Michigan State’s tight end depth recently suffered a loss. Adam Berghorst, who has played in 18 games the past three seasons, left the football program to focus on his baseball career. But just because Berghorst’s attention has turned toward the diamond, MSU football coach Mel Tucker isn’t closing the door on a potential return.
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Six months after being selected in the Major League Baseball draft, Adam Berghorst climbed the steps of the visitors’ dugout along the third-base line at Yankee Stadium and stepped onto the field. Wearing cleats and a uniform, he checked out the famous ballpark in the Bronx and filed it as a memory to cherish. And he did so as a tight end on the Michigan State football team.
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“In watching Adam, it’s hard for me to say this, he’s legitimately 6-7, I’ll say 6-6 ½, 255,” Dantonio said. “When I watch his explosiveness in drills out there and his intentions and how he goes about his business, he will be an outstanding football player.”
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Adam Berghorst made the biggest decision of his life to this point. And Monday, he arrived at Michigan State with a purpose. Play college football and baseball, then hope to face another choice in a few more years. Possibly in both sports. “That’s my goal,” Berghorst told the Free Press after a long first day as a college student.
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Adam Berghorst, a defensive end from Zeeland (Mich.) East High School, will remain a member of Michigan State’s 2019 recruiting class. Berghorst, ranked a three-star prospect and the No. 16 player in Michigan for 2019 by the 247Sports Composite, was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round of the MLB Draft in June.
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Adam Berghorst hopes to pitch in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association East vs. West All-Star Game at Comerica Park on Thursday night, weather permitting. The forecast for whether the Michigan State football signee will go to college or become a pro baseball player remains cloudy.
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Adam Berghorst was supposed to be on Michigan State’s campus this week. The Zeeland East High School graduate was planning on attending freshman orientation, scheduling classes and working out with the football team. Instead, Berghorst is still at home and weighing an uncertain future.
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Berghorst told the Free Press on Wednesday evening that he has had preliminary discussions with the Texas Rangers, who selected the 6-foot-7, 265-pound right-handed pitcher in the 14th round (No. 415 overall). One of the topics they covered was whether he would play defensive end for the Spartans. The Rangers will not allow it.
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Less than a week after finishing high school, Jase Bowen and Adam Berghorst have big decisions in front of them. Play college football at Michigan State or turn pro in baseball. The two future two-sport Spartans were both selected during the MLB draft on Wednesday, and they will have until July 12 to sign a contract to begin a professional baseball career.
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While defensive end Adam Berghorst and receiver Jase Bowen aren’t the highest-rated prospects Michigan State signed on Wednesday, they are two of the most interesting. Berghorst and Bowen will become the first football players to moonlight on the baseball diamond in Mark Dantonio’s tenure as head football coach.
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Robin Roberts. Steve Garvey. Kirk Gibson. Michigan State’s history of two-sport stars runs deep. Adam Berghorst and Jase Bowen hope to add their names to that list. They are 2019 football recruits for the Spartans, but both Berghorst and Bowen decided on MSU because they plan to play baseball as well once they arrive on campus.
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“That has been my goal all along, to play both sports,” The 6-foot-6, 250-pound Berghorst said. “That was huge that they gave me that opportunity. I was excited about that. Both coaches are cool with me doing it. There is a guy in the Class of 2018 that is coming in to do it, and another one in (the Class of 2019) who is going try to do both as well, so they are good with it.” The rapport he built up with MSU’s football coach Mark Dantonio and baseball coach Jake Boss was crucial, too.
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Michigan State has their seventh verbal commitment of their 2019 football recruiting class, but also the second football recruit to also commit to the baseball team in Zeeland East’s Adam Berghorst. Berghorst (6-7, 245 pounds) received 16 scholarship offers for football as a defensive end, but is also a highly regarded pitcher. He joins Toledo Central Catholic’s Jase Bowen, who will play wide receiver on the football team and shortstop on the baseball team.
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Zeeland East junior Adam Berghorst is a rare recruit for Michigan State in that, the Spartans have offered him in two sports: baseball, where he is a sought-after pitcher, and football, where his size and athleticism as a defensive end have caught the eyes of many Midwestern programs.
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