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Spartans Remember Mylan Hicks

By Steve Grinczel, MSUSpartans.com Online Columnist

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Mylan Hicks made three tackles during Michigan State’s 2013 season, but his contribution to that Spartan Big Ten and Rose Bowl championship team was immeasurable.

His presence in the locker room on game day alone may have been worth a field goal or a touchdown.

To fifth-year senior safety and co-captain Demetrious Cox, Hicks epitomized the split personality co-defensive coordinator Harlon Barnett often says football players must to possess to play a game centered around hurling one’s body at another human being.