Anthony Williams Jr. enrolled at Michigan State just three months ago. The freshman running back is still in the early stages of making the challenging transition to college football and isn’t familiar with playing in front of large crowds. Yet, when speaking with the media for the first time as a Spartan after Saturday’s spring game, Williams showed the restraint of a veteran when asked if running back was a position open for the taking.
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Xavier Henderson was only a month into practice. That’s all it took for the Michigan State true freshman safety to impress coaches and teammates while adjusting to the college level. “I come up here and I can run with some of the guys,” Henderson said last March, “but just kind of knowing what I’m doing and trying to play with knowledge so I can play faster is probably the biggest part.”
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It is no secret Michigan State’s 2019 football recruiting class is loaded with talent on the offensive and defensive line. Here’s a look at five prospects in MSU’s 2019 recruiting class who should be considered dark horses for early playing time in the fall.
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In 2014, when the Park Forest Hurricanes met the Markham Patriots for their league’s Super Bowl, there were two Illinois eighth-graders on the field who were marked for future stardom: Park Forest quarterback Alante Brown, and Markham running back Anthony Williams Jr., who led his team to a victory by scoring every one of his team’s touchdowns. The two would unite at Chicago Simeon for their freshman and sophomore years before Williams transferred to Bolingbrook. They will join forces again in the near f
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Last week was an extremely busy one for the Michigan State Spartans in terms of recruiting. The football program gained six new recruits, including five in about a 24-hour period. One of those players is three-star running back Anthony “Ant” Williams Jr.
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A busy two days in recruiting for Michigan State culminated with commitments from two of the top in-state prospects as Flint Carman-Ainsworth defensive end Michael Fletcher and West Bloomfield wide receiver Tre Mosley picked the Spartans on Friday. Fletcher and Mosley’s announcements came on the heels of Bolingbrook (Ill.) running back Anthony Williams Jr. committing earlier Friday, and Chicago Simeon wide receiver Alante Brown and Euclid (Ohio) running back Brandon Wright committing on Thursday.
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Mark Dantonio and the staff loved what they saw from him at Michigan State’s camp on June 20 and he earned an offer on the spot. He has been blowing up this summer and he can earn some early playing time right away — especially with the new freshman redshirt rule.
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Michigan State’s late June recruiting bonanza is continuing. Anthony Williams Jr., a three-star running back from Bolingbrook, Illinois, announced his verbal commitment to Michigan State on Friday afternoon.
It’s been a long & interesting journey…@DantonioMark @CoachWarnerMSU @CoachRonBurton @EDGYTIM @AllenTrieu @HEROH_ @EFTfootball #GoGreen pic.twitter.com/1YvSI1CTCO
— Ant Williams Jr. 🏈⚡ (@antwilliamsjr34) June 29, 2018
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It was a busy week for Mark Dantonio and the Michigan State staff. There were some ups and definitely some downs, but in the end, the Spartans came out on top in one of the biggest recruiting battles in recent memory (Devontae Dobbs).
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