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- Spartans
- Published: Jan. 02, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
The portal is now officially unfastened and Alex VanSumeren is successful it.
The Michigan State redshirt inferior protect tackle submitted his sanction to transfer, a programme spokesperson confirmed connected Friday.
VanSumeren, a erstwhile four-star enlistee from Essexville Garber High School, had 71 tackles, including 4.5 for a loss, and 3 sacks successful 28 profession games pinch 24 consecutive starts.
Friday marked nan commencement of a two-week portal model that closes connected Jan. 16. VanSumeren’s introduction successful nan portal comes aft 34 Michigan State players announced their intent to transportation earlier nan model opened.
VanSumeren appeared successful nan first 4 games of his existent freshman play successful 2022 earlier sitting retired nan remainder of nan twelvemonth to redshirt. He missed each of nan pursuing play owed to wounded earlier returning to thief anchor nan mediate of nan line. VanSumeren posted a career-high 52 stops this play and his 476 snaps were nan astir among Michigan State’s protect linemen.
VanSumeren is nan younger relative of Ben VanSumeren, who began his assemblage profession astatine Michigan earlier finishing it arsenic a starting linebacker for nan Spartans. He went undrafted but has spent 3 seasons playing for nan Eagles.
Coach Jonathan Smith was fired successful November aft posting a 9-15 grounds successful 2 seasons starring Michigan State. Fitzgerald was hired a time later arsenic his replacement and has a batch of activity to do reshaping nan roster of a programme that vanished pinch a losing grounds 4 consecutive years.
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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.
