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2019 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST: DT Raequan Williams, Michigan State,...Williams has started 29 consecutive games, tied for the longest streak on the team, dating back to the Ohio State game on Nov. 19, 2016. He is a big reason why MSU ranked No. 1 in the FBS in rushing defense in 2018 and ranked No. 2 in 2017. A first-team All-Big Ten selection by The Associated Press, Williams recorded career bests in tackles (53), tackles for loss (10.5) and pass break-ups (5) in 2018. - Michigan State Football

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DT Raequan Williams, Michigan State
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07/24/19 - Matt Coghlin, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 5-09, 191 (DS#19 K) + More +

2019 PRESEASON LOU GROZA AWARD WATCH LIST: Matt Coghlin, Michigan State,...A 2018 Groza semifinalist, Coghlin currently stands atop the Michigan State career leaderboard for field goal accuracy. Among returning FBS kickers who connected at better than 80% only seven kickers topped his 18 field goals. Spread over two seasons, he holds the Spartan record for consecutive field goals, making 18 straight from 11/4/17 to 10/27/18. - Lou Groza Award

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K Matt Coghlin, Michigan State
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07/22/19 - Joe Bachie, Sr/2020, Michigan State, 6-1, 230 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCH LIST: Joe Bachie, Michigan State,...Bachie, who has started 26 consecutive games at middle linebacker, has been named to numerous preseason All-America lists, including first-team recognition from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele. The Spartan senior linebacker also earned Preseason All-Big Ten accolades and named to the Bednarik Award Watch List. He has led the Spartans in tackles the past two seasons (100 in 2017; 102 in 2018) and last year he became the third Spartan middle linebacker under Mark Dantonio, joining Greg Jones and Max Bullough, to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors. - Michigan State Football

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ILB Joe Bachie, Michigan State
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07/22/19 - *Josiah Scott, Jr/2020, Michigan State, 5-09, 185 (DS#31 CB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD WATCH LIST: Josiah Scott, Michigan State, Jr.,...Scott missed the first eight games of the 2018 season, before a smashing return to action, starting the final five games of the year. He adds to his preseason recognition list, as he was also a preseason All-Big Ten selection by Athlon Sports (first team) and Phil Steele (second team).

Last season, Scott still ranked fourth on the team with seven pass break-ups and tied for team lead with two interceptions, tallying 13 total tackles. Scott, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, was named the Redbox Bowl Defensive MVP after recording a career-high four pass break-ups in addition to three tackles, including one for an 8-yard loss, against Oregon. - Michigan State Football

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CB *Josiah Scott, Michigan State
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07/21/19 - Matt Allen, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 6-2, 303 (DS#19 C) + More +

2019 PRESEASON RIMINGTON TROPHY CANDIDATE: Matt Allen, Michigan State,...Allen played 10 games at center in 2018, including starting seven...missed three games (Purdue, Maryland, Ohio State) due to injury, then returned to limited action at Nebraska and returned to starting line up for Rutgers game...played a total of 557 total snaps...ranked second on the team in dominators (10) and fourth in knockdowns (26) during the regular season. - Michigan State Football

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C Matt Allen, Michigan State
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07/20/19 - Joe Bachie, Sr/2020, Michigan State, 6-1, 230 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON LOTT IMPACT TROPHY WATCH LIST: JOE BACHIE, Michigan State, LB,...Bachie had 8.5 tackles for loss, five pass break-ups, three forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery during his junior campaign. He started all 13 games at middle linebacker as a sophomore for the Spartans in 2017. He led the team in tackles (100; 7.7 avg.) and was named the recipient of the 2017 Governor's Award, which is given annually to the program's most valuable player as voted on by the team. - Michigan State Football

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ILB Joe Bachie, Michigan State
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07/19/19 - Joe Bachie, Sr/2020, Michigan State, 6-1, 230 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

2019 BIG TEN PRESEASON HONORS (MEDIA): Joe Bachie, Sr., LB, MSU,...A consistent playmaker, Bachie had 8.5 tackles for loss, five pass break-ups, three forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery during his junior campaign. He earned the Downtown Coaches Club Award for the most outstanding Spartan player on defense. In 32 career games, Bachie has 214 tackles, 19.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, four interceptions, seven pass break-ups, five forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. - Michigan State Football

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ILB Joe Bachie, Michigan State
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07/19/19 - Kenny Willekes, Sr/2020, Michigan State, 6-3, 264 (DS#16 DE) + More +

2019 BIG TEN PRESEASON HONORS (MEDIA): Kenny Willekes, Sr., DE, MSU,...Willekes collected a league-best 20.5 tackles for loss in 2018, good for second most in a Spartan single season and eighth most in the FBS in 2018. He also led the Spartans with 8.5 sacks, which ranked tied for fifth in the Big Ten. He registered a career-high 78 tackles to rank first among all defensive lineman in the nation, including a career-high 13 against Ohio State on Nov. 10. - Michigan State Football

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DE Kenny Willekes, Michigan State
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07/18/19 - Anthony Russo, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 6-3, 239 (DS#26 QB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD CANDIDATE: QB Anthony Russo, Temple,...Russo took over the starting quarterback job in week three of the 2018 season leading Temple to its first win of the season, a 35-14 blowout at Maryland. He never looked back piloting the Owls to a 7-3 record in his 10 starts and a berth in the 2018 Independence Bowl. Along the way he completed 198 passes for 2,563 yards which rank among the best in TU history. In just his sixth start, he led the Owls to an overtime win against #20 Cincinnati and followed that with perhaps his best game the next week.

On a nationally televised Thursday night stage, Russo went toe-to-toe with Heisman candidate Milton McKenzie reaching career-highs in attempts (52), completions (31), yards (444), and touchdowns (4). Temple fell however, 52-40, at #9 UCF. This is the first time Russo has been named to the Maxwell Award Watch List. He is among 37 quarterbacks selected to the list, but one of only five players from the American Athletics Conference. - Temple Football

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QB Anthony Russo, Michigan State
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07/18/19 - Kenny Willekes, Sr/2020, Michigan State, 6-3, 264 (DS#16 DE) + More +

2019 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD CANDIDATE: DE Kenny Willekes, Michigan State,...After leading the Big Ten in 2018 with 20.5 tackles for loss, Willekes was named the 2018 Smith-Brown Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year and a first-team All-American by The Athletic. Willekes became the second Spartan to win the award (Shilique Calhoun in 2013), which is named after MSU's Bubba Smith and Penn State's Courtney Brown and given to the Big Ten's most outstanding defensive lineman, and was the first Spartan defensive end to earn first-team All-America honors since Robaire Smith in 1998.

Willekes was also named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the coaches, media, Associated Press, Athlon Sports, ESPN.com, Phil Steele and Pro Football Focus, and earned second-team All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Phil Steele, Sporting News and Walter Camp Football Foundation. - Michigan State Football

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DE Kenny Willekes, Michigan State
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07/18/19 - Joe Bachie, Sr/2020, Michigan State, 6-1, 230 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD CANDIDATE: LB Joe Bachie, Michigan State,...Bachie, who has started 26 consecutive games at middle linebacker, has been named to numerous preseason All-America lists, including first-team recognition from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele. He has led the Spartans in tackles the past two seasons (100 in 2017; 102 in 2018) and last year he became the third Spartan middle linebacker under Mark Dantonio, joining Greg Jones and Max Bullough, to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors.

A consistent playmaker, Bachie had 8.5 tackles for loss, five pass break-ups, three forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery during his junior campaign. He earned the Downtown Coaches Club Award for the most outstanding Spartan player on defense.

The Brook Park, Ohio, product started all 13 games at middle linebacker as a sophomore for the Spartans in 2017. He led the team in tackles (100; 7.7 avg.) and was named the recipient of the 2017 Governor's Award, which is given annually to the program's most valuable player as voted on by the team. - Michigan State Football

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ILB Joe Bachie, Michigan State
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07/09/19 - Raequan Williams, rSr/2020, Michigan State, 6-4, 308 (DS#18 DT) + More +

After a standout 2019 season and a First-Team All-Big Ten nod, defensive tackle Raequan Williams is back at Michigan State for his senior season. Williams, a Chicago native, racked up 53 tackles (10 1/2 for loss) last season, while pushing his starts streak to 29 games. Much is expected from Williams this fall. Here are a few things to know about the senior defensive line. In January 2016 and June 2017, Williams lost two close family members - his cousin and younger brother - to shootings. Williams was ready to return home after the losses. He wanted to keep his family safe. "Rae wanted to stop," Latasha Williams said of her son. "He was ready to come back. I told him, 'No, it's gotta motivate you more, so you do what you gotta do. Don't let this stop you. Take it out on the field.'"

Despite being a highly-touted NFL prospect, Williams never bothered to get feedback from NFL front offices about his draft stock, according to the Detroit News. Why didn't he explore his options? Because his mom wouldn't let him, that's why. Williams' mom did have a good reason for keeping him in school, though. "My mom wouldn't let me. I gotta graduate," he said. "You know how it is." - Lansing State Journal

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DT Raequan Williams, Michigan State
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07/09/19 - Matt Dotson, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 6-5, 240 (DS#999 TE) + More +

Brian Lewerke's pass came to Matt Dotson, right at the goal line. Michigan State football's tight end took an out-of-step leap attempting to high-point the ball, placed into a small opening between the Arizona State defense. It rattled off his hands and bounced to a Sun Devil defender for an interception. That play told the story of Dotson's 2018 season. The sophomore led the Spartans' tight ends with 14 catches, 159 yards and a touchdown. But it was more about the plays the former 4-star recruit and his position group did not make that cost an already struggling offense points and production.

Dotson returns as the only MSU tight end with experience, with Matt Sokol and blocker Chase Gianacakos departed via graduation. And the Spartans need Dotson to begin to reach his potential - and make catches - to help the Spartans move the ball this fall. Dotson, who has the size and strength to be an adequate blocker in the run game, runs crisp routes and showed athletic ability to get downfield off blocks into open areas of the field. - Detroit Free Press

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TE Matt Dotson, Michigan State
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