Michigan State football may have finally found its 2020 class QB

After missing on a couple of big fish in the 2020 class, Michigan State football may have finally found its quarterback in surprising fashion.

Chubba Purdy and Michael Alaimo were high on Michigan State’s board before they each committed elsewhere which left the coaching staff without a quarterback pledge in its 2020 class.

Just like last cycle, Michigan State has found it tough to land a quarterback. The Spartans ended up with former Western Michigan commit Payton Thorne in 2019, but it took almost the entire cycle to land him after losing Dwan Mathis to Ohio State and then ultimately Georgia.

This time around, Michigan State swung and missed on two priority targets and look to be slipping away with a third in CJ Stroud from California.

So the staff decided to be proactive and extend an offer to Noah Kim who de-committed from Virginia Tech on the same day. Could this de-commitment have something to do with the fact that the Spartans extended an offer?

Kim is a 6-2, 180-pound prospect from Chantilly, Va., who is ranked the No. 1,443 overall player and 52nd-best pro-style quarterback in the 2020 class. He doesn’t have a great offer sheet, but seems to be a late bloomer and committed to Virginia Tech almost immediately after receiving a scholarship.

There may not be much known about him, but he could be a nice depth addition behind Rocky Lombardi, Theo Day and Thorne next season. Plus, the staff has been great at developing quarterbacks over the years.

Watching Kim reminds me a little of Brian Lewerke by the way he can escape pressure and he can make some absolutely insane down-field passes. While short accuracy is sometimes Lewerke’s weakness, he has the ability to make some deep throws that essentially drop dimes right in buckets.

He may not be a well-known prospect, but Kim definitely has potential to be a decent passer at the next level. Could he be Michigan State’s 2020 gunslinger?