Published Dec 8, 2021
Spartans land electric UNLV LB transfer Jacoby Windmon
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Jason Killop  •  Spartans Illustrated
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Michigan State received a boost to its defensive edge on Wednesday when UNLV transfer Jacoby Windmon announced he will be enrolling at Michigan State.

Windmon visited Michigan State over the weekend. SpartanMag insiders reported earlier this week that Windmon was close to committing to Michigan State, and that's what Windmon did, officially, today.

At 6-2, 230, Windmon has the capacity to play weakside linebacker like Quavaris Crouch while also working as an edge rusher on passing downs.

He will enroll in January and be on campus for winter conditioning and spring practice.

Windmon, a native of New Orleans, canceled plans to visit Texas. He was offered by Penn State late last week and considered visiting the Nittany Lions as well. He also received strong interest from Minnesota, Iowa State and Kansas State, but shut things down after his visit to Michigan State.

Windmon played three seasons at UNLV. He will be a senior in 2022 with an option to play a COVID season in 2023.

In 2021, Windmon led a struggling 2-10 UNLV team with 118 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and six sacks.

Windmon was a two-star recruit out of Marrero (La.) John Ehret High School when signing with UNLV out of high school in 2019. He held four other offers including South Alabama, Nichols State, Northwestern State, and Southeast Missouri State at that time. The under-the-radar recruiting find paid off for UNLV for three seasons. Windmon charted six and a half sacks last season, the most by a UNLV Rebel since 2013. He earned second team all conference linebacker honors in the Mountain West. He was third team All-Mountain West as a sophomore.

Windmon played in all 12 games as a true freshman in 2019. He finished the season with 12 tackles, including one TFL and added a pass breakup.

As a sophomore, Windmon started all six games (COVID year) on the defensive line. As a pash rushing threat, Windmon led the team in sacks with five. He finished second on the team with 39 tackles.

In his junior season, Windmon moved back to the inside linebacker position and flourished once again, leading the team in sacks.

Windmon entered the portal and was instantly a hot commodity, earning portal offers from Michigan State, TCU, Texas, Louisville, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Houston, Maryland, USF, Minnesota, Iowa State, Indiana, and Kansas State. One of the busiest recruits in the portal, Michigan State coaches were very excited to host and close the deal with Windmon.

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