Losing out on Jonah Morris a couple of months back was just one of a handful of Michigan State decommitments. In fact, Morris, Abdul Adams, Naquan Jones (who has since recommitted) and Hunter Rison all decommitted within the span of a couple of weeks and Spartan fans were beginning to worry about the state of the program.
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Michigan State was coming off a controversial loss to Nebraska and then the decommitments started to pour in. Many outside of the program believed Mark Dantonio was going to take the vacant head coaching position at his alma mater, South Carolina, which would be the reason for all of these players bolting.