Michigan State Recruiting: 5 reasons Antjuan Simmons will commit

Michigan State recruiting could add a huge target to its 2017 football class in four-star linebacker Antjuan Simmons Saturday.

The wait could be over for Michigan State with four-star linebacker Antjuan Simmons on Saturday as he plans to commit in the afternoon. He has announced a final four of Michigan State, Arizona, Notre Dame and Ohio State — he was previously committed to the latter of the group.

Michigan State is hoping to land him because he would be one of the highest-rated players in the class and he has been high on the Spartans’ recruiting board for a while. The Spartans need linebackers badly and Simmons may be a guy who could come in right away and contribute.

Notre Dame was the leader for some time after he de-committed from Ohio State and the tides seem to have turned in Michigan State’s direction. Let’s take a look at the five reasons why he will commit to Michigan State on Saturday afternoon, ending all speculation.

5. Trending toward MSU

I hate relying on Crystal Balls for recruiting trends, but sometimes they are to be relied on if the votes overwhelmingly sway in one direction. Also, when Sean Scherer places a Crystal Ball on 247Sports to Michigan State, I usually listen. He has been fairly accurate and gathers his information before voting.

Well, Simmons has received a number of Michigan State votes in the past couple of days and the word on the street is that he is going to commit to the Spartans. I’ve also had someone tell me that they would be shocked if he went anywhere else.

The talented linebacker narrowed his list down to Arizona, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan State for his Saturday announcement and all of the trends are pointing to the Spartans. If he chose one of the other three at this point, it’d be a major shock.