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Cornerback Terry Roberts no longer with Michigan State football program

A transfer cornerback is no longer with the Michigan State program:

Terry Roberts has had one of the most interesting offseason’s you will see in college football. After spending four seasons at Iowa, Roberts decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal, where he initially transferred to the University of Miami. Roberts spent spring ball in Miami, but after the spring, decided to transfer out of Miami. On the second go around, Roberts made the decision to commit to Michigan State.

Now, after fall camp and before the open of the 2023 campaign, the university confirmed that Roberts has left the program.

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Five transfers who will help make or break Michigan State football’s season

Which 5 transfers will help make or break MSU’s 2023 season:

Michigan State is heading into year four of the Mel Tucker era in East Lansing, and in desperate need of having a bounce back year, after a 5-7 campaign a year ago. Tucker and his staff dipped into the transfer portal once again to help reshape the starting roster and has seemingly done a strong job.

For MSU to have the bounce back year they have their eyes set on, the Spartans are going to need several of there incoming transfer to perform as advertised and step up in a big way.

Check out which five transfers are imperative for MSU to have a bounce back year in 2023:

Former Iowa DB Terry Roberts lands with 2023 Big Ten foe

A familiar face is returning to Kinnick as an opponent in 2023. Former Hawkeye corner Terry Roberts has transferred to Michigan State.

The Iowa Hawkeyes will see a familiar face on Sept. 30 when they face Michigan State at home.

Per SpartanMag’s Jim Comparoni, Roberts has transferred to Michigan State. Michigan State sort of announced it in the strangest way possible, including Roberts in an Instagram reel video earlier today.

Iowa fans will remember Roberts for his time in the black and gold, appearing in 33 games before hitting the transfer portal this offseason. The senior cornerback appeared to be heading to Miami, but he re-entered the transfer portal about a week ago. Now, he is joining Michigan State, a team that was heavily in the running the first time Roberts hit the portal.

Spartan Tailgate’s Justin Thind of 247Sports broke down what Roberts’ addition to Michigan State means for the Spartans.

At worst, Roberts will provide much-needed CB depth behind young risers like Dillon Tatum, Malcolm Jones, and Caleb Coley, while Chance Rucker and Eddie Pleasant take their time before entering the playing group (with Charles Brantley and Marqui Lowery firmly in the mix too). At best, he can come in and play key snaps on day one. All in all, MSU has enough warm bodies at corner. Now it just comes down to whether three of those guys can stand out above the rest and be more than just warm bodies. – Thind, Spartan Tailgate.

This adds a little extra juice to Iowa’s first home Big Ten contest in 2023. After nonconference dates against Utah State, Iowa State and Western Michigan, the Hawkeyes head to Penn State on Sept. 23 for a primetime CBS affair.

Then, Iowa welcomes in Roberts and the Spartans where he will get a chance to play his former team on Sept. 30. It’s the “Blackout Game” on the Hawkeyes’ 2023 slate. Roberts enters Michigan State with one remaining year of eligibility.

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Michigan State football lands Iowa transfer CB Terry Roberts

Michigan State lands Iowa transfer cornerback Terry Roberts

Michigan State football has added some more depth to their defensive backfield by way of the NCAA transfer portal. On Thursday, it was confirmed that the Spartans have landed former Iowa cornerback Terry Roberts via the portal.

Roberts, a grad transfer, was formerly committed to Miami but re-entered the portal last week.

In his time at Iowa, Roberts played in 33 career games and made four starts, tallying 47 tackles, seven pass deflections and two interceptions for the Hawkeyes.

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Former Iowa Hawkeye Terry Roberts leaving Miami, re-entering transfer portal

Former Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Terry Roberts transferred to Miami in January of this year. He has now re-entered the transfer portal.

The Iowa Hawkeyes had an influx of players who now call Iowa City home via the transfer portal. They also had an exodus of individuals looking for new homes. It is the new era of college football.

One of those individuals who left Iowa is defensive back Terry Roberts. He entered the transfer portal following the 2022 season and chose the University of Miami as his new home. Less than six months after joining the Hurricanes, Roberts has hit the transfer portal once again.

Matt Zenitz of On3 was first to report the news.

During his tenure at Iowa, Roberts appeared in 33 games, started four and tallied 47 tackles, seven pass deflections and two interceptions. During the 2022 season, Roberts appeared in five games as a leg injury led to him being sidelined for the remainder of the season.

“First off, I would like to thank the University of Iowa from top to bottom! Whether it’s the coaches, players, fans, or community! You guys have helped me find ways of life and helped me create memories that will last a lifetime here in Iowa City, Iowa. With that being said, I would like to announce that I have entered my name into the transfer portal as a grad transfer,” Roberts wrote in his December announcement that he was transferring from Iowa.

A return to the Hawkeyes isn’t impossible, but there is no way to know what the likelihood of that is. There are many cases where players enter the portal only to realize they want to stay where they are and ultimately pull their names out. It remains much more uncommon to see a player commit elsewhere only to return to their original school.

Should there be a reunion with open arms, Roberts would bring an experience to a secondary already oozing with talent.

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Georgia basketball PG declares for NBA draft

Georgia Bulldogs point guard Terry Roberts has declared for the 2023 NBA draft. Roberts was Georgia’s leading scorer during the 2022-2023 college basketball season. Georgia went an improved 16-16 during Roberts’ one season in Athens. Terry Roberts …

Georgia Bulldogs point guard Terry Roberts has declared for the 2023 NBA draft. Roberts was Georgia’s leading scorer during the 2022-2023 college basketball season.

Georgia went an improved 16-16 during Roberts’ one season in Athens. Terry Roberts averaged 13.2 points per game in 30.1 minutes per game in 2022-2023.

Roberts played at Bradley during the 2021-2022 basketball season before transferring to the University of Georgia. He was Georgia’s leader in assists averaging 4.0 assists per game. Roberts shot 38.4% from the field in his lone season in Athens.

Roberts played with Georgia guard Kario Oquendo at Florida SouthWestern State before joining Bradley.

Roberts announced that he was declaring for the NBA draft via Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBZvw6p9Xr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Roberts has one year of NCAA eligibility remaining. He can still elect to remove his name from the NBA draft and return to college.

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Kirk Ferentz updates Iowa Hawkeyes’ injury statuses heading to Ohio State Buckeyes

What does Iowa’s personnel look like before its trip to Ohio State? Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz updated injury statuses.

As Iowa (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) heads to No. 2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) looking to pull the national shocker, it’s truly the more the merrier for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz updated the injury statuses of several key Hawkeyes ahead of the difficult road test. He started by discussing the health statuses of wide receivers Diante Vines and Keagan Johnson.

“I think Diante has a chance. Keagan, when he’s ready, I’ll let you know. He’s still trying to get back,” Ferentz said.

Vines, a 6-foot, 198 pound redshirt sophomore from Danbury, Conn., hasn’t played a snap thus far this season. Meanwhile, Johnson led all Hawkeye receivers in 2021 with 18 grabs for 352 receiving yards, but, according to Pro Football Focus, he’s played just 15 total snaps this season against Nevada.

Naturally, adding back both could be a big lift for an Iowa unit that ranks dead last nationally in total offense and 120th in passing offense with just 156.5 passing yards per game.

Ferentz was also cautiously optimistic on a return for redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Yahya Black.

“Hopefully he’ll be back, but we’ll see. We’ll see. Hopefully he’ll be back. He’s closer than he was. Sure would help. All hands on deck,” Ferentz said.

Black is another player that Iowa had in its plans to start the season, but he’s only played in the Hawkeyes’ opener against South Dakota State where he logged 17 snaps per PFF.

Lastly, Ferentz touched on whether or not cornerback Terry Roberts would return against the Buckeyes.

“Probably not. Probably not, unfortunately. Still, yeah, he’s got a lower leg injury,” Ferentz said of Roberts.

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Iowa Hawkeyes own 3rd-highest graded secondary in the country per Pro Football Focus

After an extremely strong start to the season, the Iowa Hawkeyes’ secondary is receiving their rightful recognition as one of the best.

Through three games, the Iowa Hawkeyes defense is allowing just 133 passing yards per game, good enough for ninth in the nation. They are allowing just 6.8 yards per completion, third in the country. And they have also hauled in three interceptions (four counting Terry Roberts’ pick-six called back for a penalty).

These numbers are spectacular coming from a group that lost some talent to the NFL last year. Not only have the Hawkeyes replenished the talent, they have not skipped a beat either. That is why they find themselves as the third-highest graded secondary in the country at this junction of the season per Pro Football Focus.

According to PFF, Georgia has the nation’s No. 1 secondary with a grade of 91.4, Michigan has the No. 2 secondary with a grade of 91.2 and Iowa has the No. 3 secondary with a grade of 91.0.

A group that returned preseason All-American Riley Moss might be having his name as the least talked about one of the bunch. That is likely due to his coverage making it impossible to throw against and teams deciding to attack other areas.

Those other areas haven’t shown a crack in the armor. Performances from Quinn Schulte, Cooper DeJean, Terry Roberts, and Kaevon Merriweather have all stood out at different times this far.

Each of them has been involved in turnovers, pass breakups, and none are afraid to get in the mix on a tackle. The group started out the season inexperienced but is rapidly molding themselves into another strength of an already stellar Iowa Hawkeyes defense.

As a team, Iowa was able to post a shutout against Nevada last week.

“For us especially, we never seem to get shutouts. You start putting the reserves in, the ball seems to go down the field fast. It was good to see the backup guys play well for a change. It’s not fair to these guys, but it has been a tradition here, our backups go in there.

“That was good. It is gratifying. Any time you get a shutout that’s great. It’s representative of the kind of work that guys have been doing. They were aggressive tonight. They played well and did a lot of good things. They can always feel good about that,” Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz said of the defensive performance against the Wolf Pack.

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Report Card: Grading the Iowa Hawkeyes’ offensive stinker versus the Iowa State Cyclones

After dropping the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series for the first time in the past seven meetings, the report card isn’t kind for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

For the first time in a long time, Iowa dropped its annual in-state showdown versus Iowa State. The Cyclones were able to slip past the Hawkeyes in Kinnick Stadium without much on the scoreboard to show for themselves, topping Iowa 10-7.

Just as it played out in the Hawkeyes’ opener, Iowa’s offense struggled all day long. As such, grades will reflect those poor performances. The coaching staff isn’t off the hook this week either.

Take a seat. Class is back in session. It’s time to dole out some post-Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series grades.

5 stars from the Iowa Hawkeyes’ loss to the Iowa State Cyclones

Despite Iowa losing the Cy-Hawk game for the first time in the past seven meetings, there were standout performers. Here were five stars.

Pretty much everything you are going to read after this 10-7 loss to rival Iowa State—at home no less—will be negative. How could it not be? All the fears and worries that could be chalked up to first-game jitters were now confirmed in Week 2.

This offense looks like the worst in the nation right now. Every single article this week will hammer that point into your head. I’ve got nothing to say about the offense, I’d instead like to appreciate yet another great performance by the defense and special teams. Lost in the offensive ineptitude, the Iowa Hawkeyes only allowed 10 points and blocked two punts.

Those Iowa stars will not be forgotten here. Here are the five Hawkeye stars from Week 2.