We don’t blame you if you didn’t pay much attention to the high school football scene this weekend. Michigan State vs. Michigan took precedence. So we’re here to let you know about some of the top performances from Spartans commits. We’ve picked out five that might just get you as excited about the years to come as you already are about 2017.
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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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The tension on Dearborn Divine Child’s campus was palpable as Theo Day readied for a shotgun snap near his own goal line on Friday. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood had trimmed Divine Child’s lead to 21-14, and the Falcons faced third-and-11 from their own 12-yard line. Day, the senior quarterback and Michigan State commitment, rolled to his left with on-rushing Cranbrook defensive lineman right in his face, and he quickly showed why his future is as a Big Ten quarterback.
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For fans who find themselves riding high after Michigan State’s 28-14 win over Western Michigan on Saturday, we won’t try to turn you away from the topic. But as you settle in for a lazy Sunday, we have some Michigan State commit stat lines that should interest you.
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The high school season has kicked off, and that means Michigan State commits are in action. Check Land of 10 every Sunday as we spotlight the top performances of future Spartans.
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Michigan State currently has the nation’s No. 32 recruiting class and the eighth-best in the Big Ten, per the 247Sports composite rankings. The Spartans have 15 commitments and have been at that number since July 29.
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At first glance, Theo Day looks the part of a quarterback. Tall (6-foot-5) and lean with muscular arms, Day has a good quarterback frame. Once Day gets a football in his hand, well, he looks even more like a quarterback.
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If you’ve ever seen Theo Day play, you would understand why so many scouts are high on him. The four-star quarterback from Dearborn, Mich., has become one of the top gunslingers in the country and he got a composite ratings bump on Thursday. Some services, reflected by the 247Sports composite rankings, still had Day has a three-star, which confused many. He has a huge junior season with Dearborn Divine Child and was impressing in offseason camps, but yet there were some services that didn’t completely believe in him as a four-star.
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We still have a long way to go until 2018 National Signing Day — eight months and six days, to be exact. But it’s already been a weird cycle for in-state recruiting.
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The last of the Spartans’ 5 current commits, QB Theo Day, might have the least amount of hype of the group. He held Kentucky, Minnesota and Missouri offers, but probably not as many as he could have because basketball season limited his visits. Now the 3-star Dearborn (Mich.) Divine Child signal-caller is making his case for a fourth star in the 247Sports Composite.
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Nike’s vaunted high school football camp series came to the northern suburbs of Chicago on Sunday, where the Bears played host at the Walter Payton Center. Top prospects from around the Midwest migrated to the beautiful indoor facility to battle it out for an invite to the finals at the Nike World Headquarters in early summer.
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Quarterback Theo Day’s journey to where he is now, ending his junior year as a Michigan State commit, was one that was filled with hard work and willingness to adapt. Day started only a couple games at Detroit Catholic Central as a sophomore, but generated recruiting interest with his camp performances. After transferring to Dearborn Divine Child and starting the season there and leading the team deep into the playoffs, he was offered by Michigan State and accepted shortly thereafter.
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Michigan State has its next quarterback. Theo Day, a three-star quarterback 2018 prospect from Dearborn Divine Child, announced his verbal commitment to Michigan State on Sunday night.
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It might not be too long before Michigan State has its next quarterback commit. The Spartans have reported offers out to three uncommitted quarterback prospects in the 2018 class, and two of them have taken recent visits to East Lansing.
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Michigan State will be hosting an impressive group of prospects this weekend as spring practice opens. Coach Mark Dantonio and his staff will have several players on campus that already have a Michigan State scholarship offer as well as a few who could be offered while in East Lansing.
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Michigan State will have a large group of football recruits on campus Sunday. The recruits will attend the Spartan basketball game against Wisconsin and spend time with the staff. Currently, there are two juniors with offers who are slated to be there — Dearborn Divine Child quarterback Theo Day and Muskegon offensive tackle Antwan Reed.
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When it comes to in-state recruiting, Michigan State puts a premium on relationships. In Mark Dantonio’s tenure, the Spartans have tried to cast their web across the state, getting close with high school coaches and getting to know players well before extending offers. The hope seems to be that those relationships will win out against other schools that show late interest. That’s continued to be the strategy in the early days of 2017, as well.
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Michigan State just completed its 2017 recruiting class a week ago, but the Spartans are already off to a fast start in the 2018 class with three commitments. Those three commits — cornerback Xavier Henderson, tight end Trenton Gillison and wide receiver Joseph Scates — are all from Ohio and all four-star prospects. There are also a number of other targets the staff is working hard on.
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