A big reason why Michigan State poached new head coach Mel Tucker from Colorado was for his reputation as one of the top recruiters in college football, and the new leader of MSU Football has already started working on his 2021 recruiting class. Two 2021 3-star recruits announced on Twitter on Tuesday that they had received scholarship offers from the Spartans.
The first player to announce his offer was Cameron James, a huge, 6’8″ offensive tackle from Simeon High School in Chicago, Illinois. Tucker has a reputation of loving big offensive linemen so this certainly fits the bill. 247sports has James listed as the No. 46 ranked offensive tackle in the 2021 class.
After a great talk with @Coach_mtucker I am extremely honored to receive an offer from Michigan state 💪🏾🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/rzk6eFAUhc
— Cameron James (@Cameronjames87) February 18, 2020
Shortly after James announced his offer, Ari Patu announced his own. Patu is a dual-threat quarterback out of Folsom High School in California and 247sports has him listed as the No. 12 ranked dual-threat QB in his class.
✞ Beyond Thankful and Honored to receive an offer from Michigan State!! Much love to @Coach_mtucker for this special opportunity! #GoGreen pic.twitter.com/ILjDE21WqR
— Ari Patu (@ari_patu) February 18, 2020
Recruiting will be something we monitor closely under the Tucker regime, so stay tuned for more info.