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Out of a crowded backfield, senior RB Gerald Holmes a vocal leader for Michigan State

EAST LANSING – Gerald Holmes’ voice is growing.

In importance. In immediacy. In intensity.

The Michigan State running back, one of a small group of seniors this fall, understands that he will be counted on as a leader. Both in production on the field and leadership off it.

“I have always been a leader. I’ve never been in the front as far as a guy who was young, and playing time always plays a factor in leadership when it comes to playing a sport,” the Flint native said. “But the leadership I’ve been having now is in the forefront.