After COVID-19 struggles last season, Michigan State’s Elijah Collins plans to prove himself again
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Michigan State running back Elijah Collins (24) runs up the field in the third quarter of their Big Ten football game game against Ohio State at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, on Saturday, December 5, 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Those people were asking the same question as fans and the media.
What happened to the Michigan State running back?
Coming off rushing for 988 yards and five touchdowns in a breakout redshirt freshman season in 2019, Collins was not the same player last year – not in the way he looked on the field or in production. He was relegated to a reserve role and finished with 41 carries for only 90 yards and zero touchdowns in seven games.
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Kenneth Walker and the blind faith he had in Michigan State football Wake Forest transfer and running back Kenneth Walker participates in a drill during spring practice. (Courtesy: MSU Athletic Communications)
As thousands of college athletes have this year, former Wake Forest running back Kenneth Walker made the tough decision to leave his program via the transfer portal.
After running for 13 touchdowns and 579 yards in just seven games of action for the Demon Deacons, Walker had many suitors but had to choose his next home without even seeing it due to COVID-19 so blind faith took over.
Not even knowing what campus looked like in person, Walker chose East Lansing and Michigan State as his next stop.