Mel Tucker and Michigan State Recruiting From Around the Map
Mel Tucker and Michigan State have recruited from 32 states around the map. The top five schools receiving offers is Georgia with 32, Texas with 31, Ohio with 25, Michigan with 24, and Florida with 21. The number of offers the Spartans have sent out to the class of 2021 is slightly under 300.
Of the Spartans 15 commits, a little over half of them are from where Michigan State recruits the most.
For example, growing up in East Lansing, Ethan Boyd practically has Michigan State in his backyard; Charles Brantley from Venice, FL is trying to recruit his teammate from Venice High School, Steffan Johnson, who has Michigan State in his top five; on the other hand, there’s players like, 4-star offensive guard Geno VanDeMark, coming from New Jersey and committing to Michigan State like two other Spartan commits.
Tucker is not only good about looking for talent, especially where Michigan State may need it, but he is also good about balance. While one part of the team may need more work, Tucker makes sure to recruit a variety of players that can help build the team to work offensively and defensively.
Where Tucker is proficient in recruiting over Michigan State’s previous head coach, Mark Dantonio, is that he brings new energy to the culture, which a lot of the players and recruits have been able to sense.
Not that Dantonio didn’t have success with the Spartans, because he did, however, he lost his magic touch especially within the past few years.
Dantonio, being a defensive coordinator from Ohio State back in 2001, was able to have what I’d say a pretty successful defensive line. Where he continued to struggle is from recruiting lower-ranked players.
Especially with the class of 2016 which according to Spartans Wire was, “one of the lowest recruiting classes ever signed after a team made the College Football Playoff.”
While Tucker is recruiting from various locations, he is also recruiting higher-ranked players, which has put him in a better position for committing higher talent.
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