Tag: Michigan State Recruiting

Michigan State Football makes ATH Jaden Mangham’s top teams list

Athlete Jaden Mangham has cut his list of schools down to 15 and the Spartans have made the cut, along with some stiff competition.

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Mel Tucker and company have made their way on to another priority recruit’s top team list. Jaden Mangham has cut his list of schools down to 15 and the Spartans have made the cut.

Mangham is a 3-star recruit, ranked in the top 400 in the nation, he is someone who can play on offense at wide receiver or defense at defensive back. He is 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds, and shows a great athletic ability.

Mangham is an in-state product from Birmingham, Michigan, and attends Groves High School. His family should be familiar with Mel Tucker, as his older brother Jaren played for Tucker at Colorado.

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Michigan State is featured on the list with Baylor, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Florida, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Washington State and West Virginia. There will be a lot of competition for this in-state talent.

Wide receivers coach Courtney Hawkins is leading the charge in this recruitment, trying to draw Mangham to East Lansing.

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Former MSU Football WR Tre’Von Morgan transfers to Kentucky

Former Michigan State wide receiver Tre’Von Morgan has announced that he will be transferring to the University of Kentucky.

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Redshirt freshman wide receiver Tre’Von Morgan announced he was transferring from the Michigan State program on January 3rd, and he has now found his new home. Morgan will be heading to the University of Kentucky, joining fellow former Spartan, Luke Fulton.

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Morgan was a member of the 2019 recruiting class, rated as a high 3-star prospect. He now joins five other members of that recruiting class that have transferred from the program.

Morgan was a player that a lot of people saw huge potential in, standing at 6-foot-7 and having serious athleticism, it was something that raised an eyebrow. His potential will be missed, but if there is one position group filled with talent, it is the wide receivers.

Follow all of Michigan State’s incoming and outgoing transfer news here.

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Michigan State Football makes 3-star TE Micah Riley’s top teams list

3-star tight end Micah Riley has narrowed his recruitment down to eight teams and the Spartans have made the cut.

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Tight end is a big position of need for Michigan State heading into the 2022 recruiting calendar. The Spartans are in on a lot of good tight end’s and Micah Riley is no exception.

Riley is a native of Bellevue, Nebraska and is ranked in the top-350 of the national rankings and is a top-15 tight end in the nation. He dropped a list of his top eight schools on Thursday night that featured Michigan State.

The Spartans will be battling Arizona State, Auburn, Florida State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon and Wisconsin for the tight end’s commitment. There is no timetable for his commitment at this time.

The Spartans are for sure looking for one tight end and that may expand to two as the 2022 recruiting cycle unfolds.

Michigan State Football makes 3-star TE Micah Riley’s top-8 teams list

3-star tight end Micah Riley has narrowed his recruitment down to eight teams and the Spartans have made the cut.

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Tight end is a big position of need for Michigan State heading into the 2022 recruiting calendar. The Spartans are in on a lot of good tight end’s and Micah Riley is no exception.

Riley is a native of Bellevue, Nebraska and is ranked in the top-350 of the national rankings and is a top-15 tight end in the nation. He dropped a list of his top eight schools on Thursday night that featured Michigan State.

The Spartans will be battling Arizona State, Auburn, Florida State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon and Wisconsin for the tight end’s commitment. There is no timetable for his commitment at this time.

The Spartans are for sure looking for one tight end and that may expand to two as the 2022 recruiting cycle unfolds.

Michigan State Football: Signing day recap, what’s next

The class of 2021 is complete as signing day has come and gone. It is now time to reflect and look at what’s next for Michigan State.

The 2021 recruiting class, the first of Mel Tucker’s tenure at Michigan State, is officially winding down as National Signing Day has come and gone. Michigan State inked 19 new members to join the Spartan family in this recruiting cycle.

Mel Tucker has used the transfer portal along with this year’s recruiting class to retool the roster into what he wants. The new staff has put an emphasis on recruiting specific sizes at each position.

Michigan State had a rollercoaster of a day on Wednesday, but now that everything is official it is time to look at what is next for the Michigan State program as the 2021 recruiting cycle concludes.

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Michigan State Football offers 2022 Florida DB Devin Moore

Michigan State added their names into the mix of schools vying for the talents of Devin Moore, a defensive back from Naples, Florida.

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Michigan State has been active in sending offers out to the 2022 and 2023 classes this past week and nothing changed Wednesday. Defensive Back’s coach Harlon Barnett sent out an offer to Devin Moore, a DB from Naples, Florida.

Barnett is familiar with recruiting the state of Florida from his time as Florida State’s defensive coordinator and has been hitting the state hard since returning to East Lansing.

The Spartans have a great need to add defensive backs to the roster in the 2022 class after losing several DBs to the transfer portal after this past season.

The competition for Moore is stiff, in addition to MSU the 2022 DB has offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame and several other SEC schools.

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Michigan State Football offers 2022 Florida DB Devin Moore

Michigan State added their names into the mix of schools vying for the talents of Devin Moore, a defensive back from Naples, Florida.

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Michigan State has been active in sending offers out to the 2022 and 2023 classes this past week and nothing changed Wednesday. Defensive Back’s coach Harlon Barnett sent out an offer to Devin Moore, a DB from Naples, Florida.

Barnett is familiar with recruiting the state of Florida from his time as Florida State’s defensive coordinator and has been hitting the state hard since returning to East Lansing.

The Spartans have a great need to add defensive backs to the roster in the 2022 class after losing several DBs to the transfer portal after this past season.

The competition for Moore is stiff, in addition to MSU the 2022 DB has offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame and several other SEC schools.

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Michigan State Football earns commitment from 5-star K/P Garrison Smith

Michigan State has landed a commitment from 5-star K/P Garrison Smith. Smith is the first kicker or punter to be recruited by Mel Tucker.

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A signing week surprise came on Saturday for Mel Tucker and his staff, earning the commitment from 5-star kicker and punter Garrison Smith. Smith is a native of Norwalk, Ohio.

Smith will be coming to Michigan State as a preferred walk-on and will have a chance to earn the scholarship Matt Coghlin will leave behind after next season.

 

Smith is ranked as the no. 13 punter in the nation and no. 19 kicker by the Kohl’s Kicking Camps rating system, both giving him 5-star status in their rankings. Smith is also ranked by the Kornblue Kicking system which favors him more, ranking him as a 5-star and the no. 7 kicker in the nation.

Kohl’s and Kornblue are two of the biggest recruiting services that specialize in ranking specialists (kickers, punters and long snappers).

It is yet to be known if Smith will be on campus as a kicker or a punter, but nonetheless will be a welcomed addition to the Spartan family.

Michigan State has had problems at the punter position ever since Jake Hartbarger graduated and will need to replace senior Matt Coghlin after the 2021 season.

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Michigan State Football lands 2022 WR Tyrell Henry

Michigan State has earned their first in-state commitment of the 2022 recruiting class. Tyrell Henry of Roseville, Michigan has committed.

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Michigan State has landed its third member of the 2022 recruiting class in Roseville High School (Roseville, MI) wide receiver Tyrell Henry. Henry joins offensive lineman Gavin Broscious and Kristian Phillips as members of the 2022 Spartan recruiting class.

Wide receivers coach Courtney Hawkins led the charge in this recruitment, helping Mel Tucker land their first in-state target of the 2022 cycle. Michigan State is expected to try and get 3 or 4 wide receivers in the 2022 cycle, Henry is now the first of that group.

Henry did an interview with SpartansWire outlining his recruitment that you can find here.

Henry is a great start to building momentum for the 2022 recruiting calendar that will begin after National Signing Day next Wednesday for the 2021 recruits.

The Spartans beat out Penn State, Nebraska, West Virginia and Cincinnati for Henry’s commitment.

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Michigan State Football: 5 recruits to watch for on National Signing Day

National Signing Day is next week, February 3rd, and the Spartans look to round out Mel Tucker’s first recruiting class in East Lansing.

The class of 2021 is almost complete, as the 2021 recruiting cycle will come to a close next Wednesday, February 4th, on National Signing Day. This will mark the completion of Mel Tucker’s first recruiting class in his Michigan State career.

The Spartans currently have 19 commits in their 2021 recruiting class. 18 of those recruits have signed their letters of intent during the early signing period to attend MSU.

Michigan State has been very active in the transfer portal since the early signing period and have used the transfer portal to help retool the roster. That does not mean that closing out the 2021 recruiting class has been ignored.

Let us take a look at five recruits Spartan fans should pay attention to as decisions are made over the next few days.