East Lansing — Most things are routine these days for David Dowell.
The fifth-year senior is used to preseason camp at Michigan State and having started 23 consecutive games, he understands what it takes to be successful, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors in 2017 and third-team honors last season.
However, there is one thing that’s different as the Spartans begin preparations for the 2019 season — Dowell’s twin brother, Andrew, is no longer lined up in front of David Dowell at outside linebacker for the Spartans.
“It was weird at first,” David Dowell admitted after Michigan State went through its first practice Thursday.