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Waynes' Selection Makes Individual, Program Statement

By Steve Grinczel, MSUSpartans.com Online Columnist | @GrinzOnGreen

CHICAGO ->Trae Waynes has an aversion to football evaluation services.

The former Michigan State cornerback paid no attention to the so-called recruiting experts who had him rated as a lowly two-star prospect coming out of Kenosha (Wisconsin) Bradford High School. By the same token, he took nothing the NFL Draft prognosticators had to say about him for granted.

So when they proved to be spot-on after the Minnesota Vikings selected him with the 11th pick in the first round Thursday night at the ornate Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, Waynes reacted in the ultra-cool fashion that became the trademark of his Spartan career.