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- Spartans
- Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
Another seasoned Michigan State starter is apparently transferring to a different Big Ten school.
This clip it’s backmost Aidan Chiles, who is heading to Northwestern, according to a study from ESPN’s Pete Thamel connected Tuesday night. Chiles, a inferior and two-year starter for nan Spartans, was benched successful November amid erratic play.
Chiles posted an 8-12 grounds arsenic a starter while completing 60.8 percent of his passes for 3,807 yards, 23 touchdowns and 14 interceptions and ran for 452 yards and 9 scores. The two-time squad skipper has 1 play of eligibility remaining and entered nan portal aft Jonathan Smith was fired and erstwhile Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald was hired.
Michigan State will big Northwestern this year, though nan Big Ten hasn’t announced crippled dates. The Wildcats hired seasoned assemblage and NFL coach Chip Kelly past week arsenic violative coordinator. Thamel reported Chiles was nan program’s apical backmost target successful nan portal.
Among nan much than 40 Michigan State players who person entered nan portal successful nan past week, Chiles would beryllium nan latest high-profile move wrong nan conference. Top receiver Nick Marsh is headed to Indiana, protect tackle Alex VanSumeren signed pinch USC and cornerback Aydan West committed to Minnesota.
A erstwhile four-star enlistee from Southern California, Chiles played arsenic a existent freshman for Smith astatine Oregon State earlier pursuing him to East Lansing. He was plagued by turnovers during his first play arsenic a starter but did a amended occupation taking attraction of nan shot down nan stretch.
Although Chiles played good complete nan first 4 games arsenic a junior, his assurance seemed to crater amid shaky play while taking a ton of shots. Smith benched him and turned to Alessio Milivojevic for nan last 4 games. The redshirt freshman who showed committedness is group to return and Michigan State connected Tuesday picked up a transportation committedness from seasoned UCF backmost Cam Fancher.
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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.
