One week ago, Mark Dantonio said his team was in the “dog days” of fall camp. Now, with the Spartans beginning their fourth and final week of fall camp before game week preparation starts, there’s apparently a change in demeanor. “I think they can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so there’s a positive vibe out here, got good music,” Dantonio said with a smile as Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight” blared over the practice field speakers behind him on Monday morning.
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Michigan State began its final week of preseason camp on Monday and coach Mark Dantonio said the Spartans are relatively healthy with the season opener less than two weeks away. However, there was at least one potential starter who is dealing with an undisclosed issue, as freshman cornerback Josiah Scott did not take part in the Spartans’ scrimmage on Friday. However, Dantonio added he expects Scott to be ready to play Bowling Green on Sept. 2.
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Coming off a 3-9 season, Michigan State football is hoping to rebound in 2017. This season, though, one of the biggest weaknesses is their secondary. They have budding defensive backs in Justin Layne and true freshman Josiah Scott, but behind them, there’s not much. There is Tyson Smith, a player who was at one point highly-touted, but he is in the process of recovering from a stroke. While he seems to be healthy enough to play, no one will be able to tell how prepared he is to get back on the gridiron until the season starts.
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Heading into the 2017 season, Michigan State is very young, meaning a lot of freshman and sophomores will get the opportunity to play. MSU’s 2017 recruiting class was ranked 35th nationally and sixth in the Big Ten per 247Sports. The class has a few gems, but who will shine as a freshman? Max Lapthorne, Grant Essenmacher and I take a look at potential freshman that could make an impact.
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Josiah Scott’s introduction to college football was a double dose of humility. The Michigan State freshman cornerback who enrolled early recalls the first day of conditioning in January and being completely exhausted after running more than ever before in his life. Then they went on the field for 7-on-7 action and Scott was promptly beaten by Cam Chambers on a fade route. Both instances resulted in Scott questioning himself and his abilities.
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There was a time not long ago that maybe a handful of true freshmen would come in and play right away at Michigan State. In 2007, head coach Mark Dantonio’s first season, the Spartans played six true freshmen. That was the most MSU would play until 2015, when it was again six freshmen who saw the field. The 2016 season was an entirely different story, with Michigan State playing nine true freshmen because of a combination of performance and injuries. Under normal circumstances, that could be considered an aberration and MSU could go back to redshirting the vast majority of its 2017 class.
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Back to the defensive side of the ball today, as we take a look at who could be the next big thing in the secondary for Michigan State. This is another group that has seen some key pieces from the last few years move on. Safeties Demetrious Cox and Montae Nicholson are gone, as is corner Darian Hicks. All three of them had been starters at some point during their Spartan careers.
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If Michigan State is to return to some semblance of its famous “No Fly Zone” secondary, it will be with some experienced new starters at safety and potentially a few young players at the corners in 2017. That’s how Michigan State’s secondary looked when players left for summer break earlier this month, in the middle of an offseason in which three starters must be replaced.
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Josiah Scott became one of the spring game stars. Hunter Rison and Jack Camper both gave fans a sneak peek at their skills as well. Those were Michigan State’s three early enrollees. But the Spartans could be counting on a few more true freshmen to help rebound from last year’s 3-9 debacle.
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“The guy is diligent,” Dantonio said. “He’s on time, he has great attention to detail. He can tackle, he’s tough, he’s got great ball skills, he can run. He’s put himself in a position to start for us right now as a true freshman – and that’s not easy to do.”
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The parade of freshmen on the Spartan Stadium field may not be quite as prolific in 2017 as it was in 2016. But if Michigan State’s spring game on Saturday is any indication, the Spartans’ youth movement isn’t exactly over, either.
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Everything said and written about Saturday’s spring game — our only glimpse at the Michigan State football team between the end of last season and camp in August — comes with a disclaimer. A lot can change between now and MSU’s opener the first week of September.
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It’s been an eventful and silent spring for Michigan State’s football program, which has two practices left before breaking until late July. That means there is a lot of ground to cover with who is playing well and who is not. Here’s a look at six Spartans who helped themselves and three who hurt their stock in Saturday’s Green and White scrimmage at Spartan Stadium
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The 2017 Michigan State football spring game had a different feel to it. About 15 players were out via injury or suspension and that meant the roster was depleted. That led Mark Dantonio to make it a defense vs. offense spring game in which the first-stringers faced each other for most of the game.
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The word that seemed to echo throughout Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio’s National Signing Day news conference was “early.” He said it 12 times, sometimes in reference to how early his players committed during the 2017 cycle, but usually referring to his hopes for when incoming freshmen will begin to contribute. “Look for him to play early in his career here,” he said of wide receiver C.J. Hayes.
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In high school, Josiah Scott watched the “No Fly Zone” — Michigan State’s famed secondary that led the nation in pass efficiency defense in 2013 en route to winning the Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl — and wanted to be a part of it. Now, he will look to add his name to the legacy of defensive backs under head coach Mark Dantonio.
Josiah Scott had his “Welcome to College Football” moment on his first day of workouts. The Michigan State cornerback “got thrown into the fire” right away, as he put it, held to the same standards as any other player on the team. It didn’t matter that if not for the ambitious decision to enroll early in January, he would still be a senior at Fairfield (Ohio) High School.
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In a lot of ways, Josiah Scott is just like any other freshman at Michigan State. He spent his first few days trying to find his way around campus while getting a handle on his class schedule and attempting to settle in. Of course, Scott isn’t like every other freshman.
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