From yesterday, in case you missed it:
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Offensive Notebook: Felton Davis sidelined, freshmen impress
Jim Comparoni | Publisher
Felton Davis, shown here during last week's non-padded practice, might be out for the remainder of the spring with an undisclosed injury.
EAST LANSING - Felton Davis missed practice on Tuesday due to an undisclosed injury and might not return for the remainder of spring practice, Mark Dantonio said on Tuesday.
Davis, who came forward as an emerging downfield threat late last season as a true freshman, began the spring as a first-string wide receiver, along with senior R.J. Shelton.
Dantonio, who normally doesn’t comment on injuries, acknowledged Davis’ absence but didn’t elaborate.
“(It’s) unfortunate,” Dantonio said.
However, Dantonio believes the injury isn’t as costly to a first-year player as it could have been if Davis hadn’t spent last fall with the traveling squad.
“He received coaching all year,” Dantonio said. “He was coached at a high level for four months.”
Davis (6-4, 198, Soph., Richmond, Va.) had two catches for 50 yards last season, with both receptions coming in the post-season. Davis had a 22-yard catch against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game and a 28-yard grab in the College Football Playoff against Alabama.
Davis is listed 17 pounds heavier than he was for the College Football Playoff.
Does Dantonio expect him back later this spring?
“Too early to see,” Dantonio said. “We’ll see how it goes.”
With Davis out, true freshmen Cam Chambers and Donnie Corley will continue to see an immediate impact on the first and second string.
"I'm impressed by Donnie Corley and Cam Chambers," junior safety Montae Nicholsonsaid on Tuesday. "They are going up and making plays. They have been here a short time but they are the type of players that make me better on defense. Their work ethic is phenomenal."
Shelton is the team’s leading returning receiver among wide outs with 43 catches. No other returning wide out had more than the two catches made by Davis and Monty Madaris in 2015.
With Davis out, Madaris (6-1, 202, Sr., Cincinnati) and walk-on Edward “Tres” Barksdale (6-2, 200, Sr., Solon, Ohio) have the best opportunity of their careers to make a move on the depth chart.
Barksdale was listed as the No. 2 split end on the pre-spring depth chart, behind Davis and ahead of the now-surging Chambers. Barksdale has been a solid practice player throughout his career and might be capable of putting up numbers in upcoming spring scrimmages.
Madaris was listed as the No. 2 flanker, behind Shelton and ahead of Corley. Madaris can play split end or flanker.
Madaris had a nice catch over the middle during scrimmaging on Tuesday.
CORLEY, CHAMBERS, DeWEAVER IMPRESS
Dantonio was complimentary of Michigan State’s mid-year freshman enrollees on Tuesday, with the skill position players gaining special mention.
“Messiah de Weaver looked like a guy that has a great future ahead of him,” Dantonio said of the rookie QB. “Throw him out there in his first day of pads, people come at him from all angles, and he handles it.”
Corley and Chambers impressed coaches and teammates during winter conditioning, the first two days of unpadded practices, and followed up with strong performances on Tuesday.
Donnie Corley has made difficult catches like this one commonplace thus far in spring practice.
“Donnie Corley and Cam Chambers, you notice those two guys early in the practices,” Dantonio said. “Good. Very good. It was a good first day for those guys.
“Kenny Lyke has done a nice job as well. Joe Bachie made some plays out there today.Thiyo Lukusa, on the offensive line, it’s a whole new system (for him) and a lot of change. So you’re going to struggle in there initially and it takes time to find your footing.”
DANTONIO UNPLUGGED
On young offensive linemen: “Cole Chewins moves well. Tyler Higby moves well.(Noah) Listermann looks like he has improved as a football player. We moved Keyonta Stallworth over to defense, so he’s working there. Those are the four guys that came in last year as offensive linemen and I think they’re going to be good players for us. With that being said, you are sort of starting from scratch. They’re young players.
“It’s the first day of pads. You’re in shorts for a couple of days and then all the sudden you put pads on, and you put noise out there and you put people moving around and things become a little bit more difficult.”
On senior Delton Williams at fullback: “He looked good. He also played some tailback. Just have to find a way to get him on the field a little bit more. He can catch the ball and run it and do some different things. It’s too early to tell, but for the first day out there, he looked all right.”
https://michiganstate.n.rivals.com/news/offensive-notebook-felton-davis-sidelined-freshmen-impress
Offensive Notebook: Felton Davis sidelined, freshmen impress
Jim Comparoni | Publisher
Felton Davis, shown here during last week's non-padded practice, might be out for the remainder of the spring with an undisclosed injury.
EAST LANSING - Felton Davis missed practice on Tuesday due to an undisclosed injury and might not return for the remainder of spring practice, Mark Dantonio said on Tuesday.
Davis, who came forward as an emerging downfield threat late last season as a true freshman, began the spring as a first-string wide receiver, along with senior R.J. Shelton.
Dantonio, who normally doesn’t comment on injuries, acknowledged Davis’ absence but didn’t elaborate.
“(It’s) unfortunate,” Dantonio said.
However, Dantonio believes the injury isn’t as costly to a first-year player as it could have been if Davis hadn’t spent last fall with the traveling squad.
“He received coaching all year,” Dantonio said. “He was coached at a high level for four months.”
Davis (6-4, 198, Soph., Richmond, Va.) had two catches for 50 yards last season, with both receptions coming in the post-season. Davis had a 22-yard catch against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game and a 28-yard grab in the College Football Playoff against Alabama.
Davis is listed 17 pounds heavier than he was for the College Football Playoff.
Does Dantonio expect him back later this spring?
“Too early to see,” Dantonio said. “We’ll see how it goes.”
With Davis out, true freshmen Cam Chambers and Donnie Corley will continue to see an immediate impact on the first and second string.
"I'm impressed by Donnie Corley and Cam Chambers," junior safety Montae Nicholsonsaid on Tuesday. "They are going up and making plays. They have been here a short time but they are the type of players that make me better on defense. Their work ethic is phenomenal."
Shelton is the team’s leading returning receiver among wide outs with 43 catches. No other returning wide out had more than the two catches made by Davis and Monty Madaris in 2015.
With Davis out, Madaris (6-1, 202, Sr., Cincinnati) and walk-on Edward “Tres” Barksdale (6-2, 200, Sr., Solon, Ohio) have the best opportunity of their careers to make a move on the depth chart.
Barksdale was listed as the No. 2 split end on the pre-spring depth chart, behind Davis and ahead of the now-surging Chambers. Barksdale has been a solid practice player throughout his career and might be capable of putting up numbers in upcoming spring scrimmages.
Madaris was listed as the No. 2 flanker, behind Shelton and ahead of Corley. Madaris can play split end or flanker.
Madaris had a nice catch over the middle during scrimmaging on Tuesday.
CORLEY, CHAMBERS, DeWEAVER IMPRESS
Dantonio was complimentary of Michigan State’s mid-year freshman enrollees on Tuesday, with the skill position players gaining special mention.
“Messiah de Weaver looked like a guy that has a great future ahead of him,” Dantonio said of the rookie QB. “Throw him out there in his first day of pads, people come at him from all angles, and he handles it.”
Corley and Chambers impressed coaches and teammates during winter conditioning, the first two days of unpadded practices, and followed up with strong performances on Tuesday.
Donnie Corley has made difficult catches like this one commonplace thus far in spring practice.
“Donnie Corley and Cam Chambers, you notice those two guys early in the practices,” Dantonio said. “Good. Very good. It was a good first day for those guys.
“Kenny Lyke has done a nice job as well. Joe Bachie made some plays out there today.Thiyo Lukusa, on the offensive line, it’s a whole new system (for him) and a lot of change. So you’re going to struggle in there initially and it takes time to find your footing.”
DANTONIO UNPLUGGED
On young offensive linemen: “Cole Chewins moves well. Tyler Higby moves well.(Noah) Listermann looks like he has improved as a football player. We moved Keyonta Stallworth over to defense, so he’s working there. Those are the four guys that came in last year as offensive linemen and I think they’re going to be good players for us. With that being said, you are sort of starting from scratch. They’re young players.
“It’s the first day of pads. You’re in shorts for a couple of days and then all the sudden you put pads on, and you put noise out there and you put people moving around and things become a little bit more difficult.”
On senior Delton Williams at fullback: “He looked good. He also played some tailback. Just have to find a way to get him on the field a little bit more. He can catch the ball and run it and do some different things. It’s too early to tell, but for the first day out there, he looked all right.”
