A pair of Michigan State defensive backups appeared in the NCAA transfer portal on Sunday. Cornerback Kalon Gervin and linebacker Chase Kline are both exploring the possibility of transferring a day after the Spartans defeated Nebraska to improve to 4-0.
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Kline (6-foot-4, 235 pounds) came to Michigan State as a four-star recruit from Chardon, Ohio. With that ranking came expectations he’d contribute quickly. However, a shoulder injury that required surgery was suffered during preseason camp and led to a redshirt in 2018. By the spring of 2019, however, Kline was 100-percent healthy and had a team-high eight tackles in Michigan State’s spring game.
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Chase Kline was having a really good day of practice Aug. 11. All of a sudden, the 6-foot-4, 235-pound linebacker, a Chardon product, came to a halt at the sound of the coach’s whistle. “We had 14 periods in out of 20,” Kline said of the regimented practice breakdown of first-year coach Mel Tucker. “Coach stops us and says, ‘They just canceled the season. We’ll figure out all the details. We’ll keep you informed.’”
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Will Tieman host the show, and defensive coordinator Mike Tressel fills in for Coach D. This week’s player guest are freshmen Michael Dowell and Chase Kline.
Michigan State landed another great linebacker for the class of 2018 in Chase Kline. The Ohio product has all the tools necessary to be a big contributor.
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Let’s be clear: Michigan State’s 2018 football recruiting class is not done. The Spartans still have work to do before National Signing Day on Feb. 7. But with 20 players already signed after the early period, and seven of them already on campus, the vast majority of the class has been finalized. And though there won’t be nearly as much turnover from 2017 to 2018 as there was from 2016 to 2017, there will still be opportunities for some of these players to make an early impact.
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What’s a college football weekend without Michigan State playing? For many of you, probably a boring one. So we gathered a few stat lines from Spartans commits. Even as the present breaks, the future continues to play.
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Coach Mark Dantonio said in late July that he and his staff likely will aim for 20 or 21 prospects in the class. On Wednesday, we gave you our predictions for Michigan State’s 2018 class on offense. How will the Spartans fill the rest of their class on the defensive side of the ball? Here are Land of 10’s latest projections
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The Michigan State Spartans picked up four commitments in the month of July — three for the 2018 class and one for the 2019 class — including a big commitment from Rivals four-star linebacker Chase Kline.
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Chase Kline, a three-star linebacker from Chardon (Ohio) High, committed to Michigan State’s 2018 recruiting class on Tuesday.
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Before Chardon (Ohio) linebacker Chase Kline had even started being recruited by major schools, his head coach Mitch Hewitt looked at the way he played and said to himself, that is a Michigan State-type kid. Hewitt was a four-year starter at linebacker at Bowling Green, so he knows the position well. His early assessment of Kline may turn out to be prophetic as several years later, Michigan State has offered Kline a scholarship and are heavily in contention for him after a recent visit.
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Michigan State’s defense was its hallmark when it won the Rose and Cotton Bowls in 2014 and 2015. On Saturday, MSU coach Mark Dantonio offered two of the top defensive performers at the Michigan State elite players camp: Bolingbrook (Ill.) defensive tackle Dashaun Mallory and Chardon (Ohio) linebacker Chase Kline.
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A brief look at a couple of the Spartans’ top targets for their next recruiting class
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Five were already committed to Michigan State: Theo Day, Michael Dowell, Trenton Gillison, Xavier Henderson and Edward Warinner. Another, 2018 cornerback Davion Williams, came in with an offer and left committed to the Spartans. Four more players picked up offers from Coach Mark Dantonio and Michigan State after the camp had finished. Let’s meet them.
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