Forgoing his final year of eligibility, Michigan State defensive lineman Malik McDowell announced will enter the 2017 NFL draft:
In August, McDowell outlined his plan for potentially making an abrupt departure from East Lansing, according to the Detroit Free Press' Mark Snyder:
Top 10 ain't good enough for me. I ain't leaving if I'm (only) top 10. If I'm not top three, I don't leave. Really. I'm just trying to live day by day. It's one through three, that's the only way I'm going. I'm happy, I like it here, I ain't really in a rush to leave.