Michigan State basketball will be hosting in-state rival Michigan at the Breslin Center on Saturday at 1:00pm. The rivalry showdown on the court usually results in a large contingent of recruiting visitors for the football program of the hosting school.
Mel Tucker and the Michigan State staff took full advantage of the opportunity scheduling over 20 visitors including at least eight four-star prospects. Find the full list below.
2023 commit back on campus
2023 targets coming for unofficial visit
SpartanMag.com caught up with Caleb Herring before the trip to East Lansing.
“They’re obviously a good football team, but they also have great education. God forbid I don’t make it to the NFL, but they are a school with great education and they are really close with agricultural path I want to go down,” Herring said on why he wanted to visit Michigan State.
Herring said he is also excited for the atmosphere on Saturdays basketball game.
“I can’t wait for what I am about to experience,” Herring said. “I know the basketball game will be crazy.”
Herring visited Auburn for the Iron Bowl this past fall and has picked up recent offers from USC, Penn State and others.
Michigan State did not seem to be involved in the recruitment of Andrew Depaepe just a month ago. Soon after the announcement of the hiring of Brandon Jordan, Depaepe began contact with Michigan State and quickly set up a visit.
“I just wanted to get out there and see what it’s about. Meet the staff and meet Brandon Jordan and talk ball with him,” Depaepe said. “I think coach Tucker is a really cool guy and I wanna see if it feels like a place I’d spend my future at.”
Michigan State will be Depaepe’s first off-season visit.
Jordan Hall visited Michigan State last June and the visit made a lasting impression. He will now return for his second visit.
“The last time Is as there I loved it,” Hall said. “I had an available weekend and was excited to come back.”
Hall visited Miami in December where he was offered by the new staff.
Enow Etta will be stopping at Michigan and Michigan State this weekend. The former Brandon Jordan client also is coached by former Michigan Wolverine DL James Reed.
“Michigan State is a top school for me because they have top tier football and academics not just one,” Etta said. “Not only is it a great educational school and a football powerhouse, but it’s up north and that’s where I think I’m going to end up.”
Cameron Lenhardt visited Penn State twice this fall. The four-star will be making his first trip to Michigan State. Lenhardt tells SpartanMag.com he is excited to meet Brandon Jordan and says he learned a lot from his clips via twitter.
Cole Cabana visited Michigan on January 10th where he received a Wolverine offer. Cabana will make his first trip to East Lansing since having an offer from both the in-state schools.
Cabana hopes to build a stronger relationship with Effrem Reed.
Harlon Barnett scouted Malik Hartford live in-game this past fall and has kept in close contact with the Ohio DB.
Hartford visited Cincinnati on January 15th and then Ohio State last weekend. He received an OSU offer on the trip. Hartford will visit Michigan State Saturday and Michigan on Sunday.
Bo Edmundson will be making his first trip to Michigan State and his second of the off-season beginning Friday evening. His other visit was to TCU last weekend.
Jyaire Hill visited Michigan earlier this off-season and will return to Michigan this time for a Michigan State visit. Hill holds offers from Notre Dame, Penn State, Wisconsin, and others.
Trevor Lauck visited Indiana last weekend and will visit Michigan State and Purdue this up coming weekend.
Lauck recently picked up Ohio State and Michigan offers.
Ryan Carretta will return to Michigan State for his fifth visit since the summer. Carretta holds offers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Purdue and more.
Johnathan Slack is another prospect who has visited Michigan State multiple times since the summer. Slack visited Miami (FL) last weekend. He has also taken trips to LSU, Georgia and others.
Jamal Anderson Jr. was supposed to visit Notth Carolina earlier this month but got cancelled due to weather. He visited his father Jamal Anderson Sr.'s (NFL and Atlanta Falcon great) alma mater Utah last weekend and will see Michigan State next.
2023 unoffered visitors
2024 visitors
2024 unoffered visitors
Colorado grad-transfer RB making the trip as well
Broussard has two years of eligibility remaining. Will decided between MSU, Oregon and TCU.
Barker decided he was going to leave Illinois this off-season shortly after he tested the NFL Draft waters. Barker will be visiting Michigan State this weekend. Barker will enroll at a new school in the spring.