Michigan State Football: 5 potential breakout candidates from 2018 spring game

SAN DIEGO, CA - DECEMBER 28: Chris Frey #23 and Drew Beesley #86 of the Michigan State Spartans of the Michigan State Spartans celebrate defeating the Washington State Cougars 42-17 in the SDCCU Holiday Bowl at SDCCU Stadium on December 28, 2017 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - DECEMBER 28: Chris Frey #23 and Drew Beesley #86 of the Michigan State Spartans of the Michigan State Spartans celebrate defeating the Washington State Cougars 42-17 in the SDCCU Holiday Bowl at SDCCU Stadium on December 28, 2017 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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Another member of Michigan State’s heralded 2016 recruiting class, Cam Chambers has stuck it out in East Lansing despite fighting some frustration through his first two seasons.

In fact, he came in as one of the Spartans’ highest-rated recruits and was expected to be a guy who could play right away, but he redshirted as a freshman, watching some of his fellow receivers from the class get some playing time and one, Justin Layne, even moved to the other side of the ball and earned the starting cornerback job.

Watching his peers get playing time over him had to be rough, especially as a sophomore when freshmen Hunter Rison and Cody White played major snaps.

Chambers took that to heart and stepped his game up both on the field and in the film room. He’s become one of the better students of the game and showed it during the spring scrimmage. He caught five passes for 50 yards and proved himself as a valuable target.

If there’s one receiver who could be in for a breakout campaign, it has to be this sophomore.