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Michigan State Football: Post-spring 2-deep depth chart predictions for 2021

By Connor Muldowney

Michigan State's Jalen Nailor, left, runs to the sideline with teammates during the spring football game on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.210424 Msu Spring Game 033a
Michigan State's Jalen Nailor, left, runs to the sideline with teammates during the spring football game on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.210424 Msu Spring Game 033a /
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Mel Tucker’s first real spring is officially in the books and after landing 15 transfers from the portal, the 2021 Michigan State football roster is starting to really take shape.

With all of the transfers officially on campus and already receiving their numbers, the Spartans are looking toward a big 2021 season. It’s not going to be easy, but the hopes are reasonably high for Michigan State after all the roster turnover.

Now that we have a good idea of what the roster will look like this fall, I’ll take a stab at the post-spring two-deep depth chart.

Offensive Line

Starting tackles: AJ Arcuri, Jarrett Horst
Backups: Luke Campbell, Kevin Jarvis

AJ Arcuri is back for one final season and he really doesn’t get the respect he deserves. He could be one of the more steady starters on the offensive line at left tackle. On the other side of the line will be Arkansas State transfer Jarrett Horst who I believe will also have a big year.

Luke Campbell will be the perfect veteran backup and could even earn some starting reps if he has a big summer. And Kevin Jarvis will likely be starting at guard this fall but has experience at tackle.

Starting guards: Kevin Jarvis, Matt Carrick
Backups: James Ohonba, JD Duplain

The aforementioned Jarvis could end up being one of the best guards in this Big Ten this season as the expectations for him are high. He’ll be back with plenty of starting experience at guard and Matt Carrick is my early pick to start at right guard. JD Duplain is going to make a run at that spot with Carrick, so don’t count him out yet, and James Ohonba had a strong spring game.

Starting center: Nick Samac
Backup: Matt Allen

Nick Samac has had a strong Michigan State career thus far and he should be back as the starting center but Matt Allen has those great football genes and is the veteran at the position. Can’t go wrong with either one here, but I think Samac has a leg up.

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