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Michigan State’s Top TE Disappoints Against Indiana
The Michigan State Spartans don’t have a whole lot of genuine NFL talent on their roster with the 2025 draft coming up in April, but they do have one particularly intriguing player who could end up being a legitimate professional threat: tight end Jack Velling.
Velling transferred over from Oregon State in January 2024 after a couple of strong years with the Beavers. He caught 16 passes for 281 yards and three touchdowns during his freshman campaign, and last season, he hauled in 29 receptions for 438 yards and eight scores.
Velling’s average of 16 yards per reception at Oregon State was particularly impressive, especially for a 6-foot-5, 244-pound tight end.
So when Michigan State landed him last winter, there was some genuine excitement surrounding him.
However, Velling has been inconsistent this year, and not always to his own fault. Saturday’s game against Indiana was the latest disappointing showing from Velling in what was a blowout loss to the Hoosiers. Velling recorded just two catches for 22 yards.
To be fair, the Spartans, in general, didn’t exactly put their best effort forward in their 37-point defeat, giving up 47 unanswered points after jumping out to a surprising 10-0 first-quarter lead.
But after Velling posted a few solid outings against some tough opponents the previous several weeks, there was some hope that the Seattle native would be able to continue his stretch of impressive play on Saturday.
Clearly, that did not happen, but hope is certainly not lost for Velling.
On the year overall, the junior pass-catcher has snared 29 balls for 318 yards. Although he has yet to reach the end zone, he is on pace to have the most productive campaign of his collegiate career from a volume perspective.
Additionally, 14 of his 29 grabs came in Michigan State’s prior three contests against Oregon, Iowa and Michigan, three squads with tough defenses.
While Velling hasn’t been the tight end he was anticipated to be going into this season, given how important the position now is on the NFL level, he could find himself being selected earlier than expected in this year’s NFL Draft, should he declare.
Of course, a strong finish to the 2024 season would go a long way in establishing his draft positioning, so it would be best to avoid any more lackluster outings.
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RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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