Injuries are, unfortunately, part of sports, and Michigan State football and basketball fans have seen firsthand how they can derail an entire season. So when Darius Snow went down in the first game of the 2022 season, it felt like the defense got a lot worse that day.
The Spartan linebacker was coming off a breakout season in 2021 in which he finished with 87 tackles, six tackles for loss, two pass deflections, and an interception while playing safety. He made the move to linebacker before the 2022 season, and it looked like he was going to be an All-Big Ten caliber player, but his body had other ideas.