On Tuesday afternoon, members of the media had a chance to talk to Michigan State running backs coach William Peagler via Zoom. In the meeting, Coach Peagler talked a little about each player in the position group, what went wrong last year, and what’s been better this year. There was also a single word that kept coming up over and over again in the 15-minute long call: “competition.”

“Everything is competition in our program”

One thing is certain about the 2021 Michigan State roster: there is no storage of running backs. Redshirt freshman Donovan Eaglin, sophomore Jordon Simmons, redshirt sophomore transfer Kenneth Walker III, redshirt senior Connor Heyward and redshirt junior Elijah Collins are all on the spring roster.