Several Spartans met with the media inside the Skandalaris Football Center on Tuesday prior to Michigan State’s first spring practice. Click through for quotes from quarterback Brian Lewerke, safety Khari Willis, defensive lineman Raequan Williams, linebacker Joe Bachie and tight end Matt Sokol.
Tag: Matt Sokol
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Matt Sokol is ready to step into starting tight end role
6 minutes and 24 seconds separated a nightmare from instant relief for tight end Matt Sokol.Leading 14-3 over Bowling Green in the third quarter in last Saturday’s season opener, the Spartans offense was driving into Falcon territory.
Source: The State News
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Couch: Matt Sokol’s nightmare turned into reality with touchdown drop
It’s not that Michigan State junior Matt Sokol was anticipating failure before Saturday’s game against Bowling Green, which was Sokol’s debut as the Spartans’ starting tight end. But his dreams weren’t helping. Sokol, you might remember, dropped the easiest touchdown catch he’ll ever see early in the third quarter of the Spartans’ 35-10 win. It was 14-3 at the time. “He said he had nightmares about that exact situation a couple weeks before the game,” MSU quarterback Brian Lewerke said Tuesday.
Source: Lansing State Journal
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2017 Michigan State football preview: The receivers and tight ends
MSU’s returning receivers and tight ends have a combined 14 career catches between them, all 14 from the expected starters this season. Sophomore Trishton Jackson might be MSU’s best hope for a go-to target. Jackson’s electrifying eight-catch showing in the spring game showed he was capable of being a big-time weapon. Felton Davis, a tall target, and bruising sophomore Darrell Stewart are the other two starting wideouts. Junior Matt Sokol figures to be used heavily in the passing game at tight end. Sokol is 6-foot-6, 250 pounds at faster than his predecessor Josiah Price.
Source: Lansing State Journal
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Sokol talks potential, biggest challenges for Hunt at tight end
When Mark Dantonio addressed the media Monday as the Spartans began their final week of camp, redshirt freshman Mufi Hill-Hunt was warming up in a green practice jersey. That was peculiar because the Utah native who came to Michigan State after cutting what was supposed to be a two-year mission trip short because of a knee injury had previously been at defensive end, but the green jerseys belonged to the offense after its win in last Friday’s scrimmage. Sure enough, Dantonio confirmed that Hunt was now working at least some with the tight ends with less than two weeks until the season opener.
Source: Spartan Tailgate
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Matt Sokol waits his turn, now leads young TE group
Michigan State tight end Matt Sokol sat behind Josiah Price for three years, watching and learning. And just what did he learn? Sokol turned, looked behind him and pointed toward the sound of footballs being shot out of a passing machine.
Source: Land of 10
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Young and inexperienced at TE, Michigan State expects Matt Sokol to step up
The totals are: 104 receptions for 1,238 yards and 21 touchdowns. That’s what Michigan State lost when Josiah Price graduated. Two catches for 26 yards and zero touchdowns. That represents the cumulative production at the college level for all of the Spartans’ tight ends heading into the season. They are also the career stats for redshirt junior Matt Sokol.
Source: MLive.com
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Matt Sokol hopes to help young Spartan TEs replace lost production
Matt Sokol moved from high school quarterback to college tight end when he arrived at Michigan State in early 2014. His next transition will be to a first-time starter. The Spartans lost their top two tight ends from a year ago, Josiah Price and Jamal Lyles, to graduation. That leaves junior Sokol as the veteran presence to assume their vital role in MSU’s offense while also attempting to guide a group of young, talented players pushing for playing time with him.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Young Michigan State tight ends impressing the lone veteran in the group
Matt Sokol will be adjusting to a new role this season as the most experienced player in Michigan State’s tight end room. Entering his junior year with two catches in 26 games played, Sokol will be the leader of a group featuring a redshirt freshman, two true freshman and a transfer from Buffalo competing to fill the shoes of Josiah Price and Jamal Lyles.
Source: Spartan Tailgate
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Matt Sokol steps in as Michigan State’s top tight end
It wasn’t that long ago that Matt Sokol was the new guy, an early enrollee taking in Michigan State football when his classmates were readying for prom.He’s now the old guy in the Spartans’ tight end room and the leader of a bunch of young guys.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Depth needed for Michigan State at receiver, tight end
Trishton Jackson earned the buzz from his spring game performance. Rightfully so.But depth in Michigan State’s pass catching corps is a significant area of need heading into preseason camp and the 2017 season.
Source: Detroit Free Press
