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Eagles’ DeVonta Smith lands in the top-5 of a ranking of CFB’s 50 greatest WR’s of the past 50-years

DeVonta Smith is No. 3 on ESPN’s ranking of CFB’s 50 greatest WR of the past 50 years

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The Eagles landed themselves an all-time great when they drafted DeVonta Smith and the Heisman Trophy winner is now in elite company.

ESPN recently ranked the 50 greatest wide receivers in college football over the past 50-years, and the former Alabama star finished at No. 3 on the list behind Randy Moss and Larry Fitzgerald.

3. DeVonta Smith, Alabama
Years: 2017-20
Career Stats: 235 catches, 3,965 yards, 46 TDs (also: 1 rushing TD, 1 punt return TD)

Talk about a perfect career: the eighth reception of Smith’s career, a 41-yard touchdown from Tua Tagovailoa, won the national title. The last one, a 42-yard score from Mac Jones, locked up a second. In between were 200+ catches, 40+ scores and the first Heisman win for a receiver since Howard. The skinny 160-pounder from Amite, Louisiana, was a standout even among one of the greatest recruiting classes ever.

Players like Sammy Watkins, Steve Largent, Herman Moore, and A.J. Green made the bottom five of the list, while Amari Cooper, Ja’Marr Chase, and Peter Warrick made the top-15.

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Best Michigan State football recruit from every state since the year 2000

Michigan State is under a new national approach to recruiting. Take a look at the best recruit from each state since the year 2000.

Recruiting is an integral part of building a college football team and as many fans know, the way a team recruits is usually what makes or breaks them. Many Michigan State fans are used to the Spartans focusing heavily on recruiting the midwest, and Michigan or Ohio in particular. Mel Tucker has a new mindset when it comes to recruiting and it is expected that the Spartans will be going from coast to coast to find members of their recruiting classes going forward.

Michigan State will soon be building pipelines in many new states and Spartan fans will get used to seeing faces from many different areas of the country come to East Lansing.

With Michigan State taking this new approach to recruiting and signing day having recently just passed, it felt fitting that we go back and find the best recruit from every state on record according to the 247Sports composite rankings that go back to the year 2000.

There are 24 states represented on this list.

This list includes JUCO (Junior College) transfers and will include members of the 2021 recruiting class that have signed their letters of intent earlier this month.