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Senior Grayson Miller making transition from safety to linebacker
Senior Grayson Miller is transitioning this spring from a safety to a linebacker.
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Annual football youth clinic brings together players, fans
Players were scattered throughout the Duffy Daugherty Building before their annual Green-White spring game on April 7 to help demonstrate different football drills at the annual football youth clinic.
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With 2018 offense mostly set, spring game showcases future
Head coach Mark Dantonio and the 2018 Spartans gave a sneak peak on the possible starters in the annual spring game showcasing the future of this team.
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Through made up rules, defense gets regular season situations
In the spring game, head coach Mark Dantonio can change the game as he sees fit. So he decided to give the defense three points to make it 27-25, because why not? It’s spring ball.
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WATCH: Dantonio, players react to results of annual spring game
Watch head coach Mark Dantonio, sophomore cornerback Josiah Scott, senior linebacker Grayson Miller and sophomore running back Connor Heyward react to MSU's annual spring game. The offense beat the defense 32-30 Saturday.
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WATCH: Sights and sounds from football's youth clinic
Watch head coach Mark Dantonio, players and fans interact in the annual football youth clinic Saturday. About 600 children from ages 8-12 participated in the youth clinic.
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New defensive leaders starting to take form in football's locker room
Former linebacker Chris Frey is an emotional leader. He was a leader for a young Spartan team with only 14 seniors and coming off a 3-9 season in 2016.
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Football's spring game preview: Players, position battles to watch
The State News breaks down each position going into the spring game, with one or two players their peers and coaches have talked about during spring practices.
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Offensive linemen fighting for last two starting spots
The Spartan offensive line will look to bring in new leaders to join with junior quarterback Brian Lewerke, senior running back LJ Scott and senior wide receiver Felton Davis III.
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Football’s early enrollees ‘locked in’ to adjusting to football, college life
The Spartans have seven early enrollees this spring: defensive backs Xavier Henderson and Kalon Gervin, wide receivers Julian Major and Javez Alexander, quarterback Theo Day, linebacker Edward Warinner and offensive lineman Dimitri Douglas.
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WATCH: Dantonio, players preview 2018 spring game
Watch head coach Mark Dantonio, senior safety Khari Willis, junior quarterback Brian Lewerke and defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Mike Tressel preview the 2018 spring game.
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Football's secondary looks to shine in 2018
With this defense, only two starters graduated last season: linebacker Chris Frey and defensive end Demetrius Cooper. In the secondary, however, nobody graduated.
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Football assistants take on new roles, excited to be back at MSU
For three newly-hired football defensive assistants, they’ve returned home to East Lansing.
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Jalen Watts-Jackson to pursue graduate transfer from MSU
When looking back on the most memorable MSU football plays recent years, the 38-yard fumble return game winning touchdown to defeat rival University of Michigan, 27-23, on Oct. 17, 2015 likely tops the list for some MSU fans.
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'Fortnite' keeps current, former MSU football players connected
Quarterback Brian Lewerke commented on a March 22 tweet from the Spartan Football official Twitter account, which has him outrunning "the storm" in the popular video game "Fortnite" on his 61-yard touchdown run against Western Michigan University last season.
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LJ Scott ready to take on responsibility of a 'bell-cow' back
“I would love to be a bell-cow (lead running back),” LJ Scott said on March 23. “I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. I think I can handle it and it’s about going out there and doing it.”
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Football's Pro Day hopes to keep 50-year NFL draft streak alive
Less than a year ago, ex-center Brian Allen and linebacker Chris Frey were voted as the lone two captains for the 2017 season — and Frey had a shorter beard.
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WATCH: Sights and sounds from football's annual Pro Day
Watch five former Spartan football players perform tests and drills in front of NFL personnel at the annual Pro Day on March 23.
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Football's annual Pro Day to showcase 5 Spartans
Former center Brian Allen, linebacker Chris Frey, defensive end Demetrius Cooper, running back Gerald Holmes and kicker Brett Scanlon will attend football’s annual Pro Day Friday, an MSU athletics spokesperson confirmed Thursday afternoon.
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Lansing Lugnuts to hold Mike Sadler Night
The Lansing Lugnuts will be holding Mike Sadler Night in partnership with the Michael Sadler Foundation. Mike Sadler Night will be held at approximately 7:05 p.m. on May 3 at Cooley Law School Stadium.