EAST LANSING - Xavier Henderson cut his senior year of high school short to enroll early at Michigan State.
After arriving in East Lansing in January, the freshman safety began winter conditioning. There was film to review and a defensive scheme to study with spring practice approaching. And, football wasn't the only challenging adjustment for Henderson as he began college life.
"The classroom was hard too. I didn't do well on my first math test," Henderson said with a laugh last week, "but that was just kind of getting the schedule - the college life is difficult.