The speech Kirk Cousins gave eight years ago at a Big Ten luncheon while he was still at Michigan State still gets referenced often by those who were there to hear it.
Cousins, now of course the Vikings quarterback, had an even bigger speaking engagement over the weekend: He delivered the commencement address at Michigan State (photo above: Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP).
The takeaway wasn’t quite that if you work hard, you too can someday make $84 million guaranteed. But it was filled with pretty good practical lessons divided into 4 1/2 specific truths he gleaned from the 4 1/2 years it took him to graduate.