EAST LANSING — Michigan State football opened preseason practice with a number of familiar faces wearing the same numbers as a year ago.
And with far fewer players transitioning from one college to the next.
Mel Tucker used the transfer portal with tremendous success in 2021, bringing in 20 players and infusing the Spartans with talent that helped jump-start the program’s revival. But as camp began Thursday, that number of transfers dropped to eight, five of whom enrolled in January.