Michigan State Football: Ranking position groups after 2022 spring ball

Michigan State football wrapped up spring ball with its annual scrimmage — or open practice — last week. How do the position groups rank?

Spring ball has wrapped up for Michigan State football and that means we have a better idea of how the team will look heading into the 2022 season.

Fans didn’t get to see the typical spring scrimmage that they’ve been used to over the years because of a lack of healthy players, but they got a closer look at Michigan State’s newcomers and the growth of the returning players such as Jayden Reed and Payton Thorne.

Now that we know more about this year’s team, here’s my best post-spring position group ranking for the Spartans.

7. Offensive Line

This one wasn’t all that difficult to rank because, well, we have no idea who Michigan State is going to have healthy by the start of the season because so many guys were out.

The lack of healthy bodies on the offensive line limited the spring game and forced it to be more of an open practice because there weren’t enough guys for a full scrimmage on both sides. This was slightly concerning, but you have to think this was more precautionary than anything else.

Help is on the way here, though. Brian Greene, a Washington State transfer, will join the team this summer and Jarrett Horst is back. Add in Matt Carrick to the “getting healthier” mix and throw in JD Duplain, Spencer Brown, Geno VanDeMark, Nick Samac, Ethan Boyd, and Dallas Fincher and you have a decent allotment of talent.

For now, they’re seventh but I think this could be a top-five group on the team.