East Lansing — Michigan State receivers coach Terrence Samuel is encouraged with the progress of his corps in the Spartans’ turnaround season.
And, a number of the receivers are freshmen or sophomores, including true freshman Hunter Rison who hauled in two third down passes to move the chains in MSU’s 30-27 win at Minnesota Saturday to keep the No. 18 Spartans (5-1) unbeaten in Big Ten play (3-0), already surpassing their win totals overall (3) and in conference play (1) from a year ago.
Rison — son of former MSU legendary receiver Andre Rison who helped the Spartans win the Rose Bowl 30 years ago — had a 13-yard reception in the opening quarter to set up Matt Coghlin’s 42-yard field goal to pull them even at 3, then grabbed Brian Lewerke’s 17-yard toss in the third quarter to set up a 25-yard field goal for a 23-6 cushion.