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Michigan State football: Power ranking offensive position groups for 2023

By Scott Tolonen

EAST LANSING, MI - SEPTEMBER 02: The Michigan State University Spartans take the field prior to the game against Western Michigan Broncos at Spartan Stadium on September 2, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Jaime Crawford/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - SEPTEMBER 02: The Michigan State University Spartans take the field prior to the game against Western Michigan Broncos at Spartan Stadium on September 2, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Jaime Crawford/Getty Images) /
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With the news of Michigan State Football’s over/under set at 4.5 or 5.5, depending on your preferred sportsbook, it’s time to take a look at individual position groups to see which ones will help us hit the over, and which ones could help the under bettors. We will start with the offense.

5. Quarterbacks

The quarterback room is the lowest on the list and that’s because there’s just not enough information on how good Noah Kim or Katin Houser are. Kim looked great against Akron, which finished last in the MAC, and looked like an All-American just like he did against Minnesota and Ohio State backups when the game was well out of reach.

In the fans’ eyes, it’s been Kim’s job since the end of last season, but one can’t help but think that Payton Thorne would bring a high floor/mid ceiling to the position. With Kim (or Houser for that matter), I feel like we have a higher ceiling but could succumb to the hype machine and not live up to the expectations we as fans have set for him.

This is where Jay Johnson earns his paycheck. He’s had three years of watching Kim and Houser in practice. He knows their strengths and weaknesses. He’s watched the team all through spring practice and should run a scheme to fit the pieces instead of getting the pieces to fit the scheme. Thorne’s deep ball to Jayden Reed, Jalen Nailor, and Keon Coleman were the strengths of the past but that doesn’t mean it will work now.

The potential is there, can Johnson coordinate this offense to bring out the best of Kim?

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