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Michigan State Football: Top 10 prospects for 2020 NFL Draft

By Connor Muldowney

TEMPE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 08: (R-L) Khari Willis #27, Brian Lewerke #14, Joe Bachie #35, David Dowell #6 and basketball head coach Mike Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans walk out to mid field for the coin toss to the college football game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TEMPE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 08: (R-L) Khari Willis #27, Brian Lewerke #14, Joe Bachie #35, David Dowell #6 and basketball head coach Mike Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans walk out to mid field for the coin toss to the college football game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 14: Tyler Johnson #6 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers carries the ball for a touchdown against Josiah Scott #22 of the Michigan State Spartans during the fourth quarter of the game on October 14, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Spartans defeated the Gophers 30-27. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 14: Tyler Johnson #6 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers carries the ball for a touchdown against Josiah Scott #22 of the Michigan State Spartans during the fourth quarter of the game on October 14, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Spartans defeated the Gophers 30-27. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

Are you enjoying watching Josiah Scott in a Spartan uniform? Well, cherish it while you can because his time in East Lansing could be coming to a close sooner rather than later.

We watched as Justin Layne was drafted in the third round (a major steal) by the Pittsburgh Steelers after a strong junior season and many believed he was a top-five cornerback in the country. He played across the field from another elite cornerback and one who could very well be a Day 1 or Day 2 selection, if all goes as planned in 2019.

Scott played in just five games, burning his redshirt in the Redbox Bowl because there’s little chance he’d be around for two, let alone three, more seasons anyways.

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In those five games, he finished with 13 tackles, two interceptions and nine pass breakups. Quarterbacks just didn’t want to throw his way and when they did, they usually regretted it.

It was a lose-lose situation for opposing offenses with Layne and Scott manning the two cornerback spots and the safeties being All-Big Ten performers as well.

Expect a big year from this kid and for the NFL to come calling shortly after.

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