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It is time for the youth movement with Michigan State football

It is time to bench two veterans for more youthful players to round out MSU’s season

Michigan State football went on the road and dropped a pivotal game against Illinois on Saturday afternoon, 38-16, in a game that played a touch closer than the score.

Another tough loss for the Spartans in Jonathan Smith’s first year, this one in particular showed that there is a ton of things the Spartans need to fix and clean up.

For starters, there are two to three key positions that NEED to see changes.

Ashton Lepo at the right tackle position is a liability. While the offensive line unit as a whole has not been productive, Lepo has been abysmal. Graded consistently as the worst on the Spartans offensive line by PFF, Lepo has an awful 43.8 pass block rating by PFF.

Who replaces Lepo?

True freshman Rakeem Johnson has shown the ability to be an effective offensive lineman at this level, and quite frankly, it cannot get worse than Lepo – making it time to give Johnson a serious shot at the tackle spot to build for next year.

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Spartans LB Jordan Hall talks increased role for Indiana game

With Jordan Turner out for the first half, Jordan Hall spoke on his increased responsibilities

Michigan State football linebacker Jordan Hall is a fan favorite and a noted star of MSU’s defense. Hall, who fans want to have more of a role in 2024, is going to have to step up on Saturday.

Jordan Turner took a targeting penalty during the second half of the Michigan game this past weekend, which means he will miss the first half of the game against the Hoosiers. That means Hall will have to step up in a big way.

Hall spoke to the media on Wednesday about the increased role:

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LB Jordan Hall talks MSU against OSU

Jordan Hall talks MSU defense, game against OSU

Ohio State will be traveling to East Lansing for a night game against Michigan State football on Saturday night.

The Spartans defense will be a focal point if the Spartans want a chance to compete and keep it close against the No. 3 overall team in the nation, the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Sophomore linebacker Jordan Hall, a big part of the defense, coming off of a big game against Boston College, spoke to the media about his team and defense and what needs to be done to bounce back from a loss to the Eagles.

Watch the interview via Spartan Mag on YouTube:

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Georgia defensive lineman suffers injury setback

A key Georgia defensive lineman has experienced a setback that will likely keep him sidelined for the season opener and possibly longer

After being projected to miss most of fall camp with a stress fracture in his leg, a key Georgia defensive lineman has had an additional setback that will likely keep him sidelined for the start of the season. Jordan Hall, expected to see significant snaps as part of the defensive line rotation, suffered the same injury in his other leg.

“Jordan (Hall) was coming back, starting to run from his stress fracture in his tibia. He is now dealing with the exact same thing in the other leg,” said Georgia coach Kirby Smart on Tuesday.

“It was strange for it to occur, but he didn’t acknowledge it until he started running to get back from the first one. We had to fix the other one. He’s on a good timeline. It’s not a long-term deal, and now he knows what to expect because he’s had it done to the left and the right,” continued Smart.

“He had the other one fixed. He’s going to be back. We don’t know the exact timeline for that, but he’s been in good spirits. Just glad they found it when they did.”

Hall is a 6-foot-4, 320-pound defensive tackle originally from Jacksonville, Florida. In limited playing time a year ago, Hall recorded 10 total tackles, including four in the victory against the Tennessee Volunteers.

Hall is primed to have a big role on the defensive line this season after the departures of Zion Logue and Tramel Walthour. We project Hall to be Georgia’s second-string defensive tackle this season.

Georgia opens the season against the Clemson Tigers in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 31 at noon ET on ABC.

Georgia football defensive lineman suffers injury

Just over five weeks out from the season opener, the Georgia Bulldogs have learned they will be without a defensive line contributor

As they prepare to begin fall camp, the Georgia Bulldogs received some negative news on the injury front on Tuesday. Sophomore defensive lineman Jordan Hall suffered a lower leg fracture and is expected to miss the next few weeks of football related activities.

Hall is a 6-4, 320-pound defensive tackle originally from Jacksonville, Florida. In limited playing time a year ago, Hall recorded 10 total tackles, including four in the victory against the Tennessee Volunteers. Hall is expected to factor in heavily to the Bulldogs’ rotation on the defensive line this season after the departures of Zion Logue and Tramel Walthour from a year ago. We project Hall to be Georgia’s second-string defensive tackle this season.

Georgia opens the season against the Clemson Tigers in Atlanta, Georgia, at 12:00 E.T. on ABC. Reports indicate that Hall is aiming to be healthy in time for the opener. Sophomores Christen Miller and Jamaal Jarrett are among those who could see more playing time if Hall is unavailable or limited for the start of the season.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart updated the status of several other injured Bulldogs at SEC media days, but he did not mention Hall’s injury.

Michigan State football LB Jordan Hall confirms he will be with team in January

MSU LB Jordan Hall confirmed on the This Is Sparta MSU Podcast that he will be with the team in January

Michigan State football fans got some more good news on Tuesday, when true freshman linebacker Jordan Hall confirmed on the This Is Sparta MSU Podcast that he will not be entering the transfer portal in this window and he will be with the team in January.

While Hall could still potentially choose to enter the transfer portal when it opens again in April if he doesn’t like the direction the program is headed, this will definitely be a big relief to hear for Spartan fans as Jordan Hall was one of the best true freshman in the country last season.

Hall had 67 tackles and 4.5 sacks last season for MSU.

You can watch the full interview below:

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10 Michigan State football players Jonathan Smith needs to retain

10 current MSU players Jonathan Smith should heavily focus on retaining:

The first thing on the list for Jonathan Smith upon arriving to East Lansing will be meeting with the current roster, and recruiting the current roster to stick around and not hit the transfer portal.

No one is denying that the Spartans have a plethora of young talent on the roster, with the past two recruiting classes being very good, and it will be imperative that Smith can keep that talent in East Lansing for his staff to develop.

Let’s take a look at ten players Michigan State and Coach Smith need to retain on the roster:

Brooklyn Nets waive Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes; sign Kyler Edwards

The Brooklyn Nets announced on Monday that they have requested waivers on Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes and have signed Kyler Edwards.

The Brooklyn Nets are still in the process of tweaking their roster with training camp more than one week away and one of the moves appears to be undoing something that just recently happened.

The Nets announced two things on Monday. The first action was that they requested waivers on guards Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes. On Sep. 20, Brooklyn made the announcement that they had signed the two guards and it appeared that both would get a chance to show what they could do during training camp.

The second move was that the Nets signed Kyler Edwards. Edwards, 24, came into the league as an undrafted free-agent out of the University of Houston during the 2022 NBA Draft. He spent the 2022-23 season playing in the G League for the Motor City Cruise, affiliate of the Detroit Pistons.

Edwards, standing at 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, played 25 games for Motor City Cruise last season and averaged 12 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game while shooting 39.5% from the field and 35.2% from deep.

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Report: Brooklyn Nets have signed Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes

The Brooklyn Nets announced on Wednesday that they have signed guard/forward Jordan Hall and guard Keifer Sykes.

The Brooklyn Nets are just weeks away from training camp and yet, they’re still willing to add talent to the roster if it could make the team better down the stretch.

On Wednesday, the team announced that they have signed guard/forward Jordan Hall and guard Keifer Sykes. The announcement did not give any indications on what kind of deals those two were signed to or what the plan for either of them are, but it seems that most people who cover the team believe that both players will be spending most, if not all, of their time this upcoming season in the G League.

Hall, 21, spent last season with the San Antonio Spurs organization, mostly playing for its G League affiliate, the Austin Spurs. Towards the end of August, Brooklyn’s G League team, the Long Island Nets, traded for the returning player rights of Hall from the Austin Spurs in exchange for forward RaiQuan Gray.

Sykes, 29, spent all of last season with the Motor City Cruise, the G League affiliate of the Detroit Pistons. Before that, he played 32 games for the Indiana Pacers in the 2021-22 season and made a name for himself thanks to the Pacers going through a rebuild and having some injuries as well.

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Georgia Bulldogs: Ranking the reigning champions’ top-10 recruits of 2023

Here are the top 10 highest-ranked players who have committed to their class of 2023.

Georgia is on top of the mountain in college football, having won the last two national championships in convincing fashion.

Maintaining that dominance will be difficult, especially because they’ll be losing some of their best players – such as DL Jalen Carter and Nolan Smith – in the 2023 NFL draft at the end of April.

Keeping ahead of the competition will require head coach Kirby Smart and his staff to continue recruiting the best high school football talent from around the country.

Here are the top 10 highest-ranked players who have committed to their recruiting class of 2023, which ranks No. 2 in the nation.