Which MSU players are entering transfer portal?

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With virtually any coaching change comes roster turnover.

When a coach departs or is fired, a team made up largely of players recruited by the coach and his staff is left to decide whether it wants to remain at a school and with a program after such sudden change.

It’s something Michigan State football is experiencing now.

One day after the Spartans’ tumultuous 2023 season ended Friday with a 42-0 loss to Penn State, the university announced it had hired Jonathan Smith away from Oregon State. Smith replaces Mel Tucker, who was fired in late September for cause amid a university investigation into alleged sexual misconduct.

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Smith is a well-regarded coach who rebuilt Oregon State, his alma mater, into one of the Pac-12’s best programs over the past two seasons, but his arrival and the change it will bring – a new head coach, a new coaching staff, a new system and scheme – creates uncertainty for players, who may hope to continue their college careers elsewhere. With NCAA athletes now able to transfer once during their careers without the penalty of having to sit out a year, that movement becomes much more common.

In the days after the season finale and Smith’s hiring, several Spartans players have announced their intention to enter the transfer portal.

Here’s a rundown of who is potentially leaving:

Note: Players have from Dec. 4 to Jan. 2, 2024 to enter their name in the portal during the NCAA’s fall window.

Michigan State 2023 players entering the transfer portal

QB Katin Houser

A redshirt freshman, Houser started the final seven games of the Spartans’ season, with his team going 2-5 over that stretch.

This season, the 6-foot-3 Houser completed 58.6% of his passes for 1,132 yards, six touchdowns and…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2023-11-27 23:46:42

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