While there was a ton of bad news for Michigan State football fans to digest on Wednesday, QB1 saved the day.
Alessio Milivojevic announced a return to Michigan State earlier this offseason under Pat Fitzgerald, giving fans exactly what they wanted to hear heading into the 2026 campaign under a new staff.
However, Martin Connington, too, seemed to reaffirm his status with Michigan State earlier in the offseason before hitting the portal on Tuesday. Nothing is for certain these days in college sports, so a student athlete could say he’s back and then go back on his word and hit the portal.
Well, we won’t have to worry about that with Alessio.
On Wednesday, Milivojevic doubled down on his commitment to return to Michigan State in 2026 with a “go green” tweet followed by a #SD4L.
Go Green! #SD4L pic.twitter.com/10Gqkq0eIc
— Alessio Milivojevic (@alessiomilivoj1) December 31, 2025
Michigan State has QB1 back, and that’s great news for Fitzgerald and the offense. Nick Sheridan has to be pretty happy that he won’t have to scour the transfer portal for a starting quarterback because those don’t exactly grow on trees.
Milivojevic replaced Aidan Chiles at the end of the season and looked like the future of the program as a redshirt freshman.
His return is huge for the offense.
Alessio Milivojevic looks like the future
It’s tough to say anyone is for sure “the future” of a program, but Milivojevic looked like it near the end of the season, passing for over 1,000 yards in a handful of starts.
Aidan Chiles was thought to be the future of the program before losing his job to Milivojevic, so there’s no guarantee that any quarterback is going to be successful. Milivojevic, however, completed 64 percent of his passes as a redshirt freshman with 10 touchdowns and three picks (his first throw of the season was an interception. He also finished with 1,267 yards.
Milivojevic passed for over 250 yards against Maryland, Iowa, and Minnesota. He was also 5-for-6 with a touchdown against Michigan and 17-for-27 for 128 yards against Penn State.
There’s a reason Jonathan Smith was so high on him.
Now it’s time to get him some receivers.