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Former Michigan State football kicker Jack Olsen transferring to Northwestern

9 days after entering the portal, former Michigan State kicker Jack Olsen is heading to Northwestern.

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Nine days ago, Michigan State football lost their presumptive kicker of the future, Jack Olsen, to the transfer portal. On Tuesday, he found a new home, and MSU will now face their former young kicker in week one of the season.

Olsen announced his commitment to Northwestern on Tuesday night on Twitter. The Spartans will face Northwestern in Evanston on Sep. 4.

Olsen announced his commitment after the spring game, but it seems like that decision may have been made back in January when Matt Coghlin announced that he would use his extra year of eligibility to return for a sixth and final season.

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Here is Olsen’s announcement:

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Michigan State football kicker Jack Olsen enters NCAA transfer portal

Michigan State is losing one of the 2020 recruiting class’ best kickers to the transfer portal.

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One of the top kickers of the 2020 recruiting class will be leaving Michigan State. On Sunday, MSU football scholarship kicker Jack Olsen entered the NCAA transfer portal.

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Olsen is the nineteenth Spartan to enter the transfer portal since the fall. Conversely, Tucker has had fourteen players commit to joining the program in that time.

Olsen was in line to take over the kicking role for Matt Coghlin, but the Spartans’ long-time kicker decided to use his extra year of eligibility granted due to the pandemic to return for the 2021 season.

Olsen was a top-5 ranked kicker in his class.

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