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With UR spring game on Saturday, it's go time for speedy Spiders cornerback Markus Vinson

A University of Richmond sophomore projected to rise and shine this season rushed for 1,976 yards, scored 42 touchdowns, and clocked 4.41 in the 40-yard dash as a high-school senior.

He led his team, the Damascus High Swarmin’ Hornets, to a pair of Maryland state football championships.

Markus Vinson won't be running the ball for the Spiders. He'll play cornerback, and Vinson doesn't view that as a bad turn on his road to game-day impact.

When he committed to Richmond out of Damascus High, Vinson knew that his days as a ball-carrier were done, despite his impressive run as a Swarmin’ Hornet.