EAST LANSING — Payton Thorne looked to his left and smiled at Kenneth Walker III.
Michigan State football’s Heisman Trophy candidate just ploughed through Penn State’s defense for 138 yards, tying his career high with 30 carries and absorbing one hit after another.
All while playing sick.
“This guy right here sucked it up pretty good,” Thorne said of Walker, who also scored in the 13th-ranked Spartans’ 30-27 win over Penn State. “He was hurting yesterday, and I'm sure he's still not feeling great.”
Walker sure didn’t look like it diving across the field after the final horn, flailing around Spartan Stadium making snow angels in his first game of his life in such significant accumulation.