Former Michigan State recruiting director Curtis Blackwell said under oath that three Michigan State football staff members, including defensive tackles coach and former defensive line coach Ron Burton, and current quarterbacks coach and former offensive coordinator Dave Warner, warned head coach Mark Dantonio about a recruit with a history of troubling behavior and sexual assault before he was charged with sexual assault while on the team, according to a deposition by Blackwell that was recently made public.
Dantonio signed the recruit, Auston Robertson, in 2015 despite his staffers' warnings. The Spartans eventually dismissed the defensive end in 2017 after he allegedly raped the girlfriend of one of his teammates.