Michigan State Football: How do 2021 position groups compare to 2020?

Secondary

Better or worse (than 2020): Exponentially better

Another position group that I think was knocked out of the park by Mel Tucker and the staff this offseason is the secondary.

The defensive backfield went from a major concern to a comfortable strength in just a few months. The Spartans lost a few guys who I was really high on in Chris Jackson, Julian Barnett, and Davion Williams along with Shakur Brown to the NFL, but they did more than add just a couple of pieces.

In fact, Tucker went out and made the defensive backfield a major priority, picking up commitments from Ronald Williams (Alabama), Chester Kimbrough (Florida), Khary Crump (Arizona), Marqui Lowery (Louisville), and Kendell Brooks (Division II) from the transfer portal.

On top of that, he landed AJ Kirk, Charles Brantley, Michael Gravely Jr., and Antoine Booth in his 2021 class, making this unit deeper than it’s been over the past few seasons.

Kalon Gervin, Michael Dowell, Angelo Grose, Xavier Henderson, and Darius Snow all return and should have major impacts on the 2021 depth chart.

This position groups is worlds better than it was even a few months ago.