Fitzgerald got to work in the offseason, adding 29 transfers in total, to restock the roster in his vision for the 2026 season, a year the Spartans hope will be filled with competitive football and a bowl game appearance. One of those 29 transfers was former UConn running back Cam Edwards, one of the most productive rushers in the country last season with 1,226 yards and 15 rushing scores.
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June brought a flurry of recruiting news for Michigan State as Pat Fitzgerald and staff build out the first class that is wholly their own in East Lansing. Four straight weekends of official visitors yielded immediate results, with the class growing from seven to 15 commitments over the past month. Moving forward, with a soft cap of around 20 high school pledges, the bulk of the work is done for this cycle, allowing the Spartan coaches to be highly selective with their final few slots in the fall.
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Fitzgerald prioritized demonstrated production when he sent his staff shopping in the transfer portal to fill out his initial roster, and in some ways, the 2026 Spartans boast considerable experience.
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It’s been a whirlwind few weeks for Michigan State athletics, but all the while Pat Fitzgerald and Co. are working on the designs for a debut season for a new-look Michigan State program in 2026. “Really what I felt strongly that we needed when I got here was the standards, the expectations, the urgency, the discipline,” Fitzgerald said earlier this offseason.
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Pat Fitzgerald and his staff came to East Lansing with a clear directive: own the state of Michigan. Detroit has been ground zero for that effort, and it’s paying dividends. Detroit (MI) Martin Luther King product Don Spillers III has committed to MSU over the Illinois Fighting Illini, he announced at his high school today. Spillers’ other notable offers included Michigan, Maryland, Missouri, Pittsburgh and Purdue, among others. The future Spartan safety is a long, versatile athlete at 6-foot-2, 195 pounds. Spillers ranks as the No. 13 prospect in the state of Michigan and No. 62 athlete in the 2027 class per 247Sports.
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Noblesville (Ind.) High Rivals300 offensive lineman Caleb Johnson has committed to Michigan State. The Indianapolis-area road-grader chose to play for first-year head coach Pat Fitzgerald and the Spartans over an offer list that included Indiana, Iowa and Missouri. Michigan State was the first power four offer for the 6-foot-5, 275-pound Johnson who becomes commit No. 14 for the Spartans in the 2027 cycle.
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Michigan State football has made a late addition to their roster for the 2026 season. The Spartans have picked up Division II defensive lineman Aidan Boehle via the transfer portal. A 6-foot-6, 250-pound native of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Boehle has spent the first two seasons of his college career with Winona State. Over his time with the Warriors, he recorded five tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.
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Michigan State senior linebacker Jordan Hall has been named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-Big Ten First Team, the annual publication announced on Wednesday. Five additional Spartans earned second-team preseason honors from Phil Steele: junior punter Rhys Dakin, redshirt senior center Trent Fraley, redshirt senior offensive lineman Conner Moore, redshirt senior offensive lineman Ben Murawski and redshirt junior kick returner Kenneth Williams.
News 8 Sports Director Jack Doles sits down with new Michigan State head coach Pat Fitzgerald about what the Spartans will bring to the field this season. (June 10, 2026)
Michigan State football has had quite the productive weekend. The Spartans landed four commitments over the weekend, and it was capped off by the commitment of 2027 wide receiver Zach Forbish. Forbish is an extremely productive receiver playing in Frisco, Texas. Although he has not been rated by the recruiting sites yet, he has had offers out from Wisconsin, Pitt, and several other programs around the country.
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Ryan Pankey, a 2027 three-star tight end from Montrose High School in Colorado, announced his commitment to the Spartans via social media shortly after midnight on Monday. He was on campus for an official visit to East Lansing over the weekend. Pankey, 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds, is listed as the No. 109 athlete in the 2027 class, according to 247Sports Composite rankings.
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Michigan State football continues rolling on the recruiting trail in early June. Lawrence Kanneh, a 2027 three-star EDGE from Whitehall Yearling High School in suburban Columbus, Ohio, announced his commitment to the Spartans via social media on Saturday. He did so while on an official visit to East Lansing this weekend.
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Michigan State’s latest football commit is a player Pat Fitzgerald has been recruiting for a long time. Since he was born actually, because it’s his son. Brendan Fitzgerald, the youngest son of Michigan State’s new head coach, announced his verbal commitment to his father’s team as a preferred walk-on Saturday. He’ll be a wide receiver in the class of 2027.
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Michigan State Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald joins B1G Today to discuss first-year expectations, QB Alessio Milivojevic, and more.
The Spartans have added another tight end to their 2026 roster — Ethan Melville of Holt, Mich. The local standout prospect has flipped his commitment from Calvin College and will now join Michigan State for the upcoming season. Melville played quarterback for the Rams the past two seasons and also saw action on the defensive side of the ball.
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Michigan State’s first official visit weekend of the cycle was a very notable one, and it has already produced a commitment. 2027 three-star linebacker Henry Sakalas has committed to Michigan State, per social media. The La Grange Park (IL) Nazareth Academy product canceled his upcoming official visits to Illinois and Nebraska, shutting down his recruitment immediately following his official visit to East Lansing.
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Michigan State has added a commitment from Bloomington (Illinois) Central Catholic linebacker Matthew Brady on Wednesday morning. Brady, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound rising senior, took an official visit with Michigan State over the weekend and chose the Spartans over Northwestern, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska and others. He has canceled his remaining officials with the Illini and Huskers.
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Yogi Roth and Todd Blackledge break down what they learned from Michigan State spring practice and what it means for the Spartans heading into 2026.
Michigan State hasn’t had a winning season since 2021, and the data paints a tough starting point. But there are real reasons for optimism, starting with a new head coach, a fascinating quarterback situation, and a program that could be closer to a bounce-back than the record suggests.
Another month has come and gone, with Michigan State football remaining on the recruiting trail as Pat Fitzgerald attempts to revamp and rebuild the Spartans. This last month offered no new commitments for MSU, but it did mark the start of official visit season.
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Former Michigan State All-American Flozell Adams, the 1997 Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year, and former head coach Darryl Rogers are featured on the National Football Foundation’s 2027 ballot (Football Bowl Subdivision) for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, former Spartan Gideon Smith, the first African American to play intercollegiate athletics at Michigan State and a three-year letterwinner from 1913-15, is on the ballot in the divisional coaching category.
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