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Former Michigan State football DB AJ Kirk has found transfer destination

Former MSU DB AJ Kirk has found his new home

AJ Kirk transferred from the Michigan State program earlier this offseason in search of a new home to redefine his game. Kirk was a member of MSU’s 2021 recruiting class.

Kirk has found that home, transferring to Jones College, a community college in Ellisville, Mississippi.

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Michigan State football safety AJ Kirk enters NCAA transfer portal

MSU is losing a safety to the NCAA transfer portal

Michigan State is losing redshirt sophomore safety AJ Kirk to the NCAA transfer portal. Kirk was a member of the 2021 recruiting class, the first of Mel Tucker’s tenure at Michigan State.

Kirk came to MSU from Columbus, Ohio, through Tucker’s connection with his older brother Mike Doss. He was a 3-star prospect in the 2021 class.

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Looking at Michigan State Football’s early 2021 enrollees

Mel Tucker and Michigan State will have five early enrollees in the head mans first recruiting class of his tenure, the 2021 class.

January is here and Mel Tucker has just completed his first season as the head man of the Michigan State football program. With the end of the season here it also means the conclusion of the 2021 recruiting class is soon to come, Tucker’s first in East Lansing.

A big part of a recruiting class is finding some members to enroll early, joining the team in January for the offseason strength and conditioning program. It is a huge step for recruits to make if they have a desire to play early in their college careers.

Mel Tucker currently has 19 members in his first recruiting class at Michigan State, the class of 2021, and five have announced their intentions to enroll early this January. Lets look at who they are:

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Recruiting Round-up: How MSU football commits performed this past weekend

As the class of 2021’s season is unfolding, many recruits are trying to stand out and propel their teams to a state title.

Another weekend of football has come and gone and the crazy story that is the fall 2020 football season is being told. As the collegiate season is quickly moving along, the high school season is coming to a close in many different places. Signing day is fast approaching and recruiting is starting to pick up steam as the class of 2021’s senior season is unfolding and schools look to round out their classes.

Michigan State has already put together a 2021 class with 18 members and there are many reasons to be excited for the future of Spartan football.

Locked On Spartans: A surprise commitment and a QB breakdown

Wil and Matt react to Michigan State landing a football commit, AJ Kirk, seemingly out of nowhere.

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Wil and Matt react to Michigan State landing a football commit, AJ Kirk, seemingly out of nowhere. Then they breakdown MSU’s quarterback competition. Learn more about your ad choices.

You can find the episode on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

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Locked On Spartans: A surprise commitment and a QB breakdown

Wil and Matt react to Michigan State landing a football commit, AJ Kirk, seemingly out of nowhere.

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Wil and Matt react to Michigan State landing a football commit, AJ Kirk, seemingly out of nowhere. Then they breakdown MSU’s quarterback competition. Learn more about your ad choices.

You can find the episode on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

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2021 3-star safety AJ Kirk commits to MSU Football, brother of OSU legend Mike Doss

MSU has landed the commitment of 3-star safety AJ Kirk, brother of Ohio State legend Mike Doss.

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Well, this one was a little unexpected. Mel Tucker tweeted out the ‘#21BuiltStrong’ hashtag, saying that this was the perfect way to end his workday, right before Stephen Brooks of 247Sports announced that 2021 3-star safety AJ Kirk has committed to Michigan State Football in their 2021 recruiting class.

This is the seventeenth recruit to commit to MSU in the 2021 class and the thirteenth 3-star in the class.

Kirk is from Archbishop Hoban High School in Columbus, Ohio and, at 6’0″, 200 pounds is a good size for a strong safety. Notably, he is the younger brother of former Ohio State All-American and NFL star Mike Doss.

Kirk’s recruiting pages seem to be out of date, but he appears to be a highly coveted prospect who has offers out from Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Florida, Kentucky, and more, so this was clearly a big get by Tucker.

With Kirk’s big time offers and his many connections to Ohio State, you might be wondering how Tucker was able to land the commitment here. Well, Tucker coached Mike Doss at Ohio State as the defensive backs coach (under defensive coordinator Mark Dantonio) back in 2001-03 and was obviously there when they won the national title in 2002.

Kirk is ranked as a 3-star by the 247Sports rankings. You can view the full 2021 recruiting class here.

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