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Michigan State football staring down biggest recruiting weekend in program history

By Connor Muldowney

Michigan State's football coach Mel Tucker talks about his time at MSU in his office on Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Skandalaris Football Center in East Lansing.220328 Msu Tucker 082a
Michigan State's football coach Mel Tucker talks about his time at MSU in his office on Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Skandalaris Football Center in East Lansing.220328 Msu Tucker 082a /
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Mel Tucker has had a huge impact on Michigan State football through just two seasons and he’s facing the biggest recruiting weekend of his career.

Recruiting during the Mel Tucker era has just been nothing short of exhilarating.

Michigan State football has gone from a middle-of-the-pack recruiting program in the Mark Dantonio era (he was a master developer of talent) to one of the best in the Big Ten.

In fact, Tucker’s first class in 2021 wasn’t anything truly special, but he followed that up with the No. 23 class in 2022 and is currently holding one of the top-15 classes for 2023. But he’s not slowing down any time soon.

Tucker has made it a point to say that his coaches will recruit 24/7 and if they’re not comfortable with that, then this may not be the job for them. It’s fairly clear now that the staff is constantly recruiting, especially based on the visitor list being compiled for the 2022 spring game on Saturday afternoon in East Lansing.

The Spartans are adding new visitors to the list left and right, mostly from the 2023 and 2024 classes, and these aren’t just three-star guys anymore like we’re used to seeing. No, these are top-10 talents, five-stars, and blue-chippers. These guys are being courted by programs like Georgia, Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, and others.

At one point, Michigan State had a handful of the top-15 recruits in the country from the 2024 class scheduled to take visits and it’s adding targets from 2023 as well.

Michigan State’s recruiting has taken a serious turn and looking back at that quote that Tucker gave about “if you can’t recruit at Michigan State, you probably can’t recruit”, it makes it seem like this should have been the expectation for years.

This weekend’s spring game will be the biggest recruiting weekend in program history with the amount of top-200 talent from both the 2023 and 2024 classes (and even 2025) that will be on campus.

Tucker has a chance to really gain ground and turn this program back into a perennial power.

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