With MSU basketball now at the 13-scholarship limit, Spartans Illustrated staff writer @verbosedutch gives his thought on Szymon Zapala, a 7-foot center who played for Longwood University last year, and what he means for MSU.

Check out Dutch's full thoughts here:

Love what Coach Smith is doing in the portal. No crying about who left but just putting his nose to the grindstone. Love the heavy additions to the defense. As Orlando Jones said in the movie Drumline "let's strap it up".

Michigan State will host LSU transfer defensive back Jeremiah Hughes today, he tells Spartans Illustrated.

He played in all 13 games as a true freshman for the Tigers in 2023, primarily on special teams. He also played defensive snaps in five games. Hughes recorded six tackles.

He is listed as a cornerback on LSU’s roster. He played 179 snaps on specials teams and 39 snaps on defense (primarily as an outside cornerback, 37 snaps) last year.

Hughes has three years of eligibility plus a redshirt if needed.

He was a three-star recruit in the 2023 class out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.

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"I love the coaches and the level of play that everyone plays at."

In-state 2026 TE and MSU legacy Lincoln Keyes breaks down his offer to the Spartans and where Michigan State stands in his recruitment:

Tonight's game is to start with a delay as a small batch of storms are expected to come through the East Lansing area at around 6:00.

Click the link below for the latest information on Michigan State Football's activity in the transfer portal. Spartans Illustrated will be tracking entries, acquisitions and more. The article and thread will be constantly updated with information as it comes out.

Michigan State lands former UCF Safety Nikai Martinez​

And he arrives at Michigan State with two years of eligibility remaining

Martinez is a 5-foot-11, 190-pound sophomore is coming off two highly productive seasons for UCF where he posted 75 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, six passes defended, and three interceptions.

As a sophomore season for the Knights, he started all 13 games, tied for the team lead in interceptions with three, and was fifth on the team with 54 tackles.

As a true freshman, Martinez played in all 14 games, finishing the season with 21 tackles.

He had many offers besides UCF coming out of high school, including Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Penn State, and Notre Dame, but he wanted to stay home as Apopka is a short distance from UCF.

I know that this is pure guesswork but I don't have a clue about any of these guys except what I read. Last year I thought we had 3 DT coming in who would be major role players and only 1 played much and even he disappointed. I hated to see both Harmon & Barrow go and who knows what the future of AVS is, sounds like he injury was quite severe. So are any of the new guys ready for prime time and if so, who do you think or is it just a roll of the dice. At least they all have multiple years remaining, if that means anything in today's revolving door of college football.

I would like to hear other opinions about our portal pickups.

Like I’ve said before, the coaching staff is going to have to make a lot of important decisions about who are the 1st stringers.

I do have confidence, from I have read, that the staff is up to it.

I also realize that turning a program, not short lived like we recently had, will have ups and downs. What is the general consensus about expectations for the program?

@Greg Smith and I discuss Michigan State's recent hot streak on the recruiting trail and whether or not Michigan State is ready to make a significant jump up the recruiting rankings this summer.

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Spartans Illustrated has obtained over 500 images and other material that Michigan State submitted to EA Sports for the new college football video game.

Here is what MSU submitted and what it might mean:

Check out the latest episode of This Is Sparta hosted by Jason Strayhorn & Sedrick Irvin.

I was a guest and we discussed my article on the new EA Sports college football video game and some MSU recruiting/transfer portal.

Check it out:

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Oregon transfer defensive tackle Ben Roberts has committed to Michigan State. He was on campus today.

@Caden Handwork has more here:

East Lansing 2025 running back Jace Clarizio is staying home. The three-star tailback committed to Michigan State on Tuesday, as the Spartans' hot streak on the recruiting trail continues, gaining a commitment in the 2025 cycle for the third day in a row.

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Play a game of 7-on-7 on the Spartan Stadium field, tour the brand new Tom Izzo Football Building, and talk to players inside the Michigan State locker room.

These are all things that you can do at the Spartan Fan Camp this summer on Wednesday, June 5.

More about the camp below.

The Michigan State football program sent out a flurry of scholarship offers to prospects throughout the country last week as coaches traveled around the country during the contact period. One of the more recent recruits who received an offer from the Spartans is 2025 three-star Texas defensive end Sheldon Rice.

Rice — who currently ranks as the 29th strong-side defensive end and the 99th player in the talent-rich Lone Star State — attends Fulshear High School in Richmond, Texas.

It was MSU cornerbacks coach Demetrice Martin who visited Fulshear to evaluate Rice, and Martin later offered the talented edge prospect.

The Michigan State scholarship offer was Rice's first from a Big Ten program. He spoke with Spartans Illustrated to break down what it means to him and provided an update on where his recruitment stands overall.

"It means a lot," Rice said about the MSU offer. 'It is my first Big Ten offer and I know they have a great program and are continuing to build a better one."

Rice has a trio of official visits set up so far and is considering one to Michigan State as well.

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Michigan State men’s golf bows out in the NCAA Regionals after finishing tied for 10th place.

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A fielding error drives in two runs for MSU, the Spartans lead Eastern Michigan 2-0 after one inning of play at McLane Stadium.

……with a 7-foot pole.

Congratulations to him getting a hole in one on Sunday. Still waiting for my first.

Aidan Chiles on the list:

Marcellius Pulliam is from Tyrone, Georgia and was a Miami Hurricane​

2023 (True Freshman): Saw action in 10 games in debut season, serving largely in key role on special teams units…Finished with one tackle and one interception…Made career debut in win over Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 14), notching first tackle of career…Saw action in all eight of Miami’s conference games…Had first interception of career returned 14 yards against Boston College (Nov. 24)…Saw time in Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers (Dec. 28).