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Former Michigan State Football RB Anthony Williams transfers to Akron

A former Spartan has found a new home at the University of Akron.

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One of the fifteen Spartans in the transfer portal has found a new home, and he’ll be joining another former member of the Michigan State Football team. Running back Anthony Williams announced on Monday that he’ll be joining the University of Akron by way of the transfer portal.

He will join fellow former Spartan Jeslord Boateng at Akron. The linebacker announced his transfer a few weeks before Williams.

MSU Football Transfer Tracker: Every incoming and outgoing transfer

Williams rushed for 123 yards and 1 touchdown in his time at Michigan State.

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MSU Football QB Rocky Lombardi, LB Jeslord Boateng enter transfer portal

Two more Michigan State players entered the transfer portal on Friday afternoon. That brings the total of transfers this year up to nine.

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The transfer portal giveth and the transfer portal taketh away. Michigan State landed a new starting running back and possibly a new starting quarterback this week from the portal, and also lost two players early on Friday in similar fashion. Later on Friday, two more Spartans entered the transfer portal: quarterback Rocky Lombardi and linebacker Jeslord Boateng.

The news on Lombardi was first reported by Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press while Boateng’s transfer was reported by Rainer Sabin, also of the Free Press.

This is certainly major news regarding Lombardi, but not at all shocking. After showing some flashes, Lombardi was never able to find enough consistency on the field to take control of the starting job. With the emergence of Payton Thorne and the addition of Anthony Russo from Temple, along with recruit Hampton Fay coming to town, Lombardi started to find himself near the bottom of a crowded QB depth chart.

Boateng, a former 3-star recruit in the 2018 recruiting class, was only really able to find the field on special teams this year. He and Lombardi are the eighth and ninth MSU players to transfer this fall. Tucker has not shied away from the fact that if you aren’t a great fit for his program, you are free to see yourself out, and that seems how things have played out.

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