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Michigan State Football offers 2021 3-star DE Hammond Russell

Mel Tucker and MSU have offered one of the top defensive ends in the 2021 recruiting class an offer.

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If you thought the widespread concerns over the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak was going to keep new Michigan State Football head coach Mel Tucker from recruiting new talent to East Lansing, well, you were wrong. At least as of this morning, Tucker is still sending out scholarship offers to some of the top high school football players in the country, and on Friday, 3-star 2021 defensive end Hammond Russell announced on Twitter that he has been offered by the Spartans.

As Russell notes in his tweet, this is his 18th recruiting offer as he is the No. 40 ranked defensive end in the 2021 class and the No. 26 ranked player in Ohio according to 247sports’ composite rankings. Russell currently plays for Dublin Coffman High School in Ohio.

This is a player to keep an eye on. As of right now, Michigan State, in my opinion, is the highest-profile team that has offered Russell and 247sports has already called him a ‘2021 defensive end to know in Ohio.’

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Michigan State Football offers 4-star CB Charles Brantley out of Venice, Florida

Michigan State defensive backs coach Harlon Barnett has offered a scholarship to 4-star CB Charles Brantley, who he recruited at FSU.

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The football recruiting train continues to roll and this time it comes at the hands of new Michigan State Defensive Backs coach Harlon Barnett. The Spartans have offered a scholarship to 2021 4-star cornerback Charles Brantley from Venice, Florida. Brantley was being recruited by Barnett at Florida State before he headed to East Lansing.

The Venice, Florida product is listed as a 4-star CB by Rivals and the No. 18 best cornerback in the country.

Brantley announced the news on Tuesday on his Twitter account.

247sports doesn’t have Brantley ranked quite as high, but they still have him as a 3-star and the No. 40 cornerback in his class. 247sports had him projected to go to Florida State but with Harlon Barnett jumping ship to Michigan State things could change quickly with Brantley’s future.

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Five top local HS football prospects visiting Michigan State on Sunday for Ohio State Basketball game

There will be five top prospects in the state of Michigan in attendance for Michigan State’s big basketball game against Ohio State Sunday.

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The stage is set for a huge conclusion to the Big Ten regular-season tomorrow, and one game that will determine who wins a partial share of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Regular Season Championship is Michigan State’s match-up against Ohio State. Given the stakes, it’s no surprise that many local athletes would want to be in attendance. We already know that 5-star basketball prospect Max Christie will be in East Lansing for an official visit this weekend. We also found out today that five of the best local Michigan High School football prospects will also be there on Sunday to watch the game in what will also be a huge recruiting opportunity for MSU Football and Mel Tucker.

The five players are as follows:

  • 4-star RB Donovan Edwards
  • 4-star LB Jamari Buddin
  • 4-star OT Rayshaun Benny
  • 3-star OT Caleb Banks
  • 2022 RB Dillon Tatum

The four 2021 prospects, Edwards, Buddin, Benny, and Banks are all listed as 247sports top 15 prospects in the state of Michigan. 247sports has Edwards ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the state and the No. 2 running back overall. Edwards is currently projected by 247sports to head to either Ohio State or Michigan.

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Michigan State Football Re-Offers 2021 3-star Offensive Tackle Caleb Tiernan

New Spartans head coach Mel Tucker has re-offered a Mark Dantonio recruit a scholarship to Michigan State.

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New Michigan State Football head coach Mel Tucker has been firing out scholarship offers left and right at a rapid-fire pace since showing up in East Lansing, Here at SpartansWire, we have done our best to cover all the new recruiting news that has been coming out of MSU and the Tucker administration. However, one thing we have not covered yet is any of the recruits that Mel Tucker has re-offered to Michigan State. On Thursday, one of those recruits, Caleb Tiernan, announced that he has been re-offered by Tucker and the Spartans.

What does it mean to be re-offered? It means that this is a player that former coach Mark Dantonio has already offered and Tucker has decided to re-affirm that offer.

Tiernan is the No. 32 ranked offensive tackle in the 2021 class and he is currently playing for Detroit Country Day and lives in Livonia, Michigan. He is the No. 11 ranked player in the state of Michigan according to 247sports composite rankings.

Tiernan is currently projected to end up at Michigan.

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Michigan State Football offers 2021 4-star Tight End Terrance Ferguson

Mel Tucker and the Spartans have offered a scholarship to a top tight end prospect in Heritage High School’s Terrance Ferguson.

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It seems as though a day hasn’t gone by where Mel Tucker and Michigan State Football haven’t given out a scholarship offer to a highly ranked recruiting prospect, and that was true on Tuesday when Terrance Ferguson announced that he had received an offer from the Spartans. The 2021 4-star Tight End out of Littleton, Colorado is currently ranked as the No. 12 tight end in his class according to the 247sports composite rankings.

Ferguson, who is currently playing for Heritage High School in Colorado, is also the No. 3 ranked player in Colorado and the No. 294 ranked player in the country. While 247sports’ composite rankings have him as a 4-star prospect, the 247sports site ranking has him as a 3-star. Nonetheless, he’s another highly touted prospect that new head coach Mel Tucker is gunning for.

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Ferguson also has offers from Oregon, Auburn, Arizona State, and Ohio State. It should be noted that he also had an offer from Colorado so Tucker must have had some kind of relationship with Tucker, which makes sense given the proximity.

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Michigan State Football offers scholarship to 2021 3-star RB Logan Diggs

Michigan State has offered a scholarship to a top 2021 running back in Logan Diggs out of Archbishop Rummel.

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If there is one thing new Michigan State Football head coach Mel Tucker has done since taking over for Mark Dantonio is send offers to top talents around the country, and that goes doubly so for top running backs as of late. On Monday evening, 2021 3-star running back Logan Diggs announced on Twitter that he had received an offer from new running backs coach William Peagler and the Spartans.

Diggs, who is currently enrolled at Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie, Louisiana, is the No. 12 ranked player in the state of Louisiana and the No. 33 ranked running back in his class, according to 247sports.

Last week, Tucker and Peagler offered three 4-star running backs on the same day. They also had offered another 3-star rusher in LJ Johnson Jr. Mel Tucker was recruited (had to use the wordplay) to Michigan State for his own recruiting reputation, and he has quickly started firing off offers left and right since joining the school. Only time will tell how many of these offers turn into recruits (and how many of those recruits turn into strong players), but it’s definitely an interesting story to keep an eye on.

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Michigan State Football offers 2021 4-star Running Back Jaylen Anderson

Michigan State and new head coach Mel Tucker have extended an offer to Perry, Ohio rusher Jaylen Anderson.

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On Monday, Michigan State Football signed a new Running Backs coach in William Peagler. Later that night, the number three rusher in the 2021 class, LJ Johnson Jr. announced that he had received an offer from the Spartans. On Tuesday, another highly touted Running Back, Jaylen Anderson announced that he has also received an offer from Mel Tucker and William Peagler.

Anderson, who is out of Perry, Ohio, is the number eight ranked player in the state of Ohio and the number 16 ranked running back in the 2021 recruiting class according to 247sports.

Anderson is a 5’11” rusher who weighs 205 pounds. He has offers from Florida, Iowa, Kentucky (from recruiter Vince Marrow, who Tucker tried to hire), Utah and more.

Tucker has been handing out offers left and right since arriving at East Lansing. He has a reputation as a strong recruiter but only time will tell how that pans out, but he certainly has been aggressive early on in his recruiting.

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Michigan State Football offers No. 3 2021 running back LJ Johnson Jr.

Mel Tucker has offered one of the top running backs in the 2021 recruiting class a scholarship in Texas rusher LJ Johnson.

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New Michigan State Football head coach Mel Tucker has a reputation as a strong recruiter that goes all the way back to his time with Ohio State in the mid-2000s, and while we have not yet seen the fruits of those talents yet in East Lansing, he has already made some big recruiting swings out of the gate. On Monday night, the number three running back in the 2021 recruiting class announced that he has received a scholarship offer from the Spartans.

Johnson is ranked number thirty in the 2021 class according to 247sports and he is the number four ranked player in the state of Texas. This might be a bit of a hail mary pass as Johnson has offers from pretty much every team in the country including LSU and Georgia, but you have to love the confidence and aggressiveness from Tucker’s recruiting process.

This comes just one day after the number twelve ranked player in the state of Texas (according to 247sports’ rankings) QB Kaidon Salter announced that he also received an offer from MSU and Mel Tucker.

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Michigan State’s Mel Tucker reportedly reaches out to Kentucky lead recruiter

Mel Tucker is making a push for Kentucky assistant and ace recruiter Vince Marrow

Michigan State’s new head coach is wasting no time assembling a staff and not just because it’s the middle of February.

According to Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio, Tucker has already reached out to Kentucky’s Associate Head Coach and Tight Ends coach Vince Marrow to join him at MSU.

Marrow is regarded as one of the best recruiters in the country and even had Jim Harbaugh and UofM trying to lure him away from Kentucky. They key here is that Tucker and Marrow are very close friends that both have strong ties to Ohio. Plus, Michigan State has reportedly given Tucker an assistant salary pool of more than $6 million, which would give Tucker the flexibility to offer Marrow a salary that Kentucky either couldn’t or wouldn’t match. Jones said on his morning radio show that MSU’s offer would include a substantial pay raise. It’s an interesting situation and–while seemly under the radar–could end up being very impactful.

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