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2014 SPRING PROSPECTUS 2014 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MARCH 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 PRACTICE #1 PRACTICE #2 PRACTICE #3 30 31 APRIL 2 3 4 5 1 PRACTICE #4 PRACTICE #5 PRACTICE #6 678 9 10 11 12 PRACTICE #7 PRACTICE #8 PRACTICE #9 PRACTICE #10 13 14 15 16 17 18 1913 PRACTICE #11 PRACTICE #12 PRACTICE #11 PRACTICE #12 (PADS) (SCRIMMAGE) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PRACTICE #13 SPRING GAME PRACTICE #14 PRACTICE #15 PLAYER DRAFT SPRING GAME SPARTAN STADIUM 2 P.M. (BTN) MICHIGAN STATE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 534 BIRCH ROAD • Z-22 BRESLIN CENTER • EAST LANSING, MICH. 48824 OFFICE PHONE: 517-355-2271 • WEBSITE: MSUSPARTANS.COM • TWITTER: @MSU_FOOTBALL • YOUTUBE: MSUSPARTANATHLETICS 2014 SCHEDULE Aug. 30 JACKSONVILLE STATE 2014 SPARTAN SPRING FOOTBALL PREVIEW Sept. 6 at Oregon Sept. 20 EASTERN MICHIGAN March 25-April 26 (Spring Game, April 26, 2 p.m.) Sept. 27 WYOMING (Homecoming) Oct. 4 NEBRASKA FIRST-AND-10 – Oct. 11 at Purdue Oct. 18 at Indiana • Michigan State, which won a school-record 13 games in 2013 including a 24-20 victory over No. 5 Stanford Oct. 25 MICHIGAN in the 2014 Rose Bowl Game, begins its eighth spring practice under head coach Mark Dantonio on Tuesday, Nov. 8 OHIO STATE March 25. The Spartans will conclude their 15 spring practices with the annual Green-White Spring Game Nov. 15 at Maryland on Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. The spring game will be televised on BTN. Nov. 22 RUTGERS Nov. 29 at Penn State • MSU fi nished No. 3 in the fi nal 2013 Associated Press and USA TODAY Polls, marking its highest placing Dec. 6 Big Ten Championship Game + in the national polls since 1966 when the Spartans ranked No. 2 in the AP and United Press International + Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis, Ind. Polls with a 9-0-1 record. In addition, Michigan State (13-1) became just the third team in Big Ten history to win at least 13 games in a season (Minnesota, 1904; and Ohio State, 2002). The Spartans secured their fi rst Rose Bowl berth in 26 years by winning their eighth Big Ten title in program history with a 34-24 victory 2013 RESULTS (13-1, 8-0 Big Ten) over second-ranked Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game. Aug. 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN (BTN) W, 26-13 Sept. 7 SOUTH FLORIDA (ESPNU) W, 21-6 Sept. 14 YOUNGSTOWN STATE (BTN) W, 55-17 • The Spartans fi nished their Big Ten regular-season schedule with a perfect 8-0 record for the fi rst time in Sept. 21 at No. 22/21 Notre Dame (NBC) L, 13-17 school history and claimed their second Legends Division title in three seasons. Michigan State became Oct. 5 at Iowa (ESPN2) W, 26-14 the 14th Big Ten team to post an 8-0 mark in league play. The Spartans were the fi rst Big Ten team to win Oct. 12 INDIANA (ESPN2) W, 42-28 all eight of its conference games by double-digit points since the league went to an eight-game schedule in Oct. 19 PURDUE (BTN) W, 14-0 1971. In addition, MSU became the fi rst undefeated Big Ten team to win all of its league games by double- Oct. 26 at Illinois (ABC) W, 42-3 fi gure points since Michigan in 1943 (6-0 record). Nov. 2 No. 23/21 MICHIGAN (ABC) W, 29-6 Nov. 16 at Nebraska (ABC) W, 41-28 • Michigan State returns 20 letterwinners and fi ve starters from the Big Ten’s top-ranked defense in 2013. Nov. 23 at Northwestern (ESPN) W, 30-6 Nov. 30 MINNESOTA (BTN) W, 14-3 The Spartans led the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision in total defense for 13 straight weeks and fi nished Dec. 7 No. 2/2 Ohio State + (FOX) W, 34-24 the season ranked No. 2 in the FBS, allowing just 252.2 yards per game. MSU was the only school to rank Jan. 1 No. 5/7 Stanford # (ESPN) W, 24-20 in the top three in the four major defensive stat categories: No. 2 in total defense, No. 2 in rushing defense + Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis, Ind.; (86.6 ypg.), No. 3 in scoring defense (13.2 ppg.) and No. 3 in pass defense (165.6 ypg.). In addition, the # Rose Bowl Game, Pasadena, Calif. Spartans led the FBS in pass effi ciency defense (92.3 rating) and ranked No. 2 in opponent third-down conversions (.279) and No. 5 in fi rst-downs defense (14.3 pg). MSU’s defense allowed just 4.04 yards per play, which also ranked No. 1 in the FBS. MSU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Associate AD/Football Contact .... John Lewandowski • The Spartans return seven starters and 16 players with starting experience on offense, including starting Cell Phone ...................................... (517) 243-2354 junior quarterback Connor Cook, who went 12-1 in his fi rst season as the starter in 2013. MSU also wel- E-Mail [email protected] comes back its top rusher in senior Jeremy Langford (292 carries for 1,422 yards and 18 TDs) and four of Assistant Director/Football Contact .......Ben Phlegar its top fi ve receivers. Overall, the Spartans are returning 97 percent of their total offense from a year ago, Cell Phone ...................................... (517) 896-0031 E-Mail ................................. [email protected] 99 percent of their rushing yards and 79 percent of their receiving yards. Offi ce Phone .......................................... 517-355-2271 Website ............................................. msuspartans.com • The Spartans have won 42 of their last 54 games (.778), dating back to the beginning of the 2010 season. Twitter ....................................................@msu_football The 42 wins are most in the Big Ten and tied for ninth most in the FBS during that same time period. In Facebook ................................................. MSUAthletics addition, MSU has recorded 35 Big Ten victories since 2008, the most of any team in the conference (Note: YouTube .......................................MSUSpartanAthletics Ohio State has won 40 games, but had to vacate seven victories following the 2010 season.). Since 2010, the Spartans have won two Big Ten Championships (2010, 2013), two Big Ten Legends Division titles (2011, 2013), and a school-record three-straight bowl games (2012 Outback Bowl, 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, 2014 Rose Bowl Game). MSU has produced double-digit win totals three of the past four seasons (11 wins in 2010 and 2011; 13 in 2013). • The Spartans are ranked in the Top 10 in “way-too-early” preseason polls by Dennis Dodd of CBSSports. com (No. 3), Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com (No. 4) and Martin Rickman of SI.com (No. 8). MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL • MSUSPARTANS.COM • @MSU_FOOTBALL 2014 SPARTAN SPRING FOOTBALL SPARTAN SPRING PROSPECTUS: • Michigan State has appeared in a school-record seven consecutive bowl games (2007 Champs Sports, TABLE OF CONTENTS 2009 Capital One, 2010 Alamo, 2011 Capital One, 2012 Outback, 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings, 2014 Rose). The Notes .................................................................... 1-23 seven-year bowl streak is currrently the second longest in the Big Ten and tied for 14th longest in the FBS. Depth Chart/Rosters/Schedule ...........................24-31 Player Bios ......................................................... 32-49 2013 Statistics .................................................... 50-75 • Head coach Mark Dantonio has led Michigan State to Top 25 fi nishes in four of the last six seasons (2008: 2013 Game Recaps ............................................76-89 No. 24 in both polls; 2010: No. 14 in both polls; 2011: No. 10 USA TODAY/No. 11 AP; and 2013: No. 3 in Spartan Coaching Staff .................................... 90-100 both polls). MICHIGAN STATE QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION • Seventh-year Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio swept Big Ten Coach of the Year honors by Location: East Lansing, Mich. winning both the Dave McClain Coach of the Year (media) and Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year Enrollment: 49,000 (fall 2013) (coaches). Six Spartans were named to the All-Big Ten First Team and a total of 16 players received all- President: Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon Conference: Big Ten conference recognition. The six fi rst-team selections were the most for Michigan State since 1990, and the Nickname: Spartans 16 honorees overall equaled the second most under Dantonio (19 in 2011, 16 in 2010). Two Spartans took Colors: Green and White home individual awards, as senior Darqueze Dennard was named the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Stadium (Capacity): Spartan Stadium (75,005) Back of the Year, while sophomore Shilique Calhoun was named the Smith-Brown Big Ten Defensive Surface: Natural Grass Press Box Number: 517-353-0630 Lineman of the Year. Dennard, Calhoun and senior linebacker Max Bullough were fi rst-team selections by Athletics Director: Mark Hollis both the coaches and media. Junior safety Kurtis Drummond, senior safety Isaiah Lewis and junior punter Mike Sadler were named fi rst-team All-Big Ten by the coaches. The fi ve fi rst-team selections on defense COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Mark Dantonio (South Carolina, 1979) tied for the most in school history (1966). Record at MSU: 64-29 (seven years) Career Record: 82-46 (10 years) RETURNING STAT LEADERS – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Pat Rushing – Jeremy Langford (292 carries for 1,422 yards, 4.9 avg., 18 TDs) Narduzzi (Rhode Island, 1990) Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs: Dave Passing – Connor Cook (223 of 380 for 2,755 yards, 22 TDs, 6 INTs) Warner (Syracuse, 1982) Receiving – Tony Lippett (44 catches for 613 yards, 13.9 avg., 2 TDs) Co-Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends: Jim Bollman Tackles – Kurtis Drummond (91 tackles, 49 solos, 42 assists, 3.5 TFLs, 4 INTs, 6 PBUs) (Ohio, 1977) Secondary: Harlon Barnett (Michigan State, 1990) Defensive Line: Ron Burton (North Carolina, 1987) PERSONNEL BRIEFING: OFFENSE – Offensive Line: Mark Staten (Miami-Ohio, 2001) • Quarterbacks: Junior Connor Cook returns for his second season as the starting quarterback in 2014 Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coordinator: Brad Salem after leading the Spartans to a Big Ten Championship and a victory in the Rose Bowl Game last season .