“I really respect the job, the grind and the grit that our football team showed really from day one,” MSU head coach Mark Dantonio said. “Not just in the games, but really coming back and starting the process over and doing it the hard way. That’s what we’ve done, and I’m very, very appreciative of all of their hard work. It’s not a very big senior class, but the seniors who were there led, and then we’ve got an infusion of young players into this program, which I think sort of gave us a new life, and then our junior class if very solid.”
Source: Michigan State University Official Athletic Site