Tag: Matt Morrissey

  • Morrissey Doing More Than Carrying On Family Tradition

    Michigan State veteran Matt Morrissey has been a key contributor to the Spartan defense ever since he arrived on campus. He’s going to be a key part of the Spartan defense’s improvement through the rest of the season.

    Source: Spartans Wire

  • Football Media Day: Defense

    Michigan State held its annual media day Monday afternoon in the Izzo Family Media Center inside Spartan Stadium. Click through for selected quotes from the defensive players and coaches that spoke at media day.

    Source: Michigan State Official Athletic Site

  • Assessing the Spartans’ secondary

    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.

    Source: isportsweb

  • No shortage of competition for Michigan State’s three vacated starting secondary jobs

    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.

    Source: MLive.com