Earlier this week, we took a look at the top ten recruits in the modern era of Michigan State Basketball. Today, we are going to do a similar exercise with the football program, listing out the top ten recruits in the MSU Football program in the last twenty years according to their 247Sports recruiting rankings.
We start our list with a recent running back who delivered some memorable moments to the program…
No. 10 LJ Scott
4-star Running Back
National Ranking: 45
Position Ranking: 3
State Ranking: 2
Recruiting Score: 0.9725
Memorable Moments: See GIF
No. 9 Devontae Dobbs
4-star Offensive Guard
National Ranking: 51
Position Ranking: 1
State Ranking: 2
Recruiting Score: 0.9747
No. 8 Lawrence Thomas
4-star Defensive End
National Ranking: 45
Position Ranking: 3
State Ranking: 2
Recruiting Score: 0.9758
No. 7 David Richard
4-star Running Back
National Ranking: 55
Position Ranking: 7
State Ranking: 1
Recruiting Score: 0.9767
No. 6 Eric Knott
4-star Tight End
National Ranking: 41
Position Ranking: 2
State Ranking: 3
Recruiting Score: 0.9831
No. 5 Roland Martin
5-star Offensive Tackle
National Ranking: 36
Position Ranking: 2
State Ranking: 3
Recruiting Score: 0.9841
No. 4 Malik McDowell
5-star Defensive End
National Ranking: 31
Position Ranking: 3
State Ranking: 1
Recruiting Score: 0.9853
No. 3 William Gholston
5-star Defensive End
National Ranking: 18
Position Ranking: 4
State Ranking: 1
Recruiting Score: 0.9899
No. 2 Jeff Smoker
5-star Quarterback
National Ranking: 15
Position Ranking: 2
State Ranking: 1
Recruiting Score: 0.9922
No. 1 Charles Rogers
5-star Wide Receiver
National Ranking: 3
Position Ranking: 1
State Ranking: 1
Recruiting Score: 0.9988
RIP to Charles Rogers, one of the greatest wide receivers in NCAA history and one of the greatest Spartans of all time.
