It's never too early to start building on that next recruiting class. And so Tom Izzo got a nice start to the Michigan State basketball class of 2023.
Jeremy Fears, the four-star point guard at La Porte (Indiana) La Lumiere, verbally committed to the Spartans on Thursday during halftime of Sunrise Christian-Montverde high school basketball game on ESPNU.
Fears, 6 feet 1 and 165 pounds, is the No. 27 player in the nation for 2023 and the No. 7 point guard, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
Originally from Joliet, Illinois, Fears is playing his high school junior season at La Lumiere, which has produced NBA players like the ex-MSU star and former Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr.