Spartans offer 2025 Mississippi 4-star RB Akylin Dear

Michigan State football is the latest big-time program to extend a scholarship to one of the top running backs in the country

Michigan State football is the latest big-time program to extend a scholarship to one of the top running backs in the country.

Four-star running back Akylin Dear announced on Monday that he’s received an offer from the Spartans. Dear ranks as one of the top running backs in the 2025 class.

Dear is listed as the No. 16 running back and No. 185 overall prospect in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the 2025 class. He’s also listed as the No. 8 player from Mississippi.

Michigan State is one of more than 10 programs to extend an offer to Dear. Some of the other notable programs to offer Dear are Alabama, Auburn, Colorado, Florida, Florida State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Penn State, Texas A&M and USC.

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