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Michigan State football offers 2021 3-Star DE Ryan Keeler

Michigan State football has made an offer to 2021 3-Star DE Ryan Keeler from Illinois. Read some details about this potential recruit here.

Michigan State football head coach Mel Tucker has made yet another offer. This time, 3-Star Strong-Side Defensive End Ryan Keeler out of La Grange Park, Illinois, announced he has received an offer from the Spartans. Keeler stands at 6’5″ and weighs 240-pounds.

Per the 247Sports composite rankings, Keeler is the 16th highest-ranked prospect in Illinois in the 2021 recruiting class. He is also the 33rd highest-ranked Strong-Side Defensive End in the 2021 recruiting class.

Keeler also has offers from Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ole Miss, and Arkansas State.

You can check out his highlights here.

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3-Star WR Markus Allen lists Michigan State Football in his top 10 choices

3-Star Ohio WR Markus Allen lists Michigan State football as one of his top 10 choices today. Read more details about this high school WR.

Michigan State football recruiting is in full swing right now thanks to new coach Mel Tucker. Now, 3-Star WR Markus Allen lists Michigan State in his top 10 choices. Markus Allen graduates from Xenia High School in 2021. Allen stands at 6’2″ and weighs 190-pounds. Note, he broke the Xenia High School record for most touchdowns in a season.

In his High School career, Allen tallied up 51 receptions, 1,099 yards, and 15 touchdowns. Markus Allen listed other Big Ten teams including Purdue, Wisconsin, and Michigan in his top ten choices. So he might just end up on a rival Big Ten team if not Michigan State. He also listed Pittsburgh in his top ten, which means Patt Narduzzi just might land an impressive Ohio WR.

We will continue to provide more recruiting news as it drops here at SpartansWire.

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Cincinnati Bengals sign former Michigan State Football CB Trae Waynes

In about an hour, the Bengals lost one former Spartan corner in Darqueze Dennard and then signed a new one in Trae Waynes.

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Less than an hour ago on Tuesday, it was announced that former MSU Football cornerback Darqueze Dennard would be heading to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Shortly thereafter, another former member of the Michigan State ‘No Fly Zone’ is on the move. In a funny move, the Cincinnati Bengals are replacing Dennard with his former teammate, signing former Spartan Trae Waynes to a contract, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.

Waynes was a first round pick (No. 11 overall) for the Minnesota Vikings back in 2015, leaving MSU early after his junior season for the pros. The former Big Ten Champion has been productive for the Vikings, so it’s no surprise that he quickly found a new home in the NFL.

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Jacksonville Jaguars sign former Michigan State Football CB Darqueze Dennard

The Cincinnati Bengals have traded former Michigan State football CB to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Read more details here.

Ah, the NFL never stops! The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed former Michigan State football CB Darqueze Dennard was taken with the 24th overall pack in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft. The deal will be for three-years and worth $13.5 million with $6 million guaranteed.

Check out Ian Rapoport’s tweet below:

Darqueze played three years at Michigan State, winning two Big Ten Championships and a Rose Bowl Championship. He was a Unanimous All-American in 2013, First Team All-Big Ten in 2012 & 2013. Dennard was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 as well. He is definitely a beloved former Spartan football player.

In 77 career NFL games, Dennard has tallied up 200 solo tackles, 274 combined tackles, 74 assists on tackles, and three interceptions. According to Pro Football Focus, Darqueze Dennard was the 22nd highest-graded CB in 2019. Dennard will certainly help Jacksonville with stellar coverage in the slot.

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MSU Football tight end Matt Seybert hosting virtual Pro Day on Twitter

Michigan State football tight end Matt Seybert took matters into his own hands after MSU’s pro day was canceled due to COVID-19.

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While the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has interrupted the day-to-day lives of millions of people around the world, along with many of our sports and entertainment outlets, there are some individuals on the periphery who are affected in a fairly unique way: college athletes vying for a shot in pro sports. While the NFL Draft is still scheduled as planned, the opportunity for less high-profile players to showcase their skills at Pro Days around the country has disappeared. Michigan State tight end Matt Seybert took matters into his own hands on Tuesday, doing his own ‘virtual Pro Day’ on Twitter with a 225 lb bench press test.

Here is Seybert imploring the school not to cancel Pro Day last week:

And here is Seybert on Tuesday taking matters into his own hands:

Michigan State fans, friends, and players were quick to encourage Seybert as he continues to try and realize his dream of playing pro football:

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Seven high school football prospects announce offers from Michigan State

Michigan State had seven high school football recruiting prospects announce offers on Monday.

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This wasn’t just a big day for Michigan State Football when it comes to the NFL Free Agency period. It was also a momentous day for Mel Tucker’s recruiting efforts as six different recruits announced scholarship offers from MSU on Monday.

Of the recruiting prospects who received scholarship offers, five are in the 2021 recruiting class and two are for 2022. They are:

You can check out their tweets making the announcements below:

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Former Michigan State OL Jack Conklin signs 3-year deal with Cleveland Browns

Former Michigan State great Jack Conklin has signed a lucrative 3-year deal with the Cleveland Browns.

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The COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak has brought most of the global society to a halt… but not NFL free agency, which has been off to a fast start with a busy Monday that has kept sports fandom entertained. One former Michigan State offensive lineman, Jack Conklin, had a very fruitful Monday, signing a 3-year, $42-million deal with the Cleveland Browns with $30-million guaranteed.

Conklin, who is 25 years old, was drafted by the Tennessee Titans with the 8th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. He had left Michigan State early after his junior year due to high demand at the professional level, and that bet he made on himself has paid off in spades.

Conklin made First-Team All-Pro back in the rookie season and has been a very solid offensive tackle for the Titans since then. Conklin will cash out on this short, but lucrative deal and then head back into free agency at the ripe young age of 28.

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Favorite Spartans of all time bracket round one: Magic Johnson region

Voting is open for the first round of matchups in The SpartansWire Favorite Spartans ever bracket

Hello and welcome to the official start of the SpartansWire Favorite Spartans of all Time Tournament. Sure, that’s a terrible name, but at this point, who cares? It’s a pandemic outside. Fictional bracket names don’t matter right now.

Today I’m going to lay out the Magic Johnson region, which is highlighted by overall number one seed–you guessed it–Magic Johnson. Players will be pitted against each other and the winner will be decided exclusively by fan vote.

Here’s the full region for a quick refresher.

As with every region, there are a number of big names in the bracket without much separating the top seeds from the lower seeds.

Let’s get to the matchups!

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NFL Draft to proceed as scheduled despite COVID-19 pandemic, public NFL Draft events canceled

Michigan State fans hoping to see names like Josiah Scott get drafted will still have that opportunity from April 23-25.

For those Michigan State Football fans who were still hoping to watch Spartan greats like Josiah Scott, Kenny Willekes, and Raequan Williams land in a new home via the NFL Draft in April, you are in luck. The NFL announced today that the NFL Draft will still take place as planned from April 23-25, although the format and broadcast could be seeing some changes due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

All the public NFL Draft events that were planned to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada will now be canceled. The NFL says that they are exploring ‘innovative options’ for how the process will be conducted so don’t be shocked if all we see of players is through a live video feed.

Michigan State had seven players participate in the NFL Combine this year. They are:

  • Joe Bachie
  • Brian Lewerke
  • Raequan Williams
  • Cody White
  • Darrell Stewart Jr.
  • Josiah Scott
  • Kenny Willekes

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Former Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins gets two-year extension with Minnesota Vikings

Kirk Cousins stays getting paid!

Sports may be on hold, but one former Spartan is still getting paid.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback–and former Spartan star–Kirk Cousins has signed a two-year extension with the team. The deal will keep him in Minnesota through the 2022 season. Cousins’ agent Mike McCartney posted the news on Twitter.

There have been no reports as to the financial figures of the deal. It stands to reason it would be lucrative given that Cousins is on the last year of a then-record breaking three-year $84 million fully guaranteed deal with Minnesota.

Extending the franchise quarterback will most likely allow the Vikings to smooth out Cousins’ cap hit over the next few years while giving their signal caller a bit more financial security.

Cousins has made just over $100 million in his eight-year NFL career, despite making less than $1 million the first four years of his career.

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