On Wednesday, Tucker’s third signing class was made official and the Spartans picked up a commitment from rising three-star safety Philipp Davis from Florida. That bumped Michigan State’s class up to No. 23 in the country and although Davis pulled the Spartans’ average down just slightly, the Spartans have the No. 3 recruiting class in the Big Ten, per average rating. Michigan State football is behind only Ohio State and Penn State in the Big Ten in that category.
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Michigan State has added a strong addition to the 2023 recruiting class with the addition of Tarik Ahmetbasic. The Chippewa Valley standout announced that he was coming to Michigan State as a preferred walk-on through his social media early this morning.
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Michigan State has added another transfer to their roster, picking up a commitment from Mason Arnold, who has spent the last two seasons at Ohio State as a long snapper. MSU had problems at the long snapper position in 2022, and the staff feels that bringing in Arnold can stabilize the position.
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Michigan State football’s 2024 recruiting class continues to grow in the same way Mel Tucker’s previous group did. The Spartans landed a pledge from Tennessee cornerback Jaylen Thompson on Tuesday, their third for the next cycle. Thompson joins River Rouge wide receiver Nick Marsh and Florida cornerback Jamari Howard as four-star players to commit to Tucker after MSU landed eight four-star high school prospects last Wednesday during the early signing period for the 2023 class.
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A year after signing 23 players to a class that ranked 23rd in the nation in the 247Sports Composite, the Spartans landed 15 recruits on the first day of the early signing period for the 2023 class on Wednesday. That total includes 14 high school prospects and junior college offensive lineman Keyshawn Blackstock. Michigan State’s 15-player class ranks 25th in the nation, as of early Wednesday evening.
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Another move has been made by Michigan State in the transfer portal, adding running back transfer Jaren Mangham, the brother of MSU safety Jaden Mangham. Mangham will be joining Michigan State after spending the first four years of his career at Colorado and USF. Mel Tucker coached Mangham during his lone season at Colorado.
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Mel Tucker’s Michigan State football recruiting classes continues to grow as the hours tick down to the opening of the early signing period. The Spartans landed a pledge from three-star wide receiver Jaelen Smith from Houston late Tuesday night, bumping their class of high school commitments to 14 after a busy week of recruiting.
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Michigan State football is getting some much-needed depth on the defensive line. On Tuesday night, Florida State transfer Jarrett Jackson announced that he is committing to Michigan State via the transfer portal. Jackson is a 6’6″, 311-pound lineman who started his career with Louisville before transferring to Florida State, and now he will head to East Lansing.
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Former Belleville linebacker Aaron Alexander is transferring to Michigan State football. He played at Massachusetts in three games as a freshman this season, after helping Belleville win a state title as a senior.”I’m coming home,” Alexander tweeted Tuesday. Alexander last December decommitted from the Michigan Wolverines during the signing period. Alexander, a three-star prospect, was ranked No. 26 in the state of Michigan, according to the 247Sports Composite. He’s 6 feet 1 and 205 pounds.
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At this time last year, Michigan State coach Mel Tucker was preparing his team for a Peach Bowl matchup against Pittsburgh while also building a roster for the future. The focus for Tucker and his staff right now is narrowed. A disappointing season ended last month with a 5-7 record and there’s no bowl game. That puts the spotlight squarely on personnel with the recruiting early signing period Wednesday through Friday.
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Michigan State has gone back into the transfer portal for a running back. After landing transfer running backs in each of the past two seasons, including Kenneth Walker III in 2021, the Spartans earned a commitment on Sunday from Connecticut running back Nathan Carter.
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What a week it’s been for Michigan State football. Following what was supposed to be a “big” weekend for recruiting, fans were in full-blown panic mode after losing Colton Hood and Johnathan Slack to decommitments right before Germie Bernard entered the transfer portal.
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Less than a week before the start of the early signing period, Michigan State now has a quarterback in its next recruiting class. Sam Leavitt, a four-star quarterback from West Linn High School in Oregon, announced his commitment to the Spartans via Twitter on Thursday. The dual-threat committed to Washington State in July but picked up an offer from Michigan State last week, took an official visit to East Lansing over the weekend and decommitted from the Cougars on Wednesday.
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Michigan State has landed another commitment from the transfer portal, and the third tight end from the portal, gaining the pledge from Boise State tight end Tyneil Hopper. Hopper is a native of Roswell, Georgia, and was a high 3-star coming out of high school, ranking as the No. 483 player and No. 20 tight end in the 2018 recruiting class.
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The good news keeps rolling in on the recruiting front for Michigan State’s coaching staff. The Spartans have officially completed the flip of 4-star quarterback Sam Leavitt, who was previously committed to Washington State. Leavitt is the tenth 4-star in MSU’s 2023 recruiting class.
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Michigan State has picked up their second Wisconsin transfer of the 2022-23 transfer portal cycle, adding CB Semar Melvin to the program. Melvin has spent the past four seasons with the Badgers after playing high school football at St. Thomas Aquinas.
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Michigan State added to its 2023 recruiting class on Wednesday with the commitment of three-star wide receiver Aziah Johnson. From Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia, the 6-foot-2, 175-pounder visited Michigan State earlier this month and made his announcement less than two weeks before the early signing period begins.
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Things were busy in the transfer portal on Tuesday as Michigan State saw another player head out the door while adding a tight end. Redshirt linebacker Carson Casteel entered the portal, a team spokesman confirmed, continuing what has mostly been a one-way street for the Spartans with the portal. But soon after, Wisconsin tight end Jaylan Franklin, a former standout at Gibraltar Carlson, announced he had committed to Michigan State, becoming the second tight end in as many days to transfer in after Norfolk State’s Ademola Faleye, who announced on Monday he would become a Spartan.
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