EAST LANSING – It wasn’t a 75-yard touchdown run around the edge on the road, but Nathan Carter’s debut for Michigan State football immediately evoked memories of Kenneth Walker III.

Nathan Carter will tell you he was meant to be at Michigan State. Everything that’s transpired over the last year makes it hard to say otherwise.

East Lansing — For a fleeting moment on Friday night, Nathan Carter looked a lot like a former Michigan State running back, one who burst onto the scene with his first carry as a Spartan.. That ...