Michigan State Football: 3 seniors who are due for breakout seasons in 2020

The only player on this list to never have taken a redshirt season, Matt Dotson came to Michigan State with arguably more fanfare than the rest. He was a member of the 2017 class as a four-star tight end from Ohio and the expectations were sky-high.

Michigan State hasn’t quite had a productive tight end that it could rely on since Josiah Price in 2016 and Dotson was supposed to be that next man up, but hasn’t had a full season to show that just yet.

As a freshman, he was buried on the depth chart and finished with two catches for 19 yards in two games — before the four-game redshirt rule. He then had a big sophomore season with 14 catches for 159 yards and his first career touchdown in eight games. He added to those numbers as a junior with 16 catches for 151 yards and a touchdown in just seven games.

Dotson’s junior year was cut short due to a season-ending leg injury in the seventh game which was disappointing because he was on pace to have a career year with six games remaining to potentially double his production.

With Jay Johnson in charge of the offense, he has called the tight end position his ‘MVP’ and that has to be music to Dotson’s ears.

If there’s any senior due for a breakout season who is fully capable of putting up the numbers, it’s Dotson.