MSU football joins Alabama in offering local 2028 edge rusher Jayden Bell
MSU football joins Alabama in offering local 2028 edge rusher Jayden Bell
Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a local 2028 prospect that is already turning heads on the national level.
Jayden Bell of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. announced on Sunday that he's received an offer from the Spartans. Bell posted on social media platform X that he received the offer from the Spartans after attending a prospect camp at Michigan State on Sunday.
Bell plays for Michigan high school football powerhouse Brother Rice. He is listed as an edge rusher and measures in at 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds on 247Sports.
Bell is yet to be ranked on 247Sports, but that is most likely due to the fact that he's in the 2028 class. He will surely be a highly-rated prospect based on the teams already showing him interest on the recruiting trail. According to 247Sports, he now holds offers from Michigan State, Alabama, Pitt, Vanderbilt, Toledo, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Miami (OH), Kent State and UMass.
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