Postgame Notes: Football vs. Michigan State

Nov 25 | Football

No. 16 MICHIGAN STATE (9-3, 7-2) 40, RUTGERS (4-8, 3-6) 7
HIGH POINT SOLUTIONS STADIUM • PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY
NOVEMBER 25, 2017 • ATTENDANCE: 35,021

PARTICIPATION

Started all 12 games on offense or defense (9): OL Tariq Cole, LB Ross Douglas, RB Gus Edwards, DL Sebastian Joseph, OL Dorian Miller, LB Trevor Morris, LB Deonte Roberts, OL Kamaal Seymour, DB Isaiah Wharton
Played in all 12 games (30): P Ryan Anderson, FB Max Anthony, OL Marcus Applefield, OL Tariq Cole, DL Darnell Davis, LB Ross Douglas, RB Gus Edwards, LB Olakunle Fatukasi, TE Nakia Griffin-Stewart, WR Hunter Hayek, DB Damon Hayes, DL Sebastian Joseph, DL Elorm Lumor, LB Eric Margolis, RB Robert Martin, WR Bo Melton, OL Dorian Miller, LB Trevor Morris, TE/DL Myles Nash, DL CJ Onyechi, DL Willington Previlon, LB Deonte Roberts, LB Brandon Russell, OL Kamaal Seymour, LS Bill Taylor, DL Kemoko Turay, DL Julius Turner, TE Jerome Washington, DB Isaiah Wharton, DL Kevin Wilkins
Sebastian Joseph became the 24^th player in program history to appear in 50 career games. Others on the list include Scott Vallone (53), Devin McCourty (52), Steve Beauharnais (51), Quentin Gause (51), Courtney Greene (51), Khaseem Greene (51), Darius Hamilton (51), George Johnson (51), Robert Jones (51), Damaso Munoz (51), David Rowe (51), Kevin Snyder (51), San San Te (51), Jack Corcoran (50), Ryan D'Imperio (50), Duron Harmon (50), Clark Harris (50), D.C. Jefferson (50), Kaleb Johnson (50), Joe Lefeged (50), Chris Muller (50), Tiquan Underwood (50) and Jamaal Westerman (50).
Sebastian Joseph finishes his career having consecutively played in the last 49 games, while Darnell Davis appeared in the last 36. Juniors Trevor Morris, Deonte Roberts, Isaiah Wharton (all starts) and Kevin Wilkins also have played in 36-straight games dating back to 2015.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

P Ryan Anderson
- Finished year with an average of 44.4 yards per punt to establish a new single-season school record. Previous best was 44.1 in 2006 by Joe Radigan.
RB Raheem Blackshear
- Scored a 42-yard receiving touchdown for fifth score of the season (three rushing, two receiving).
RB Gus Edwards
- Finished the season leading the team in rushing yards (713), all-purpose yards (816) and total touchdowns (7).
- Rushed for 512 yards in conference play (56.9 per game), the most by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten season since joining the conference.
WB Johnathan Lewis
- Registered second passing touchdown of the season on a 42-yard connection to Raheem Blackshear.
RB Robert Martin
- Finished career ranked 10^th in program history with 2,256 rushing yards.
LB Trevor Morris
- Recorded a career-high 19 tackles to finish with a team-leading 118 for the season (102 in Big Ten play). He has now reached the century mark in tackles in consecutive seasons, as at least one Scarlet Knight has reached the mark every year since 2010.
- The 19 tackles matched the most by a Big Ten player in a game this season. Steve Longa was the last Scarlet Knight to reach the number in 2015.
LB Deonte Roberts
- Totaled a season-high 16 tackles.
- Also topped the century mark for the season with 104 tackles.
DL Kemoko Turay
- Registered a career-high 10 tackles.
- Picked up 1.5 sacks to finish career with 15.5 career sacks.