In the WKU's annual spring game in April, redshirt junior kicker Ryan Nuss earned the title of “Mr. Irrelevant” after the White team made him the last player chosen in the spring game draft. At the time, Nuss wasn’t even the starting kicker.
On Saturday night, Nuss became more than relevant after kicking a 37-yard field goal in triple overtime to give Western Kentucky a 41-38 win over archrival Middle Tennessee State and make the Hilltoppers bowl eligible for the seventh consecutive season.
“He validated the very reason why he was chosen to become our starting kicker tonight,” head coach Mike Sanford said of Nuss.