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  When Kenneth Walker III entered the transfer portal this spring and Michigan State coaches contacted him, they spoke about the future by also relating it to the past. Walker was at Wake Forest back then, fresh off two seasons in which he ran for 17 touchdowns. That's 17 more than any Michigan State running back managed in Mel Tucker's first season last fall. Tucker and the Spartans coaches wanted him to help fix it, to get the backfield back to the way it used to be. "They were telling me a lot about how we run the ball here, how things are here," Walker said. "Not even just on the field but the fans and everything and the culture here." On Thursday, Walker beamed as he spoke of the opportunity in front of him now. It was the first day of fall camp at Michigan State, the first of relative normalcy for Tucker after all the starts and stops of last year.

Last year's 2-5 season served as a feeling-out process for a new coach and an inherited roster. More than 20 players transferred out, and Tucker went to the recruiting trail and transfer portal to hand-select skill sets and personalities to build around. Walker was one of his top choices. "He was a great addition," Tucker said. "We saw him in the spring. He's a difference-maker. He's picked up where he left off." After rushing for exactly 579 yards each of the past two seasons on 5.3 yards per carry, Walker is the favorite to take a bulk of the carries in a backfield that features returning players Elijah Collins, Connor Heyward and Jordon Simmons as well as Auburn transfer Harold Joiner. - Lansing State Journal


Jr/2022 RB *Kenneth Walker IIIMichigan State
News Source: Lansing State Journal



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