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'I'm an athlete': Michigan State freshman Barnett will play wherever best suits team

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East Lansing — The question was simple and the answer just as easy.

For Michigan State freshman Julian Barnett, it was simply about playing football and winning games.

“They just gave me the choice,” Barnett said after practice on Monday. “The said, ‘Do (you) want to help out the team on offense or defense?’”

It was a quick response from Barnett.

“Wherever I can help the team most is where I want to go,” Barnett said.

And so, the eighth-ranked cornerback in the nation in the 2019 recruiting class according to 247Sports began his first preseason camp as a Spartan playing offense.