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A father's choice and three older brothers turned Josiah Scott into MSU's shut-down corner

(Photo: Photo provided by the Scott family)

EAST LANSING – Josiah Scott didn’t pass the eye test when he arrived at Michigan State – and he probably still doesn’t.

His biceps don’t bulge, and his shoulders don’t stretch the seams of too many shirts. At 5-foot-10 (or maybe it’s really 5-9), he’s undersized, even for his position. And at 168 pounds, he looks like he could use a long weekend at an Italian grandmother’s house.

He was remarkably unremarkable when he enrolled early for spring football practice in 2017 in every way. Well, every way except one: that afro.