Michigan State lands All-American OL transfer, son of Detroit Lions assistant coach

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  • Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 1:22 p.m.

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Michigan State’s violative statement rebuild done nan portal continues pinch a large pickup.

All-American North Dakota State redshirt inferior Trent Fraley, nan Rimington Award victor arsenic nan apical halfway astatine nan FCS level, is transferring to subordinate nan Spartans, according to aggregate reports connected Wednesday.

Fraley, who began his assemblage profession astatine Marshall earlier spending nan past 2 years astatine North Dakota State, is nan boy of erstwhile NFL subordinate Hank Fraley, who is nan violative statement coach for nan Detroit Lions.

New Michigan State coach Pat Fitzgerald has now picked up 11 portal commitments and Fraley is nan 3rd violative lineman, pursuing UConn tackle Ben Murawski and South Carolina defender Nick Sharpe. Those additions will thief offset nan twelve violative linemen nan Spartans mislaid among much than 40 players successful nan portal.

Fraley, 6-foot-1 and 303 pounds, is simply a Pennsylvania autochthonal who appeared successful 4 games complete 2 seasons astatine Marshall earlier transferring to North Dakota State. He started each 16 games successful 2024 for nan FCS nationalist champion and past returned for an All-American season.

Michigan State will request a caller starting halfway aft Wake Forest postgraduate transportation Matt Gulbin utilized his last play of eligibility.

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Matt Wenzel has been nan Michigan State shot hit writer for MLive since 2017 and besides covers men's and women's basketball, lucky and different sports.

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