Sly Stallone awards WMU walk-on a scholarship, rows the boat

Everyone loves videos of walk-ons receiving scholarships. They’re college football’s version of military family surprise reunions or lost pets finding their owners. They bring out the feels in all of us.

The standard for creativity in these videos continues to grow, and no one does them better than Western Michigan and coach P.J. Fleck. Remember last summer, when Western Michigan walk-on Trevor Sweeney fielded an onsides kick during practice, only to find scholarship papers wrapped around the football? Pretty cool.

Well, Fleck and WMU took things one step further Saturday for linebacker Kasey Carson.

It started with Fleck, appearing in full pads and uniform and running through smoke onto the…