Albany police spokesman Lieutenant Kenn Singleton says 21 year old Antonio Atkins and another man are suspected of breaking into the house early yesterday morning.

Atkins would have begun his senior year at Albany State this fall.

Police say Atkins and the other man broke into the home of Johnathan Young, a barber at the Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany. Young tells police he shot one man with a shotgun after the two entered the home's front door by force.

The home's other occupant, Michael R. Thomas, told police the men came into the house and tried to rob them.

Albany State University's head football coach, Mike White, says Atkins was a good football player that will be missed.

Atkins made the team at Albany State at a spring tryout and was a walk-on his freshman year. As a walk-on, he rushed for 1,138 yards and 14 touchdowns and 139 yards receiving. He was awarded a scholarship after his freshman season.