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USA Today
20-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Social media reacts to an expected MSU recruiting loss in battle for local 4-star RB
Social media reacts to an expected MSU recruiting loss in battle for local 4-star RB See how fans reacted on social media to the news that Michigan State is expected to lose recruiting battle for local 4-star running back Kory Amachree Things can change quickly in the recruiting world, and it appears Michigan State football is on the wrong side of that kind of whirlwind for a big-time prospect in their own backyard. Within just a few days, Michigan State football has lost the projected edge for four-star running back Kory Amachree of Haslett, Mich., who is now expected to commit to Kansas. The recruiting experts at 247Sports' entered a crystal ball prediction for Amachree to stay close to home and commit to Michigan State late last week, but on Tuesday afternoon that prediction flipped to the Jayhawks. Amachree announced on Tuesday that he will be making his college commitment on Friday at 3 p.m. ET. He will be choosing between Michigan State, Kansas, Indiana, Pitt, Duke and Harvard. Amachree is listed as a four-star prospect in 247Sports' composite rankings, and holds a rating of 89.63. He is ranked as the No. 24 running back and No. 6 player from Michigan in the 2026 class. He is also listed as the No. 351 overall prospect in the class. With the experts now pointing to Kansas as the expected winner in the recruiting battle for Amachree, fans took to social media to express their frustration and displeasure in the Spartans football program's current state. Check out some of the best social media reactions from fans upset about the latest twist in Amachree's recruitment and what appears to be another notable loss for Michigan State on the recruiting trail: Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
USA Today
20-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
MSU priority target, 4-star RB Kory Amachree to announce college decision this week
MSU priority target, 4-star RB Kory Amachree to announce college decision this week Michigan State, Kansas, Indiana, Pitt, Duke and Harvard are the listed finalists for Kory Amachree A major Michigan State football recruiting target will be announcing his commitment later this week. Four-star running back Kory Amachree of Haslett, Mich. revealed on Tuesday that he'll be announcing his college decision later this week. According to a social media post from Amachree, he'll be committing on Friday at 3 p.m. ET at Haslett High School. The commitment will also be available for fans to watch on the WLNS 6 News live stream. Amachree is down to six finalists ahead of his college commitment this week: Michigan State, Kansas, Indiana, Pitt, Duke and Harvard. The Spartans are currently listed as the favorite to land his commitment based on 247Sports' crystal ball predictions. Amachree is listed as a four-star prospect in 247Sports' composite rankings, and holds a rating of 89.63. He is ranked as the No. 24 running back and No. 6 player from Michigan in the 2026 class. He is also listed as the No. 351 overall prospect in the class. Amachree is scheduled to take an official visit to Michigan State at the end of this month, and has already taken official visits to Kansas, Indiana and Northwestern. Based where he's already visited and the buzz on social media, it sounds like Michigan State, Kansas and Indiana are three schools in the best position to land his commitment. This would be a massive win on the recruiting trail for head coach Jonathan Smith and the Spartans should they land Amachree's commitment. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
USA Today
16-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Spartans listed as finalist for local, elite 4-star RB Kory Amachree
Spartans listed as finalist for local, elite 4-star RB Kory Amachree Michigan State is one of six schools still in the running for an elite local running back prospect Michigan State is one of only six schools still in the running for a big-time in-state running back prospect in the 2026 class. Kory Amachree of Haslett, Mich. revealed his top six schools on Friday, with Michigan State included in the mix. Along with the Spartans, Amachree is now only considering Kansas, Indiana, Duke, Pitt and Harvard. Amachree is a four-star running back in the 2026 class, and holds a recruiting rating of 89.63 in 247Sports' composite system. Amachree ranks as the No. 24 running back and No. 352 overall prospect in 247Sports' composite rankings for the class. He is also listed as the No. 6 player from Michigan in the class. Amachree holds offers from nearly 40 schools, according to 247Sports. He has already taken official visits to Kansas, Northwestern and Indiana, and is scheduled to take an official visit to Michigan State on June 1. Amachree is a local kid for Michigan State and has been a priority prospect for the Spartans in the 2026 class. This would be a massive recruiting win for head coach Jonathan Smith and his staff should they end up landing a commitment in this battle. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Recruiting Rumor Mill: Sound Mind Sound Body Media Day
Nick Lucero/ Sound Mind Sound Body (SMSB) had its media day in metro Detroit on Sunday, which included many of the top prospects throughout the state of Michigan. was in attendance to meet with players and watch them compete in on-field workouts. Here is the latest on visit plans and more from some of the notable recruits who were in attendance. Amachree ultimately was unable to attend the Sound Mind Sound Body event on Sunday because he was out of town, but sources close to his recruitment tell that his spring visit schedule and official visit schedule is set. The Michigan State legacy prospect and Rivals250 member will make the short trip from Haslett, Michigan to East Lansing on Tuesday. He will also officially visit MSU on June 7. He is a priority target for the Spartans. He will also take an unofficial visit to Michigan on March 22. The Wolverines have not offered yet, but it will be interesting to see if they do on the visit. Amachree's dad, Opuene Amachree, played for the Spartans in the 1990s and Kory is plenty familiar with Michigan State. However, he is adamant that he is open to leaving the state and that he will make his own decision based on the school he thinks is the best fit for him. The four-star running back has additional official visits planned to Kansas (April 5), Purdue (April 18), Northwestern (May 10), Indiana (June 14) and Pittsburgh (June 20). This is still an open race. It's very early in the process for the class of 2028 athlete, but Bidden is already emerging as one of the top prospects in the state and the region for the cycle. He can run the 40-yard dash in under 4.5 seconds, which is a big reason why so many schools are interested. He has already garnered scholarship offers from Alabama, Auburn, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami (FL.), Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Purdue, USC, Vanderbilt and others. Bidden plans to make several visits this spring and summer, and will be getting plenty of work in throughout the 7-on-7 circuit. He plans to compete in a 7-on-7 competition in New Orleans with SMSB this coming weekend. In June, Harper Woods High School will participate at a 7-on-7 camp at Ohio State. He also plans to make spring visits to Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and possibly others . Cross is a rising 2028 wide receiver out of River Rouge who already has Power Four offers from Miami (FL.) and USC, in addition to offers from Bowling Green, Central Michigan Marshall and Miami (OH). It's extremely early for Cross, but the Hurricanes have his attention right now. He's already visited Miami once and said it "felt like home." He also called Miami his "dream school" and would like to play his college football down south somewhere. Still, there is a long way to go in Cross' recruitment, and many other schools are likely to get involved in the future. Goins is a name to keep an eye on in 2027 class. He has already gained offers from Kent State, Miami (OH), USC and Western Kentucky, with more likely to come. One of the programs that has his attention most, however, is Michigan State. The Spartans have not offered Goins yet, but are in consistent contact with him and monitoring him. Goins has visited MSU multiple times already, and is currently in the process of setting up another visit to East Lansing for the spring. Two of Goins' high school teammates this past season at Macomb Dakota, three-star linebacker DiMari Malone and three-star offensive tackle Justin Bell, signed with the Spartans this past December and enrolled at MSU in January. Goins also plans to visit Miami (OH) this spring. He would love to return to USC soon as well, after previously visiting the Trojans in January and receiving the offer from them on that trip. One of the top prospects in the class of 2027, Guerrant checks in at No 67 overall in the Rivals250 and ranks as No. 2 recruit in the state of Michigan and No. 7 wide receiver in the country. Guerrant, who is teammates with Bidden at Harper Woods, already has around 30 scholarship offers. He will see several schools this spring, starting with a pair of in-state schools high on his list before heading out of the Great Lakes State. He will be at Michigan on March 20, and will return to Ann Arbor on April 3 and April 19, which is the Wolverines' spring game. He will then go to Michigan State on March 22. Guerrant will visit Ohio State on March 24 and then return to Columbus for the Buckeyes' spring game on April 12. He will make a stop at Penn State on March 25, and plans to return to Happy Valley for the Nittany Lions' spring game on April 26. The four-star wide receiver will visit Tennessee on March 27, followed by a multi-day trip to Oregon during the weekend of April 4 through 6. Each of the schools listed above, along with Miami (FL.), are the programs sticking out most to Guerrant right now, but early on in the process, his recruitment is still wide open. He does not have any plans to narrow down his options quite yet. Griggs is another 2028 prospect from the state of Michigan to watch. The young Cass Tech standout already has scholarship offers from Kentucky, Louisville, Marshall, Miami (FL.) and USC. He plans to visit a lot of schools this month, including some some instances of two schools in the same day. Griggs will be at Michigan State on March 22, Pittsburgh on March 24, Penn State and Maryland on March 25 and West Virginia and Ohio State on March 26. As a freshman, Griggs helped propel the Technicians to a Division 1 Michigan High School Athletic Association state title in 2024. Henry, a Rivals250 prospect in the 2027 class, is currently working with his high school coaches to finalize his spring visit plans. The 6-foot-5, 306-pound Detroit Martin Luther King Jr. High School offensive tackle says that Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and USC, which have all offered already, are standing out to him most right now, but it's early in his process and several others remain in the mix. Sadler has his pick of many of the top programs in the country, but his recruitment remains wide open. He is currently figuring out his spring and official visit schedule, with many schools in consideration. Some of the schools Sadler plans to take official visits to include Alabama, Auburn, Colorado, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Tennessee and USC. Prior to that, he is taking an unofficial multi-day visit to Oregon from April 4 through April 6. He is also considering spring visits to Michigan, Michigan State and others. The No. 46 overall prospect and the No. 1 recruit in the state of Michigan in the 2026 class, Sadler is an incredibly talented football player as both a wide receiver and defensive back. He is adamant that he wants to go to a program that will allow him to play both sides of the ball, similar to how Colorado used Travis Hunter. Other important factors for Sadler include finding a coaching staff with proven track record of player development, NIL and enrolling at a school that his family is comfortable with. Sadler plans to make his commitment decision at some point in the summer ahead of his senior campaign at Cass Tech this fall. Tabron is on a trajectory to become one of the Midwest's top quarterbacks in the 2028 class, and it was easy to see why at the SMSB event on Sunday. He delivered some beautiful passes and showed off touch and arm strength. Fresh off of leading Cass Tech to a Division I state championship in Michigan along with Sadler and Griggs, Tabron already has received around 15 scholarship offers. He has offers from Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Miami (FL.), Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin and others. As for his spring visit schedule, Tabron is still working out dates, but plans to visit the two main local programs, Michigan and Michigan State, as well as Notre Dame. He could add more schools to his travel plans in the coming months. The two in-state programs stand out to Tabron, but with a long way to go in his recruitment, he is considering all options and looking for the best fit. Windom, who plays with Henry at Detroit Martin Luther King, committed to Cincinnati on Feb. 4. He currently has additional offers from Buffalo, Kent State, Massachusetts, Miami (OH), Toledo and Western Michigan. He plans to return to Cincinnati on March 29 and then will take his official visit with the Bearcats during the weekend of June 6 though June 8. As of right now, Windom does not have any visits planned elsewhere and he is locked in with Cincinnati. However, it would not be surprising to see other schools, such as in-state program Michigan State, get involved at some point his recruitment. Willis is now a Rivals250 prospect in the 2027 cycle, checking in at No. 236 nationally. He also ranks as the No. 6 recruit in the state of Michigan and the No. 23 wide receiver in the cycle. After helping lead Orchard Lake St. Mary's to a Division 2 state championship, Willis continues to see his recruitment ascend. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound playmaker has gathered offers from Duke, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue, Vanderbilt and several others. Willis is still figuring his spring and summer visit plans, but he has interest in both Michigan and Michigan State and would like to return to those campuses this spring. The Wolverines have already offered, but the Spartans have not yet, although they are monitoring him heavily. MSU just added five players from Orchard Lake St. Mary's in the 2025 class: two-star offensive lineman Antonio Johnson, three-star tight end Jayden Savoury, three-star linebacker DJ White, three-star athlete Bryson Williams and preferred walk-on running back Darrin Jones Jr. Willis is close with his Eaglet teammates. Willis also plans to take a bus tour to schools down south soon, including planned stops to Alabama, Tennessee and LSU. A big value for Willis in his recruitment is academics, and he wants to go to a school where he can focused on getting developed both on the field and in the classroom. In addition to the in-state schools, he is considering out-of-state options as well.
