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From walk-on to potential starter, MSU's Drew Beesley in line for larger role

Who would have thought, more than four years ago as Drew Beesley contemplated turning down a full scholarship for football to become a walk-on at the school he’d always wanted to play, that he’d be on the verge of being a starter for that team.

It seemed like a stretch back in February of 2016 as Beesley, a two-star prospect from Warren De La Salle, made a late-night decision to turn down scholarship offers from nearly every school from the Mid-American Conference and head to Michigan State as a walk-on.

Nothing was guaranteed for Beesley at that moment, other than the fact he was going to school where he’d always dreamed he would.