In 2017, a young football team took the field at Spartan Stadium.
Few expected the Spartans to go 10-3 and dominate Washington State in the Holiday Bowl after a record of 3-9 the previous year.
With this defense, only two starters graduated last season: linebacker Chris Frey and defensive end Demetrius Cooper.
In the secondary, however, nobody graduated. Besides senior Grayson Miller transitioning from safety to linebacker and Jalen Watts-Jackson transferring, the entire secondary remains intact. A secondary with two 2017 All-Big Ten honorees in sophomore cornerback Josiah Scott and junior safety David Dowell.