The challenge to replace former kicker Brett Swenson falls on redshirt freshman Kevin Muma and sophomore Dan Conroy, who are competing to handle kicking duties for the graduated Swenson.
For fans, Saturday’s annual Spring Game is a fall preview. For players, it’s their final chance to prove themselves on the field before fall camp.
Not quite the three-day production that is the NFL Draft, MSU football players and coaches gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Skandalaris Football Center to select the Green and White teams for the Spartans’ Spring Game at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
As a change of pace from a typical day of practice, the MSU football team played its second controlled scrimmage of the spring Saturday at Spartan Stadium, where the Spartans’ offense beat the defense 101-88.
When All-Big Ten linebacker Greg Jones announced in January he was returning for his senior season, the linebacking corps instantly became one of the MSU football team’s most talented positions.
The MSU football team has to wait until the annual Spring Game on April 24 to show Spartans fans what its been working on this spring. If MSU head coach Mark Dantonio’s reaction to his team’s first spring scrimmage is any indication, MSU fans should like what they see.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday that junior wide receiver Fred Smith has been reinstated to the team while defensive tackle Oren Wilson, who would have been a senior, is in the process of transferring.
Last season, the MSU football team often lacked the strong running game typically needed for Big Ten success. This spring, head coach Mark Dantonio said a duo of talented sophomores are working on solving that problem.
The MSU football team entered spring practice the past two seasons with several injuries to key players and several question marks as to who would step in to fill their place.
With the weather heating up and basketball season over, it’s time to start looking forward to football.
Fifteen years ago, Kordell Stewart made waves with his athleticism as a multiple-weapon threat with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers. On Tuesday, the opening day for MSU football spring practice, head coach Mark Dantonio seemed convinced the Spartans have found their own “Slash.”
Four football players have been reinstated to the MSU football program, while two others have chosen to transfer following November’s Rather Hall incident, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio announced Tuesday. Sophomore wide receiver B.J.
One former MSU football player and one current player will see jail time for their involvement in a Nov. 22, 2009, altercation at Rather Hall. Former junior safety Roderick Jenrette and sophomore wide receiver Fred Smith were sentenced Friday at East Lansing’s 54-B District Court, along with former redshirt freshman defensive end Jamiihr Williams, junior offensive lineman J’Michael Deane and junior cornerback Chris L. Rucker.
Former MSU football player Roderick Jenrette was sentenced to 90 days in jail, current MSU wide receiver Fred Smith was sentenced to five days in jail and three other former or current players received probation Friday for their role in a November 2009 fight at Rather Hall.
After an NFL Combine performance that he felt was “average,” former MSU wide receiver Blair White took advantage of perhaps his final chance to showcase his skills Wednesday in front of a handful of NFL scouts at the MSU football team’s Pro Day at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.
Former MSU kicker Brett Swenson talked to The State News at Wednesday’s Pro Day about what he’s hearing regarding his football future.
For MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio, becoming a consistent team in the Big Ten means adding top-tier talent throughout the course of several seasons. Dantonio introduced his second straight top-30 recruiting class Wednesday at National Signing Day and was excited about the potential of the 21 incoming players.
Le’Veon Bell 2 stars out of 5 Running back 6-foot-2, 221 pounds Reynoldsburg, Ohio (Groveport Madison) Rushed for 1,333 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior; spring enrollee Joe Boisture 4 stars Quarterback 6-foot-5, 195 pounds Goodrich, Mich.
Redshirt freshman wide receiver Myles White and junior defensive tackle Oren Wilson pleaded not guilty last week to charges stemming from a Nov. 22, 2009 altercation in Rather Hall.
Despite his short stature, former MSU defensive back Don Japinga and football co-captain Steve Juday said he could shut down any receiver.