Michigan state football star running back Kenneth Walker III was snubbed from voting for the Heisman Trophy this year, not having been invited to New York as a runner-up. Fans and members of the Spartan media were, understandably, extremely upset and took to social media to express this displeasure.
Below we’ve compiled some of the reactions from a wild night online:
MSU Twitter is wreaking havoc tonight pic.twitter.com/t57nboJChL
– Colton Pouncy (@colton_pouncy) December 7, 2021
My official Heisman position:
Kenny Pickett and CJ Stroud are expected to be absent. Will Anderson Jr. and Kenneth Walker III should be there.
Pitt has had an incredibly easy schedule this year. Stroud isn’t even OSU’s best offensive player. Or the second best. Or maybe even the third best.
– Brew (@IamBrewster) December 7, 2021
You forgot someone https://t.co/hAxCnMNYCb
– Matt Charboneau (@mattcharboneau) December 7, 2021
MSU’s Kenneth Walker is not one of the four finalists for the Heisman Trophy. He was my second place behind Bryce Young. Walker raised quite a program. The four – Young, Hutchinson, Pickett and Stroud – are all deserving. I thought Walker deserved more than three of them.
– Graham sofa (@Graham_Couch) December 6, 2021
Heartbreaking for Kenneth, no other way to put it.
– ðŸ‘Peach Bowl lover👠(@Sheehan_Sports) December 6, 2021
Michigan State University has one of the biggest brands in the world. It is simply a positional bias, recency bias, and weighting of the current hype over a full season of production and uplifting of an entire program / community. Shameful. #ReleaseTheBallots Voters, put your name on it. pic.twitter.com/8YvXyJUMCq
– Darien Harris (@ DHarris_45) December 6, 2021
OK, enough time has passed: why the hell was Kenneth Walker III snubbed by the Heisman finalists?
– RJ Young (@RJ_Young) December 7, 2021
KWill got robbed. Now just because they messed up my man I’m being reborn to the highest level of toxicity just for my Spartan homie
– Felton Davis III (@ TheFreak_18) December 6, 2021
Kenneth Walker III obviously had a strong case to be a finalist.
MSU rushing in 2020: 91.4 ypg, 0 TDs rushed from RBs.
Walker this year: 263 carries for 1,636 yards and 18 touchdowns. The resounding loss to OSU killed his chances even though MSU was down 28-0 and had 3 carries.– Matt Wenzel (@ mwenzel2) December 6, 2021
It’s official, the Heisman trophy concerns the brand and not the best players. It is a joke that Kenneth Walker III is not coming to New York after the stats he released showing he is one of the best players in the country. Absolutely blastphamus
– Anthony Ianni (@ AI44LYD) December 6, 2021
Also note that Aidan Hutchinson tackled Kenneth Walker III a total of 0 times.
– Jack Williams: Mad Online â„¢ ï¸ (@JackWilliaMSU) December 6, 2021
If Kenneth Walker III’s performance against OSU is what kept him out of this list, then Hutchinson’s performance against MSU should have done the same. https://t.co/ijLJxKMITJ
– Jake (@TheSchemWow) December 7, 2021
Tucker took the Spartans from 2-5 to 10-2 and he did it all without a Heisman candidate. Unbelievable.
– Annie (@spartanannie) December 7, 2021
Will Anderson and Kenneth Walker are expected to hold their own ceremony in protest. https://t.co/mgvWjexpoJ
– Chris Burke (@ChrisBurkeNFL) December 6, 2021
Stroud is a good player and so on, but you can’t tell me that no other quarterback in this room puts OSU at 10-2 as well.
Without Kenneth Walker, MSU does not make an NY6 bowl.
– ðŸ‘Peach Bowl lover👠(@Sheehan_Sports) December 6, 2021