Michigan State football’s one-year hiatus from the NFL draft ended thanks to one-year wonder Kenneth Walker III.
The Seattle Seahawks selected the Doak Walker Award-winning running back with the No. 41 overall pick, early in the second round on Friday night in Las Vegas.
Walker is MSU's highest pick since Seattle selected defensive tackle Malik McDowell with the No. 35 overall pick, the third of the second round, in the 2017 draft. Walker becomes the highest-drafted Spartans running back since T.J. Duckett went in the first round at No.