Tag: Ethan Boyd

Colorado picks up massive offensive tackle out of transfer portal

Colorado’s offensive line picked up another big body out of the transfer portal

Only two days after entering the college football transfer portal, former Michigan State Spartans offensive tackle Ethan Boyd announced Thursday that he’s headed to the Colorado Buffaloes.

The literal biggest thing that stands out about Boyd is his size. At 6-foot-7 and 320 pounds, he would’ve been the tallest player on the Buffs’ spring football roster. Fellow CU offensive linemen Ben Reznik and Kahlil Benson are both close, however, at 6-foot-6.

Boyd enjoyed somewhat of a breakout season in his third and final year at Michigan State. After playing primarily on special teams in 2021 and redshirting in 2022, the East Lansing native saw time in all 12 games, including three starts at right tackle, for the Spartans this past season.

According to 247Sports’ Stephen Brooks, Boyd was “not seen at MSU’s spring practices during periods open to the media.”

Boyd, a former three-star prospect (per 247Sports), becomes the ninth transfer offensive lineman to join the Buffs this offseason.

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Michigan State football OT transfer Ethan Boyd chooses Colorado

Ethan Boyd is headed to Colorado

Michigan State lost Ethan Boyd to the NCAA transfer portal this past week, at the conclusion of spring football. While all accounts indicate that Boyd had lost his starting spot to Ashton Lepo, his loss still felt from a depth perspective.

It didn’t take long for Boyd to find his new home, after one visit to Boulder, he will be headed to play for Coach Prime and Colorado.

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Michigan State football OT Ethan Boyd enters NCAA transfer portal

Michigan State football OT Ethan Boyd enters NCAA transfer portal

As Michigan State football continues to reshuffle and retool their roster, we will likely see some more movement today during the last day of the spring transfer cycle. The latest transfer was Ethan Boyd, a former 3-star offensive tackle from the 2021 recruiting class.

Boyd made three starts at right tackle last year, and the new coaching staff made a big push to bring him back in the fold, but the rapid development of redshirt sophomore OT Ashton Lepo might have led to Boyd to re-examine his options in the portal, or risk losing his spot to a younger player.

LOOK: MSU FOOTBALL SPRING TRANSFER TRACKER

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Michigan State football OT Ethan Boyd removes name from NCAA transfer portal

OT Ethan Boyd is removing his name from the portal and returning to MSU:

Michigan State won a huge recruiting battle in the transfer portal on Monday afternoon, getting offensive lineman Ethan Boyd to remove his name from the NCAA transfer portal.

Boyd is in line to be a starter at either the right or left tackle position for Michigan State in 2024 and retaining his talents was a crucial win for Jonathan Smith and his staff.

Boyd was pursued by power conference teams, but the Spartans were able to hang on to the East Lansing native.

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Michigan State football OT Ethan Boyd to enter transfer portal

OT Ethan Boyd is entering the transfer portal

East Lansing (MI) native Ethan Boyd has announced his intentions of entering the NCAA transfer portal. Boyd, a member of the 2021 recruiting class, started 3 games at right tackle this season for MSU while getting a lot of meaningful snaps throughout the course of the season.

The option of returning is also a possibility for Boyd.

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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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Michigan State football commit Ethan Boyd rises in latest 247Sports rankings

Boyd jumps to the top of MSU’s class in 247’s latest re-rank.

The latest re-rank done by recruiting website 247Sports was quite kind to at least one Michigan State football commit.

East Lansing’s Ethan Boyd, a 6-foot-7 offensive tackle, jumped to an 88 rating, which puts him at the top of MSU’s 2021 class. Boyd is now ranked by 247 as the No. 12 prospect in Michigan, up nine spots from his previous ranking of 21. The jump was enough to put Boyd atop MSU’s class in the 247Sports composite rankings as well, which factor in scores from other recruiting services.

Elsewhere in the class there wasn’t much movement up or down for MSU commits. Oak Park running back Davion Primm rose one spot in the state of Michigan, as did Warren Mott defensive end Tyson Watson. Defensive back Atontion Boothe, out of DeMatha Catholic in Maryland, fell ten spots in his state rankings after dropping from an 84 rating to an 83 on 247.

MSU’s 2021 class is currently ranked No. 51 in the country and No. 11 in the Big Ten.

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Three Michigan State commits rise in latest 247Sports ratings

Michigan State respects see their stocks improve in the latest re-rank.

The latest 247Sports re-rank was quite kind to Michigan State prospects.

Three of MSU’s four recruits, Davion Primm, Ethan Boyd, and Derrick Harmon, saw their stock rise in the recruiting site’s mid-April re-rank. Primm, a three-star running back from Oak Park, was the biggest riser, jumping 21 spots in the state of Michigan rankings and going from an 83 rating to an 86 rating. He jumped from No. 95 at running back all the way up to No. 52 at the position.

Also rising was Michigan State’s latest commit, defensive tackle Derrick Harmon out of Detroit Loyola. The three-star prospect went from an 83 to an 84 and went from the 44th-best player in Michigan up to the 34th-ranked player. He’s the 59th-best DT prospect in the country.

MSU’s other recruit from Michigan also rose in the rankings. Offensive tackle Ethan Boyd jumped eight spots in the state of Michigan, going from 29th to 21st. The 6-foot-7 East Lansing product is now ranked as the No. 57 offensive tackle in the country, up from No. 105. His rating jumped from an 84 to an 86.

MSU’s fourth commitment, three-star defensive back Gabe Nealy out of Miami, was stagnant in the re-rank. Nealy is a three-star prospect with an 85 rating.

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Locked On Spartans Podcast: Another football recruit, black football uniforms?

Could Michigan State be breaking out a new uniform next season?

Wil and Matt discuss MSU landing their second recruit in as many days and then dive into whether or not MSU might be wearing black uniforms next year.

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

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Michigan State lands commitment of three-star left tackle Ethan Boyd

Boyd is Mel Tucker’s second commitment in as many days.

#21BuiltStrong is catching on.

Mel Tucker and Michigan State have landed their second recruit in as many days with East Lansing offensive tackle Ethan Boyd committing to MSU.

Boyd is listed at 6’7 and 285 pounds. He is a three-star prospect, rated 800th overall in the class of 2021 per the 247 Sports composite rankings. Boyd chose MSU over power five offers from Iowa State, Minnesota, Indiana, and Vanderbilt.

Boyd is the second member of Tucker’s inaugural class, joining three-star running back Davion Primm out of Oak Park.

#21BuiltStrong is the hashtag Michigan State coaches are using to classify their 2021 recruiting class. Coaches and support staff members will seemingly tweet out a GIF with the hashtag when a player has committed to the program.

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