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Michigan State football week seven captains against Indiana announced

MSU’s week 7 captains have been announced

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There has been a good mix of captains so far this season, showing the plethora of leadership Michigan State and Mel Tucker has on this football team.

The countless leaders are a big reason why Michigan State is 6-0 and still going strong so far in 2021.

Michigan State has a date with Indiana this week, trying to recover the Old Brass Spittoon from Bloomington. The Spartans announced who would be captaining the team in Indiana for the game.

Jacob Slade, Xavier Henderson, Kenneth Walker and Blake Bueter will be leading the Spartans against the Hoosiers this Saturday.

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Michigan State football announces captains for game against Rutgers

Captains for the game against Rutgers have been announced

New to the Mel Tucker era, Michigan State refrains from naming permanent captions at the beginning of the season, but will name weekly captains.

Weekly captains help show the plethora of leadership the Michigan State team has within its locker room.

Every week, the combination of captains have been different. This week is no different, and the Michigan State football Twitter has announced who the week 6 captains will be against Rutgers.

Luke Campbell, Jalen Nailor, Kenneth Walker and Xavier Henderson will be captaining the Spartans this week in Piscataway for a date with Rutgers.

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Week 5 captains for Michigan State football have been announced

MSU has released this week’s weekly captains for the game against Western Kentucky

Mel Tucker has brought a new tradition to Michigan State football and that is naming weekly captains. A cool way to showcase how much leadership is in the Michigan State program.

It is that time of week again, where we found out who will be leading the Spartans as captains for the upcoming week.

Safety Xavier Henderson, TE/H-back Connor Heyward and WR Jayden Reed will be the leadership team, leading the Spartans into battle with Western Kentucky this weekend.

MSU will look to improve to 5-0 on the season with a win on Saturday.

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Michigan State football announces week four captains for game against Nebraska

Michigan State has announced their week four captains

It is now known that the Mel Tucker era will feature weekly captains, and that they will be different on a game to game basis. We are now in week four and will be seeing another unique combination at the captain spots.

The one new thing we also will see this week, is a fourth captain has been added to the line of captains. The previous three weeks we had only seen 3 captains.

In week four against Nebraska, we will see Xavier Henderson, Tyler Hunt, Drew Beesley and Kevin Jarvis captain the Spartans against the Cornhuskers.

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Michigan State football reveals team captains for game against No. 24 Miami

Michigan State reveals team captains against No. 24 Miami

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Michigan State football will take on No. 24 this weekend in Florida in a big-time match up, and we now know who their team captains will be.

They will be:

  • WR Jayden Reed
  • S Xavier Henderson
  • C Matt Allen

All three players had huge games last weekend against Youngstown State and their strong play was recognized by coach Mel Tucker. This is Henderson’s third straight week as a team captain. This will be Reed and Allen’s first time this season.

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Michigan State football S Xavier Henderson graded as No. 1 safety in nation

Xavier Henderson is the No. 1 safety in the nation through week two according to PFF

Michigan State football got out of the gates hot, on both sides of the ball throughout their 2-0 start in the 2021 campaign. There were a lot of questions heading into the season, but Xavier Henderson was not one of them.

Xavier Henderson has been one of the most consistent defenders on the Michigan State defense throughout his time in East Lansing.

Henderson’s consistency and production is finall getting recognized, as he has been graded by Pro Football Focus (PFF) as the No. 1 safety in the country through week two.

Henderson will continue to lead the Spartans in what they hope is a successful season.

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WATCH: MSU S Xavier Henderson makes incredible one-handed interception to prevent YSU touchdown

What a play by the Spartans’ defensive leader Xavier Henderson!

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Michigan State kept the Youngstown State Penguins out of the endzone early in the second quarter on an incredible one-handed interception from safety Xavier Henderson.

The Penguins were driving and appeared to be on their way to their first score of the game. However, Henderson ended that drive with an awesome interception. Had he not came over to make the play, it appeared Youngstown State would have connected for a 29-yard touchdown.

Check out the highlight play from Henderson below:

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Michigan State football names week two captains against YSU

MSU has named their captains for the home opener against Youngstown State

A new thing Mel Tucker has brought to the Michigan State football program is naming weekly captains instead of having yearly captains.

Last week, in the season opener against Northwestern, Michigan State named Xavier Henderson, Jalen Nalor and Drew Beesley as captains for the game.

This week, Xavier Henderson was named a captain once again, but he will be joined by two new faces.

Connor Heyward and Matt Coghlin will join Xavier Henderson as captains in the home opener against Youngstown State. All three players are currently in their senior seasons and will be playing in their last home openers.

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Michigan State football announces team captions for week one

Michigan State has announced who the week one captains will be

Michigan State will kick off the 2021 season this Friday against Northwestern in Evanston. This will be the second season under the direction of Mel Tucker at head coach.

As game week is here, it is time to start making decisions impacting the upcoming season. The first decision at hand, who are the captains going to be.

As we saw last year, Coach Tucker likes to announce captains on a week to week basis. The coaching staff has spoken and decided who will be captaining the Spartans into Evanston.

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Safety Xavier Henderson, WR Jalen Nailor and DE Drew Beesley will be representing MSU this week.

Stay tuned to Spartans Wire for all of the gameday news this week.

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MSU Football Burning Question: Who will be Spartans’ top defensive playmaker this season?

Who will be Michigan State’s top defensive playmaker this season? The Spartans Wire staff offers up a few different players to follow in 2021

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Who will lead the Spartans’ defense in 2021 and stand out as the unit’s top playmaker? The Spartans Wire staff take a look at numerous guys that could be game-changers for a group looking to rebound in 2021.

With the Michigan State 2021 season set to kick off next week, the Spartans Wire staff is offering up their thoughts and insight on numerous hot topics and burning questions surrounding the team. That includes a look at Michigan State’s defense and who could potentially stand out as the team’s top defensive playmaker.

Here’s who the Spartans Wire staff thinks will have a big season for the Michigan State defense: