It was never in Naquan Jones’ plans to go home for Thanksgiving.
He already had COVID-19. He lost relatives to it. He did not want to put his grandmother, his niece or anyone else at risk.
The Michigan State football defensive tackle from Evanston, Illinois, hasn’t even seen his family since he reported back to campus in June.
“That'd be selfish for me to be in an environment like this and traveling and playing against other people and then going home,” he said Tuesday.
That is the precarious predicament college football players are in right now.