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College Football Fans Had Many Jokes for Michigan State Long Snapper Jack Carson-Wentz
On Friday evening, the Michigan State Spartans got their season off to a decent start with a 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic. While running back Kay'Ron Adams powered the Spartys to their first win of the year with 101 yards rushing and one touchdown on only nine carries, he was not the viral star of the game.
No, that honor goes to MSU's long snapper. His rather... unique name captured the attention of the college football world as Week 1 got underway.
Behold, Jack Carson-Wentz. No relation.
Michigan State has a player with the last name “Carson Wentz”. pic.twitter.com/v99jrvb2E5
— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) August 31, 2024
Carson-Wentz is a sophomore transfer out from West Georgia who was ranked the No. 34 long snapper in the 2024 class. College football fans loved the incredibly unlikely coincidence and made him the internet star of the otherwise mundane Week 1 affair.
WHAT THE FUCK https://t.co/LvLRL4kPvo
— Arif Hasan, but NFL 🏈 (@ArifHasanNFL) August 31, 2024
First ever long snapper to throw an interception https://t.co/r2F2qA3BPJ
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) August 31, 2024
Elite fantasy football punishment https://t.co/ahU5NUaPyl
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) August 31, 2024
The player: https://t.co/JVCVY1CJsV pic.twitter.com/EzoltzjIIK
— Jacob Richman (@JacobHRichman) August 31, 2024
Carson Wentz watching Carson-Wentz: https://t.co/qkoaodMCSB pic.twitter.com/N1r6dOblXv
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) August 31, 2024
This dude gonna wake up wondering why TF he’s trending lol pic.twitter.com/FY3ZuQqsRm
— Garage Gameday Sports (@GamedayGarage) August 31, 2024
Hope Nick-Foles is ready to go
— Dad Strafford (@DanStrafford) August 31, 2024
No idea why he would leave the Chiefs backup QB gig for Michigan State but good for him
— A B (@AB17853) August 31, 2024
My son in a alternate universe where Carson never got hurt and won the Superbowl for the Eagles https://t.co/R777SHG4Dp
— Shroozy 🤖 (@Shroozy) August 31, 2024
Carson Wentz? The long-snapper? https://t.co/brYj5fQakL pic.twitter.com/Kh5u59PVxp
— lovie (@loviedoteth) August 31, 2024
— ً (@PAlNSHOW) August 31, 2024
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Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.