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Michigan State Football: Should Dwan Mathis’ Ohio State offer worry Spartans?

By Connor Muldowney

EAST LANSING, MI - OCTOBER 29: Michigan State Spartans head football coach Mark Dantonio watches the action during the first quarter of the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Spartan Stadium on October 29, 2016 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - OCTOBER 29: Michigan State Spartans head football coach Mark Dantonio watches the action during the first quarter of the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Spartan Stadium on October 29, 2016 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /
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Michigan State has an elite quarterback committed to its 2018 class in Dwan Mathis, but should the Spartans be worried about his Ohio State offer?

Mark Dantonio and Brad Salem have developed some elite quarterbacks in East Lansing over the years, and with the wealth of talent for years to come, that doesn’t look to be ending any time soon.

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The Spartans have Rocky Lombardi as Brian Lewerke’s backup with Theo Day learning the ropes as an early enrollee freshman with major upside. After those guys, 2019 pledge Dwan Mathis will be competing for snaps early in his Spartan career. That’s four quarterbacks who could start on a good amount of college teams.

However, Mathis might be getting pulled in multiple directions as he received a major offer on Thursday from Ohio State — one of his early favorites.

A week before receiving this offer, he stated that he was 1,000 percent (not 100, but 1,000) committed to Michigan State. Many believed the Buckeye offer changed things.

Then there was this tweet from Allen Trieu who talked to Mathis about his offer and the four-star from Belleville, Mich., reportedly reiterated his commitment to Michigan State as solid.

Does this mean we should no longer be worried about that Ohio State offer? Not exactly.

While Mathis is 100 percent committed to the Spartans, something he’s repeated multiple times over the past couple of weeks, he was still wanted that Ohio State before he committed to Michigan State. He likely reached his goal by earning the offer, but it could be a ‘too little, too late’ situation for Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes.

While there is no such thing as a ‘sure thing’ in recruiting, Mathis is as close as you can get to a solid, locked- in prospect for Michigan State. His friends, such as Spencer Brown and Julian Barnett, are committed with him in the 2019 class, and he feels at home in East Lansing. It’s OK to be confident and skeptical at the same time.

Schools should always have a little bit of worry when a former favorite enters the race late.

If he reassured the Spartan coaching staff that he’s 100 percent committed to the Spartans even after the Ohio State offer, they should feel good about keeping him aboard unless they do something to make him question his commitment — such as add another quarterback to the class.

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Ohio State offers should always worry the staff, but the panic over Mathis should be a dull roar, at most.

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