have declared: Michigan
tight end/receiver Devin Funchess, Penn
State offensive lineman Donovan Smith, Penn
State defensive end Deion Barnes, Ohio State
end Noah Spence, Maryland receiver Stefon
Diggs and Rutgers tight end Tyler Kroft.
j
Tom Campbell
Gelen Robinson, a defensive end, will do double-duty for
the Boilermakers by joining the wrestling team. He won
two state wrestling championships in high school.
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