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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Michigan State
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  A day after six players left Michigan State's football program, the portal produced for Mel Tucker in a big way. Linebacker Quavaris Crouch, who announced in January he planned to leave Tennessee after starting 10 games last season as a sophomore, posted a photoshopped image of himself in a Spartans uniform on Instagram with the caption, "Kickin it up north!! #gospartans #big10." He also changed his bio to read "Michigan State University" after Crouch was spotted at Spartan Stadium during MSU's spring game Saturday, and Tucker retweeted Crouch's Twitter post.

The 6-foot-2, 235-pound product of Harding High in Charlotte, North Carolina, was a four-star prospect and the No. 1 player in his state in the 2019 recruiting class according to 247Sports.com's composite rankings. In two years with the Volunteers, Crouch played in 23 games with 11 starts, making 85 tackles. Last season, he had 57 stops but entered the portal days after Tennessee fired Jeremy Pruitt after going 3-7 against only Southeastern Conference opponents. - Lansing State Journal

(DS#999 OLB) rJr/2024 OLB Quavaris Crouch, Michigan State
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  04/28/21 - DeAri Todd, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 6-2, 265 (DS#999 DE) + More +

  As Michigan State football nears the end of the semester, its roster continues to change like an Excel spreadsheet. The latest edits took place Monday when three members of the 2020 signing class, a walk-on and two other reserves entered the NCAA transfer portal. Included in the exodus were redshirt freshman tight end Tommy Guajardo, redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Damon Kaylor, redshirt senior defensive end DeAri Todd, redshirt freshman defensive tackle Chris Mayfield, redshirt freshman defensive end Jasiyah Robinson and redshirt freshman long snapper Bryce Eimer. None of them played a snap during their careers in East Lansing. They are the latest Spartans players to begin the process of leaving the program since Saturday, when the team held its final practice of the spring in front of fans. - Lansing State Journal

(DS#999 DE) rSr/2022 DE DeAri Todd, Michigan State
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  You didn't have to watch Kenneth Walker III carry the ball more than a couple times Saturday to realize the Wake Forest transfer is a guy who can carry the rock at the Big Ten level. "I'll tell you what, he's a complete player. And I think you can see that today," Tucker said Saturday of Walker. Elijah Collins is a pretty good playmaker, too, if he returns to his 2019 form. He said this past week that a bout with COVID-19 set him back last season. Sophomore-to-be Jordon Simmons showed himself to be a capable prospect in the fall. Auburn transfer Harold Joiner III is set to join the team this summer. That's an intriguing backfield. One that ought to be formidable, even if crowded. It puts the onus on MSU's offensive line to finally be solid for the first time in six seasons. Because from a depth-of-talent standpoint, this should be the Spartans' best backfield since 2011. Walker, I think, gives this tantalizing group some certainty. - Lansing State Journal

(DS#2 RB) Jr/2022 RB *Kenneth Walker III, Michigan State
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  04/27/21 - Jalen Sami, rSr/2024, Michigan State, 6-4, 333 (DS#116 DT) + More +

  On the Colorado football roster, Jalen Sami is listed as a sophomore, which suggests he's a young player. The 6-foot-6, 325-pound defensive lineman is actually a veteran, though, and he's looking to take his game to another level this year. "I feel like I'm a super senior here," Sami said Friday after the Buffaloes completed the 12th of their 15 spring practices. It's been quite a journey for Sami, but he's far from done. Sami graduated from Vista Ridge High School in Colorado Springs in 2017, and then grayshirted, which means he delayed his enrollment until January of 2018. Then, he redshirted in 2018. Although he has played two seasons with the Buffs, the NCAA did not count the 2020 season towards eligibility for any players because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That leaves Sami with potentially three more seasons to play. During the past two seasons, Sami has been a rock on the defensive line, starting 13 of the 16 games he's played and logging 577 snaps. This spring, the Buffs are short-handed on the defensive line, so Sami, in the mix for a starting role again, is receiving a lot of reps with the first and second-team units. - Daily Camera

(DS#116 DT) rSr/2024 DT Jalen Sami, Michigan State
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  04/26/21 - Noah Harvey, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 6-3, 230 (DS#44 ILB) + More +

  Noah Harvey's thumping tackles are his trademark. Mel Tucker is pushing his senior linebacker to also bring more leadership to his developing defense. "He's making a conscious effort to do that within his personality," Tucker said recently. "He's not a rah-rah guy, but he's leading by example - knowing your personnel, knowing how to touch your teammates and how to connect with them is something that he's learning to do and he's getting better at that." Saturday's final spring practice and scrimmage, which starts at 2 p.m. at Spartan Stadium (BTN), will be the first test of that guidance. Harvey returns as the lone starting linebacker in a back seven that's short on numbers going into the summer. "I've been trying to get the guys in to watch extra film, just explaining them things that they can do differently on the field that can help them out (with) positive reinforcement, encouraging them," Harvey said Tuesday. "Just bringing them along, because this is hard. This has been an intense spring ball. I'm just trying to carry them along and let them know they're doing the right things." - Lansing State Journal

(DS#44 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Noah Harvey, Michigan State
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  An Alabama backup defensive back has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Ronald Williams, a former four-star junior college signee who was part of the Crimson Tide's 2020 recruiting class, went into the portal on Friday, AL.com has learned. Although Williams was viewed as a potential immediate starter at nickel back when he signed with the Tide, it was then-freshmen Malachi Moore and Brian Branch who emerged as the team's top two options at the position during 2020 fall camp. Williams was then set back by an arm injury that caused him to miss the beginning part of the season, ended up playing in just three games as a reserve and didn't seem to be in line to be a starter this year. - Birmingham News

(DS#80 CB) rSr/2023 CB Ronald Williams, Michigan State
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  04/03/21 - Jarek Broussard, Sr/2023, Michigan State, 5-08, 192 (DS#67 RB) + More +

  After Colorado's Jarek Broussard was caught from behind on a trio of long runs at Arizona on Dec. 5, his coaches joked that if he wasn't wearing a knee brace, he would have scored. "I think we made enough jokes about it that ever since we started the offseason, he hasn't worn it," CU head coach Karl Dorrell said Wednesday after the Buffaloes completed their second practice of spring. "He got rid of the Linus blanket." Broussard recovered from two torn ACLs in his left knee to bust loose last season. The 5-foot-9, 185-pound running back finished third in the country in rushing (149.17 yards per game) was named Pac-12 offensive player of the year.

Wearing the brace provided some comfort last season, but ditching it this spring is another step in his progression. "Personally, looking at film from last year, I've noticed that the brace kind of restricted me to a lot of things," he said. "This spring, I'm going without the brace to try to see how it's different and honestly, I feel a lot better, I feel a lot faster, I feel more elusive. Right now it's going good." Two practices into spring, the Buffs haven't been in pads, but Dorrell said Broussard "looks fabulous. He looks faster, which is what we all anticipated he would be without a brace." - Daily Camera

(DS#67 RB) Sr/2023 RB Jarek Broussard, Michigan State
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  From Lorenzo White in the George Perles era to Mark Dantonio's days when the likes of Javon Ringer and Jeremy Langford were piling up yards and touchdowns, the Spartans have always had a powerful running attack that more often featured a standout back. Tucker is hoping to get some of that back this season and one of the newest arrivals might just become the latest workhorse for the Spartans. After scoring 13 touchdowns in just seven games at Wake Forest last season as a sophomore, Kenneth Walker III transferred to Michigan State and is already turning heads just more than a week into his first spring with the Spartans.

"He's the same guy that we saw on tape," Tucker said of Walker. "He gives great effort, he's strong, has got great quickness, he has balance and body control, he can change direction, run through the smoke and has good hands. He's a tireless worker. I haven't seen him loaf one time and a drill. He hasn't loafed in our group work or team work. Every rep, he makes the most of it and I'm glad we have him." It's easy to see why Tucker and running backs coach William Peagler liked Walker so much. His 13 touchdowns last season tied for third in the ACC and his average of 72.4 yards a game was 10th. In three straight games late in the season against Virginia, Campbell and N.C. State, Walker ran for more than 100 yards in each while scoring a total of seven touchdowns. - Detroit News

(DS#2 RB) Jr/2022 RB *Kenneth Walker III, Michigan State
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  03/26/21 - Jordan Reid, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 6-4, 315 (DS#79 OG) + More +

  Two of Michigan State football's most experienced players are not returning in 2021. Tight end Matt Dotson and right tackle Jordan Reid are not listed on the roster, which came out Tuesday morning as the Spartans opened their first spring practices under second-year coach Mel Tucker. Reid opted out of playing in 2020 due to concerns over COVID-19. The 6-5, 315-pound Detroit Cass Tech product started 27 straight games at right tackle before that and was the lone offensive lineman to play every game during the 2018 and '19 seasons. - Lansing State Journal

(DS#79 OG) rSr/2022 OG Jordan Reid, Michigan State
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  03/24/21 - Matt Dotson, rSr/2022, Michigan State, 6-5, 240 (DS#999 TE) + More +

  Michigan State opened spring practice on Tuesday morning, and it did so without some familiar names on the roster. Tight end Matt Dotson, who coach Mel Tucker said last month would be back for another season, was among those not listed on the spring roster the Spartans released on Tuesday. Also not listed was offensive lineman Jordan Reid, who opted out of playing in 2020 because of COVID-19, along with wide receiver Laress Nelson and defensive back Tre Person. All four were seniors last season that would have been using the extra year of eligibility offered by the NCAA. Dotson would have been Michigan State's most experienced tight end, while Reid started 27 straight games at right tackle before deciding not to play last fall. Person played in six games last season while Nelson missed the entire season with an undisclosed injury. - Detroit News

(DS#999 TE) rSr/2022 TE Matt Dotson, Michigan State
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  The same day Michigan State began spring practice, it landed another potentially key piece to the roster from the transfer portal. Minnesota linebacker Itayvion Brown announced on Twitter he had committed to the Spartans, immediately adding talent and depth to a position group that entered spring practice lacking in experience and depth. Brown (6-foot-4, 235 pounds) was a four-star recruit in the 2020 class out of St. Louis. He was the second-highest rated player in the Golden Gophers' class, but did not see any game action in the COVID-shortened season. He entered the transfer portal earlier this month. - Detroit News

(DS#999 OLB) rJr/2025 OLB Itayvion Brown, Michigan State
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  MARCH 15 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: QB Tommy Schuster, North Dakota, 6-0, 196, R-Fr., Macomb (Mich.) Chippewa Valley High,...Schuster threw for a career high 328 yards and three touchdowns in No. 3 UND's 38-21 win over Western Illinois in Macomb...He completed over 78% of his passes to move to 5-0 in his career at UND...His two first half touchdowns helped the Fighting Hawks jump out to an early 21-7 lead before lofting a 20-yard strike to Jake Richter to put the finishing touches on the victory. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2025 QB Tommy Schuster, Michigan State
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  Gophers redshirt freshman linebacker Itayvion Brown has entered the NCAA transfer portal, two sources confirmed to the Pioneer Press on Tuesday. Brown, from Lutheran North High School in St. Louis, Mo., was the second-highest rated recruit in Minnesota's 2020 recruiting class behind Kansas receiver Daniel Jackson. Brown - a top 25-ranked outside linebacker, according to 247sports.com - was ineligible during the 2020 season and did not play in a game last season. At 6-foot-4 and 235 pounds, he was an intriguing candidate to play strong-side linebacker in the 2021 season. - Pioneer Press

(DS#999 OLB) rJr/2025 OLB Itayvion Brown, Michigan State
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  MARCH 8 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Tommy Schuster, North Dakota -- Schuster made it four straight wins over ranked teams to begin his collegiate career, tossing for 219 yards on a 23-for-35 day through the air while adding 15 yards on the ground. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2025 QB Tommy Schuster, Michigan State
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  Ben VanSumeren is switching sides in the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. The Michigan redshirt sophomore linebacker who entered the transfer portal on Feb. 12 announced his commitment to Michigan State on Saturday. That's a position of need for the Spartans, who are thin on linebacker depth. VanSumeren, an Essexville Garber High School graduate, has three seasons of eligibility remaining and won't officially become a Spartan until he enrolls. His younger brother, Alex VanSumeren, is a 2022 four-star defensive tackle at Essexville Garber who decommitted from Michigan on Feb. 11 and Michigan State is among the schools recruiting him. - Ann Arbor News

(DS#19 OLB) rSr/2023 OLB Ben VanSumeren, Michigan State
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