Michigan State suffered its share of setbacks in football this past fall, but the Spartans didn’t lose on the recruiting trail. None of the 16 high school prospects who committed to play for the Spartans prior to the 2016 season were scared away by the team’s 3-9 record on the field.
The Spartans signed the 32nd best recruiting class in college football on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s team rankings. The group lacks some of the spark of last year’s class, which came on the coattails of a College Football Playoff berth, but more closely resembles the types of classes that head coach Mark Dantonio and company used to build a perennial Big Ten contender in the past half decade.