Tag: Michigan State Recruiting

Locked On Spartans Podcast: Derrick Harmon commits to Michigan State, 247Sports re-rank

Michigan State and Mel Tucker land their fourth commitment in eight days

Wil and Matt react to Michigan State landing Derrick Harmon in their football recruiting class. Then they sinus 247Sports’ re-rank of football prospects and dig in to the latest Karim Mane news.

You can find the episode on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

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Michigan State offers 2022 4-star CB Jyaire “Hollywood” Brown

MSU Football has offered one of the top defensive backs in the 2022 class a scholarship.

While Mel Tucker might not be able to do too much to turn around a “meh” 2021 recruiting class, he is certainly looking to get a head start on his 2022 efforts. On Tuesday, Michigan State Football offered one of the top defensive backs in the 2022 recruiting class in Jyaire “Hollywood” Brown.

Brown is currently ranked as the No. 17 cornerback in the 2022 class and the No. 6 ranked player in the state of Louisiana according to 247sports. Personally, I think if you are nicknamed Hollywood you should get an immediate 5-star ranking but maybe that’s why I’m not in charge of star ratings.

Tucker had already offered Brown while at Colorado and he has major interest from Mississippi State along with Texas, Utah, Tennessee, and Louisville, to name a few. He attends Warren Easton High School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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MSU Football offers 2021 3-star WR Jalen Richmond out of Arizona

Michigan State has offered a 3-star WR out of Arizona in Jalen Richmond.

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Michigan State Football continues to work at building up their 2021 recruiting, this time offering 2021 3-star wide receiver Jalen Richmond a scholarship.

Richmond is the No. 23 ranked player in Arizona by the 247sports rankings. A 6 foot, 175 lb. wide-out, Richmond currently does not have major interest from the big-hitters in college recruiting, with his top offer before MSU coming from Navy.

Tucker is behind the eight-ball with recruiting right now, taking over for Dantonio midstream, so to speak, and will need to hit on a few players like Richmond for this class to have major impact for the team.

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Michigan State Football offers 4-star 2022 Safety Cristian Driver

Michigan State football has made an offer to 2022 4-star Safety Cristian Driver out of Argyle, TX. Read more details about this prospect.

Mel Tucker is in recruiting mode and is not taking any breaks this offseason. Now, 2022 4-star Safety Cristian Driver announces he has received an offer from the Michigan State football program. Driver currently plays for Liberty Christian high school in Argyle, TX.

Driver stands at 6’1″ and weighs 180 pounds. Per 247 Sports, Cristian Driver is currently ranked as the No. 14 Safety in the 2022 recruiting class. He is also currently ranked as the No. 25 prospect in Texas in the 2022 recruiting class.

As of right now, Driver currently has offers from Colorado, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin. Not to mention a litany of other offers from schools across the country.

You can check out some of Driver’s highlights here.

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Michigan State Football offers highly coveted 2021 3-star RB Tavierre Dunlap

Michigan State offered the highly recruiting RB Tavierre Dunlap from Texas over the weekend.

It has become a full-time job just to keep up with all the recruiting news coming out of Michigan State these days, with Mel Tucker hard at work over the quarantine sending out offer after offer after offer. Late on Sunday night, highly coveted 3-star 2021 running back Tavierre Dunlap out of Del Valle, Texas announced he had received an offer from the Spartans.

Dunlap is the No. 25 ranked running back in the 2021 recruiting class according to the 247sports composite rankings. He has offers from numerous school, including Arizona, Arizona State, California, USC, Missouri, Oklahoma State, and Utah, to name a few. He also had an offer from Tucker back when he was the coach of Colorado so there was already a relationship established there, another example of Tucker capitalizing on resources and time investments he had made when still at Colorado.

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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Locked On Spartans Podcast: A B1G week of basketball, Mel Tucker is crootin’

The Big Ten basketball season has the potential to get very wild this week.

Wil and Matt talk about the crazy weekend that was in college basketball. Then they riff on the Big Ten race and how this MSU team stacks up to previous MSU teams. Finally, Mel Tucker gets compared to a modern day baseball player and it makes sense.

You can find the episode on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

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Michigan State Football offers scholarship to 2021 4-star Quarterback

MSU head coach Mel Tucker is firing off scholarship offers left and right today, this time to Peter Costelli of Mission Viejo, California.

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In a day that saw two 3-star prospects announce that they have received scholarship offers from Michigan State Football and their new head coach Mel Tucker, a third prospect in 4-star quarterback Peter Costelli has also announced that he has received a scholarship offer from MSU.

Costelli, who currently resides in Mission Viejo, California, is the No. 8 ranked dual-threat in the 2021 recruiting class and the No. 22 ranked player in the state of California according to 247sports. A big reason Tucker won the MSU job was because of his recruiting, and he is wasting no time getting started with next year’s class.

Costelli is the second dual-threat QB MSU has offered today after 3-star Ari Patu announced his offer this morning. They also offered a giant, 6’8″ offensive tackle in Cameron James from Chicago, Illinois.

It seems like this might be a growing trend as Tucker tries to catch-up on his MSU recruiting so make sure to check SpartansWire for the newest recruiting news.

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MSU Football recruit RB Jordon Simmons officially signs with Michigan State

Michigan State recruit Jordon Simmons delayed his signing after Mark Dantonio retired, but officially signed on Sunday night.

After MSU Football head coach Mark Dantonio shocked Spartan fans everywhere with his sudden retirement on the eve of national signing day, it led many to, rightfully, question the future of the program. 3-star running back Jordon Simmons had initially committed to join Mark Dantonio’s 2020 recruiting class, but had decided to delay his signing temporarily. That delay ended Sunday night when Simmons announced via Twitter that his signing with the team was official.

Here is Jordon Simmons’ announcement, which he shared on Twitter:

The big key to Simmons deciding to stick with his commitment? Mel Tucker. The new head coach of Michigan State already had a relationship with Simmons. According to 247sports, Colorado had also extended an offer to Simmons.

This is a big development for the 2020 MSU recruiting class who already has another 3-star running back in Donovan Eaglin sticking with his commitment as well. Simmons is the number 43 back in his class while Eaglin is number 113.

Oh, and about the Mel Tucker effect? After Tucker signed with Michigan State, Simmons was one of many players and recruits who shared their excitement on social media, retweeting a number of tweets like this one from incoming recruit Darius Snow:

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Michigan State Football landed commitment of two 3-star recruits this week

Michigan State has had a big start to Thanksgiving week, nabbing two 3-star linemen in two days.

Kind of like I will be doing with some stuffing and mashed potatoes in a few days, Michigan State went for second helpings this week, but instead of carbs they are double-dipping on 3-star football recruits. Mark Dantonio landed the commitment of two 3-star linemen this week, one on the offensive line and one on the defensive side.

First, the Spartans received a verbal commitment from Justin Stevens, a 3-star offensive tackle from Mississauga, Canada on Monday. Stevens is the 129th ranked tackle in the 2020 class.

Then, just a few hours ago, defensive end Avery Dunn of Shaker Heights High School (Ohio) announced his official commitment from his Twitter account.

Dunn is the fifth 3-star defensive end in the 2020 class. Some have criticized MSU for failing to land a big five-star recruit for this class, but they have started to stockpile a well-rounded class.

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