Michigan State seems to have all but settled its quarterback situation for 2017. Brian Lewerke has been labeled the frontrunner since the beginning of the offseason, and with less than a month until the opener, there’s no indication that’s changed. So now, we move on to the next question: who will he throw to?
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Cam Chambers waited and watched three of his classmates get their chance at wide receiver last season. First, Justin Layne moved to cornerback. Then Donnie Corley was dismissed from the program. Now, Chambers sees a chance to make his impact. “It was tough,” the redshirt freshman said today. “I wanted to help any time. I was eager to get out there. I was on-call and ready to go whenever I was called. ”He’s likely to hear his name very soon.
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As the Michigan State football season creeps closer and closer, a few of us will be giving different viewpoints on different topics about the Spartans. The Spartan offense will undergo major changes this season, but has young players that should step up. Brian Lewerke will begin his first year as the full-time starter at quarterback and the Spartans also have to replace a few receiving weapons. Grant Essenmacher, Max Lapthorne and I give takes on who we think will breakout for the Spartans on offense.
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“His toughness aspect has got to come,” Dantonio said on Monday at Big Ten media days. “You can’t be a wideout, mentality-wise. He has a skill set that is up here. So when you have that kind of skillset, everything needs to come with you to be a complete player.”
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It might be surprising for some Michigan State fans to find out that MSU’s 2016 offense was more productive in terms of total yards than the 2015 edition. The Spartans gained 395 yards per game during a 3-9 season in 2016 after producing 385.5 yards per contest during a 12-2 Big Ten Championship campaign the previous year.
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R.J. Shelton and Monty Madaris are gone, along with their 77 catches and 1,099 yards. They, along with Josiah Price, represent three of the top five Spartans in terms of receiving yards from last season. Once again, that is a lot of production that will need to be replaced.
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Wide receiver Trishton Jackson was the breakout player of the Michigan State spring game, with eight catches for 168 yards in the Saturday exhibition. But the Spartans will need more than one unproven young wide receiver to step up to have success throwing the ball in 2017.
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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.
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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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With all the hubbub surrounding the quarterback position, Michigan State’s inexperience at wide receiver seems to have been overshadowed. But it is every bit as important as who is delivering the ball. The Spartans completed 211 passes in 2016. Seniors caught 133 of them. Underclassman running backs and tight ends caught 25 more still.
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