Michigan State soccer lands DB/WR Shannon Blair, continues to increase recruiting attain

Mel Tucker continues to increase Michigan State soccer’s recruiting attain into totally different territory.

The Spartans acquired a dedication Friday from athlete Shannon Blair of Knoxville, Tennessee, bringing their 2022 class to 11 gamers from seven totally different states.

The 6-foot-1, 170-pound Blair is a three-star prospect in line with 247Sports.com’s composite rankings, and the No. 72 athlete nationally. He has performed each defensive again and huge receiver at Knoxville West Excessive, the place he is also a harmful return man.

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He had provides from Purdue, Duke, Memphis, Virginia and Wake Forest.

In keeping with the Knoxville Information Sentinel, Blair caught 36 passes for 378 yards and 5 touchdowns as a receiver and picked off 4 passes with 13.5 tackles as a defensive again.

MSU additionally has two commitments from Georgia safeties Malik Spencer and Quavian Carter, in addition to Roseville athlete Tyrell Henry lined up for subsequent fall. The Spartans are at the moment thirty second nationally and seventh within the Massive Ten with their 2022 recruits.

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That would change quickly, as Tucker additionally hopes to land two different gamers who, like Blair, lately visited MSU. Quarterback Katin Houser, a three-star prospect from St. John Bosco Excessive in California, introduced his decommitment from Boise State on Thursday night time after visiting East Lansing final weekend. And three-star offensive deal with Ryan Baer from North Excessive in Eastlake, Ohio, tweeted he canceled a scheduled go to to Notre Dame after his MSU go to earlier this week.

The Spartans have three gamers from Georgia, two from Arizona and Michigan and one every from Tennessee, Colorado, Florida and Texas thus far within the 2022 class.

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