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Julian Barnett adds to Michigan State football's cornerback competition

Mel Tucker spent 2019 as head coach at Colorado, where he went 5-7, after three seasons as Georgia defensive coordinator. Detroit Free Press

No, Harlon Barnett is no relation in case you wondered. But Michigan State’s returning cornerbacks coach loves what he sees already in his namesake.

Sophomore Julian Barnett is headlong into his transition back to cornerback after playing his debut season exclusively at wide receiver.

“Before I left (after the 2017 season), he was being recruited out of the corner anyway, so Julian and I knew knew each other pretty well,” Harlon Barnett said of Julian Barnett on a conference call Wednesday.