EAST LANSING — It will be hard to miss Michigan State linebacker Darius Snow this season, because he’ll be wearing gear that no one else has.

In partnership with equipment manufacturer Riddell, Snow will sport a custom face mask shaped like a snow flake, an homage to his name that carries some history around Michigan State athletics.

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For a graphic-design graduate — one of the 6-foot-1 linebacker’s four degrees and certificates earned since stepping foot on campus in 2020 — the snowflake design has long been a part of Snow’s brand as an athlete. But it took the help of the Michigan State equipment team to bring the face mask to life.

Snow got his inspiration from Buffalo Bills lineman Dion Dawkins, nicknamed “The Shnowman,” who rocked a snow-inspired Riddell face mask l

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