WATCH: Michigan State QBs Coach Boyer Talks Spring Ball, More

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- After bringing several assistant coaches with him from Oregon State, Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith has added another to his staff after Year 1 in East Lansing.

This winter, the Spartans brought on Jon Boyer to be their quarterbacks coach. Boyer knew Aidan Chiles when he was a freshman at Oregon State and is seen as someone who should be a huge asset to the third-year quarterback as he heads into his second season at Michigan State.

Boyer coached at Oregon State for six seasons, his first five having been under Smith. He held the positions of quality control coach and senior offensive advisor before serving as the program's tight ends coach last season.

Boyer addressed the media following the Spartans' 11th spring practice on Thursday.

Coach Smith spoke to the media last week. Below is a partial transcript from his availability:

Smith: "Finished Practice 8. Feel good with what the first eight practices have looked like. Not perfect, but a lot of guys getting reps. You can see steady improvement. The install is getting to the point where it's about peaked.

"We're not going to double up the second half of the spring, so the more reps and the same stuff in the back-half of the spring. And looking for that steady improvement. I think the energy, enthusiasm for eight days has been there. And so, kind of like a lot of what I've seen so far."

Q: How do you monitor installation with the transfer portal in mind?

Smith: "Yeah, it's not a huge consideration in my mind. I mean, I think, again, we're invested in these guys. We're not going to hold things until by chance we lose a guy or two. We understand the landscape and guys are going to have opportunities here for us the last two weeks of April.

"But we feel pretty good in regards to what we're putting in and doing, and we want to get better at those schemes, and so, yeah, we want reps out in April, re-digest it through the summer and August."

Q: Brian Lindgren said you're ahead on offense compared to where you were last year, would you agree with that?

Smith: "Yeah, I think we're ahead just because we do got a majority of guys going into Year 2. Some of the guys that we added came here in January and dove right into it, and again, yeah, they're getting more reps, but I think the competition at the receiver position is healthy and we've got some additions there that have shown they can help us.

"Offensive line, competition. We're healthier there, I think we're stronger there and we got more competition at the line."

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