First-year head coach Jonathan Smith and quarterback Aidan Chiles lead a transfer-heavy Michigan State team that will get a litmus test of its progress against Ohio State.
The Buckeyes will travel to East Lansing, Michigan to take on a Michigan State team that is already one win away from matching the four wins it obtained in 2023. The Spartans are off to a 3-1 start including a 27-24 Big Ten win over Maryland on Sept. 7.
Michigan State hasn't fallen on such hard times as a 1-11 season but needed an overhaul entering 2024. The Spartans went from 5-7 in 2022 toThat aside, the Spartans limped to a 4-8 finish in 2023 for their first back-to-back losing seasons since they went 5-6 and 4-8 in 2005 and 2006 under John L. Smith.
Chiles entered East Lansing as the No. 8 transfer portal prospect and No. 2 quarterback in the portal this offseason perin the class of 2024 before he left Alabama. Chiles was a four-star prospect in the class of 2023 ranked 152nd overall in the 247Sports composite and 12th among quarterbacks. Chiles managed 363 yards and three touchdowns through the air on 63.2% completions in the aforementioned win over Maryland, but he still tossed two interceptions.
Center Tanner Miller – who joins Chiles and Velling as the final Beaver building a new dam in East Lansing – and left guard Luke Newman, who started 37 games at Holy Cross, round out the transfer starters on offense. Michigan State has simply been sound across the board. The Spartans have allowed 254.8 yards per game and 14.3 points, good for 14th and 25th in the country. They are 29th in run defense and 27th in pass defense.
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