Safety
- Xavier Henderson, Tre Person
- Michael Dowell, Tate Hallock
- Emmanuel Flowers, Darius Snow
Safety is another position group on defense where there is one absolute lock starter and a bunch of cloudiness behind him. Xavier Henderson will be the leader of the safeties and perhaps all of the defensive backs. He was a bit up-and-down as a sophomore, but the talent is there and the coaches are very high on him. He can play. Between fifth-year-senior Person and Dowell it’s pretty much a tossup. There’s going to be a familiarity with both of them for new safeties coach Mike Tressel. Tressel spent the 2019 season as defensive coordinator under Mark Dantonio. Person has the most experience at safety and I presume in the lead for the other starting spot. A redshirt sophomore, Dowell will be in the mix to start and will see a lot of the field regardless. Behind them Flowers has earned some praise from Tressel and Hallock is a redshirt freshman that has the safeties coach intrigued. Darius Snow is certainly a name to keep an eye on. The true freshman was MSU’s highest-rated recruit in this year’s class and an early enrollee.
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