Jonathan Smith still preaches the importance of running a developmental program. That’s where high school recruiting comes in and the Michigan State coach who finished his first season last week at 5-7 landed future talent on Wednesday,

Michigan State football has made it a priority to reprioritize recruiting the local states of Michigan and Ohio, something that was neglected by the previous regime. The Spartans added Braylon Collier to the recruiting class earlier this cycle,

MSU did not put together a super impressive recruiting class in Year 1 under Jonathan Smith, entering Wednesday with the 16th class in the Big Ten.