When Michigan State basketball takes on Auburn in the Elite Eight of the men's NCAA Tournament South Region on Sunday, sports fans might come across a familiar name of one of the Spartans bench players.
But it just won't be the player jerseys they are perhaps accustomed to seeing it on, though.
Spartans junior guard Nick Sanders, the son of former NFL legendary running back Barry Sanders and a piano specialist for Tom Izzo, has spent the last three seasons as a walk-on at Michigan State.