The defense of the Spartans led now by new defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton will have a lot to live up to heading into the Mel Tucker-era of MSU football. Under former Head Coach Mark Dantonio the defense was a constant, and now many might need to step up to replace the production of the guys who left for the league.
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The bright lights. The blackout in the stands. The Horseshoe. The Ohio State University. Everything about Kalon Gervin’s first start as a Michigan State cornerback felt awe-inspiring. Especially that first snap. “Man, it was crazy,” the redshirt freshman said Tuesday after practice, his eyes and smile growing wide thinking back to Saturday night. “But it was cool after the first couple series. Everything was a lot faster starting out there.”
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Junior Josiah Scott and redshirt senior Josh Butler have already been cast as leads, but there is increasing confidence that backups Shakur Brown and Kalon Gervin can be important characters in the story of MSU’s 2019 season.
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If you’re a highly rated defensive back coming out of high school, making the decision to play at Michigan State is one that would be hard to debate. That’s exactly the position Kalon Gervin was in coming out of Detroit Cass Tech last season. He was the No. 1 player in the state of Michigan and checked in as the 113th-ranked player in the nation, according to Rivals.com.
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Allen Trieu of 247Sports offers five true freshmen who are the most likely to see the field this season for Michigan State.
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While Michigan State needs to find a consistent rotation on the offensive line, depth behind LJ Scott and another edge-rusher opposite of Kenny Willekes, one thing is clear about this year’s Spartan group: the secondary should be the team’s deepest and most talented unit.
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The transition was fast. Just a month after announcing his commitment to Michigan State in December, Kalon Gervin was on campus in East Lansing. As an early enrollee, the cornerback from Detroit Cass Tech High School began working out with the team and went through spring practice.
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Josiah Scott was going to have to sit out the first half of Michigan State’s season opener against Utah State on Aug. 31. That was the result of the cornerback being ejected for targeting in the fourth quarter of the Spartans’ Holiday Bowl win against Washington State last year. By NCAA rule, Scott will still have to miss the first half of his next game, but it’s now unclear when that will be.
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It was a good spring for Michigan State’s pair of talented true freshmen defensive backs. Both Kalon Gervin and Xavier Henderson, early enrollees in the Spartans’ 2018 class, impressed in their first few weeks in Mark Dantonio’s program. Gervin and Henderson were named Michigan State’s spring breakout players by ESPN.
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The Spartans have seven early enrollees this spring: defensive backs Xavier Henderson and Kalon Gervin, wide receivers Julian Major and Javez Alexander, quarterback Theo Day, linebacker Edward Warinner and offensive lineman Dimitri Douglas.
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There are seven freshmen who enrolled early at Michigan State to get a jumpstart on their college football careers. Two of them, Kalon Gervin and Xavier Henderson, are making an immediate impact. And they are getting a lot of love from the teammates they will be competing with for playing time this fall.
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Xavier Henderson can remember the exact moment he realized he wasn’t in high school anymore. All freshmen have that moment, especially those who enroll early. Henderson falls in that category at Michigan State, a four-star defensive back from Pickerington Central in Ohio who came to East Lansing in January looking to get a head start on his college career.
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Kalon Gervin looked relaxed and happy, taking a seat in the second floor of the Skandalaris Football Center Friday while talking about his first few weeks as a student-athlete at Michigan State. Gervin, a four-star cornerback and a member of The Detroit News Dream Team, is thrilled with his decision to enroll early and get a head start on his college career after helping Detroit Cass Tech reach the Division 1 state semifinals this past fall.
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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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Michigan State had one signee, Detroit Cass Tech cornerback Kalon Gervin, playing in Thursday’s Under Armour All-America Game. The Spartans hope that will be two signees by February as Schertz (Texas) Samuel Clemens wide receiver Tommy Bush, one of their few remaining targets in the 2018 class, also played in the game. “I’m on Tommy,” Gervin said. “I’ve been talking to Tommy even a little bit before I committed. I’m on him hard, he knows I am.”
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Fans can get an early look at two of the most highly touted recruits this week at the annual Under Armour All-America Game. Both offensive lineman Jacob Isaia and cornerback Kalon Gervin will be participating in the game. Wide receiver Tommy Bush, who has yet to announce his commitment, will also be competing.
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When Detroit Cass Tech defensive back Kalon Gervin was in seventh grade, he took a picture with Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio. Before Gervin committed to play for the Spartans, he texted that photo to Dantonio, reminding him of that day when Dantonio talked about dreams coming true.
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Detroit Cass Tech four-star cornerback Kalon Gervin can’t wait to get started at Michigan State, planning to get a head start by taking classes in January so he can also get a head start on the competition by taking part in spring practice. Gervin, The News’ No. 1 player in the state, helped Cass Tech reach the Division 1 state semifinals. He got in on 45 tackles while being a shut-down corner to earn a spot on The News Dream Team.
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The 2018 recruiting class is shaping up quite nicely for the Michigan State Spartans. And perhaps there is no player more highly-touted in the class or the state of Michigan than four-star cornerback, Kalon Gervin.
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