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Michigan State football has announced six team captains for the 2026 season, as voted on by their teammates. The six team captains are junior punter Rhys Dakin, fifth-year center Trent Fraley, senior linebacker Jordan Hall, fifth-year safety Nikai Martinez, redshirt sophomore quarterback Alessio Milivojevic and fifth-year rush end Kenny Soares Jr.

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The NCAA notified Michigan State on Monday, Aug. 24, that it re-reviewed Bullard’s eligibility appeal from this past spring and granted him eligibility for the 2026 season. Bullard will get to run routes for the Spartans this fall, and teammates are thrilled to retain a “difference-maker” in this wide receiver room.

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The quarterback room is one that does not have much intrigue this year after Alessio Milivojevic took the starting spot for the final four games of 2025. However, the departures of Aidan Chiles and Ryland Jessee led to the acquisition of senior Cam Fancher and a two quarterback 2026 recruiting class, with four-star Kayd Coffman and walk-on Payton Babbit joining the team.

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The first quarter of MSU’s schedule features a pair of MAC schools followed by a renewal of an old rivalry. 2026 begins, like many recent seasons for Michigan State, with a Friday night game under the lights of Spartan Stadium. This year, the opponent will be Toledo. The following weekend will be the first Saturday game as Eastern Michigan comes to town. In week 3, MSU goes on the road to South Bend to take on preseason 4th-ranked Notre Dame.

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Michigan State has an interesting crop of defensive ends this year. This portion of the Spartans’ roster is largely filled with either transfers or young guys. Below is a quick breakdown of each defensive end (not to be confused with MSU’s rush ends) who could feasibly become a contributor on Michigan State’s defense this season.

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Every position battle matters a ton these days in college football. It’s never been difficult for programs, including Michigan State, to build up depth. A player who’s disappointed with their amount of playing time can leave in the winter. These experienced MSU players who will have remaining eligibility for 2027 are currently in the middle of some big position battles

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This year, the Spartans have 31(!) coaches listed on the football website, including assistant coaches, assistant to assistant coaches, volunteer assistants, and five S&C coaches.

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This group will be led by Special Teams Coordinator and Assistant Head Coach LeVar Woods. Woods spent the previous 18 years at Iowa under Kirk Ferentz, but joined MSU to be Pat Fitzgerald’s right-hand man as he looks to become a head coach one day. Woods is considered to be the best special teams coach in the B1G, and maybe even the best in the nation.

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Nearly two weeks into fall camp, the Michigan State University football team is beginning to look less like a newly assembled roster and more like a unified team. MSU head coach Pat Fitzgerald has made building a cohesive football team a priority since taking over, emphasizing the importance of players buying into a shared vision and developing trusting relationships with one another. 

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Cam Edwards isn’t afraid to have a little fun. The University of Connecticut transfer has brought plenty of energy and experience to Michigan State University’s running back room, but Edwards has one goal in mind — to win. “Most importantly, I want to win,” Edwards said at Wednesday’s football media availability.

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Cam Edwards has landed on another prominent watch list, this time earning recognition on the Doak Walker Award Watch List for the nation’s most outstanding running back. Earlier this month, Edwards was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football.

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Bartholomae put together the best athletic department the MAC could offer. He hired Lance Taylor as the Broncos’ head football coach early in his tenure, and Taylor delivered a MAC championship and 10 wins last year. Bartholomae was also there for the men’s ice hockey team’s national title in 2025, WMU’s first national title in any sport in 60 years. Western Michigan finished atop the MAC in the Learfield Director’s Cup standings each of the last three years.

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Pat Fitzgerald is turning over the keys to the guy who ended up replacing Chiles in the final four games of 2025, Alessio Milivojevic… who was recruited by Jonathan Smith. Okay, maybe we aren’t out of the woods yet. The good news is that the Spartans did see improved quarterback play in the final month of last year under Alessio than they did for the majority of the two seasons that Chiles was under center. Can Milivojevic, with an offseason spent as the presumed incumbent starter, take a step (or a few step) in his development?

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The Big Ten may be a stout conference again this fall, but there’s something in the air in East Lansing that makes this Spartans team an intriguing group to follow. It could become one of the bigger surprises in the league while setting the foundation for long-term stability and success at Michigan State.

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The running back room looks a whole lot different than it did a year ago. Michigan State lost leading rusher Makhi Frazier to the transfer portal, while Elijah Tau-Tolliver exhausted his eligibility. That leaves Brandon Tullis as the most experienced returning back. Coach Fitz and his staff didn’t waste much time rebuilding the room, either. They hit the transfer portal hard.

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Charles Brantley has already had a memorable career at Michigan State – Gus Johnson’s call of his game-sealing interception against Michigan in 2021 – “Brantley! Ball game!” – is the most well-known line from the broadcast booth of a Spartan game since Blake O’Neill had trouble with the snap.

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