A successful June could be a sign for the future of Michigan State football

Michigan State and coach Jonathan Smith entered June with high hopes and plans when it came to recruiting young talent.

As the calendar turned to June, Coach Smith remained cautiously optimistic and the Spartans were able to hit the ground running with their many official visits and scholarship offers. The anticipation was palpable in Smith’s words as he described what was in store for him and his coaching staff.

Before June, Smith and his coaching staff had spent most of the offseason replacing the talent they lost in the transfer portal earlier in the offseason. The Spartans lost nearly 20 scholarship players, including several starters on defense. While the Spartans eventually recovered from their earlier losses in the transfer portal and finished with one of the best transfer portals in the country, Smith was undoubtedly ready to make strides in recruiting as well.

Smith and his coaching staff had few commitments for the 2025 recruiting class until a strong recruiting push in June changed that. After hosting a training camp in East Lansing, where Smith and his coaching staff were able to meet more recruits and get a better look at the prospects, the Spartans made a lasting impression on many recruits.

In June, Smith and his coaching staff were able to add quality talent to their 2025 recruiting class, which was almost empty at the beginning of June. At the beginning of June, Smith and Michigan State had five commitments from the 2025 recruiting class. A few days before the end of the month, they added nine players to the class.

Nearly all of the players who have committed to the Spartans’ 2025 recruiting class are three-star athletes, and most of those inductees also hail from Michigan. Those traits are common among players that Smith and his coaching staff have offered scholarships to.

While time will undoubtedly tell how well Smith’s approach to recruiting players pans out, he is already laying what could potentially be a solid foundation for rebuilding Michigan State’s college football program. Three-star players may not be as polarizing as four- and five-star athletes, but given the state of Michigan State’s rebuilding process, those are the ones most likely to sign with the Spartans.

Attracting talent from within the state and surrounding Midwestern states to East Lansing and then developing them over the next few years appears to be a major part of Smith’s plans for the future. If he can continue to recruit as many players as he did in June and then develop those three-star athletes into mid-level four-star athletes, Smith’s vision for the Michigan State football program will become clear during this productive month of June.

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