# Michigan State Spartans

Big Ten · Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
Head coach: Pat Fitzgerald · year one · 110-101 career over 18 seasons
Offense: Multiple · Defense: Multiple 4-2-5

## 2026 outlook

- 2025 record: 4-8 (1-8 in conference)
- National title odds: +125000 (#57 on the futures board)
- Season win total: 4.5 (over priced +152)
- Returning starter games: 30%
- Schedule difficulty: 15th-hardest of 138 FBS teams

## Returning production by unit

| Unit | Returning games | Games back | Depth back |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skill offense | 18% | 12/65 | 4/12 |
| Offensive line | 63% | 35/56 | 5/14 |
| Defensive front | 40% | 31/77 | 6/23 |
| Secondary | 0% | 0/60 | 5/17 |

## Roster movement

- Key returning: Aveon Grose (SAF), Alessio Milivojevic (QB), Jordan Hall (LB), Rakeem Johnson (OL), Conner Moore (OL)
- Key departures (with destination): Amorion Smith (SAF) – TOL, Malik Spencer (DB), Aidan Chiles (QB) – NW, Jalen Thompson (DL) – ASU, Quindarius Dunnigan (DL)
- Key arrivals (with previous school): Cam Edwards (RB) – CONN, Marvis Parrish (RB) – WKU, Cam Fancher (QB) – UCF, Jaziun Patterson (RB) – IOWA, KK Smith (WR) – ND

## Depth chart

### Offense

- WR-X: Fredrick Moore, Bryson Williams, Samson Gash
- WR-Z: Charles Taplin, KK Smith
- WR-F: Rodney Bullard Jr., Chrishon McCray
- LT: Ben Murawski, Rustin Young
- LG: Conner Moore
- C: Trent Fraley
- RG: Nick Sharpe, Luka Vincic
- RT: Rakeem Johnson, Robert Wright Jr.
- TE: Jayden Savoury, Brennan Parachek, Kai Rios, Carson Gulker
- QB: Alessio Milivojevic, Cam Fancher, Leo Hannan
- RB: Cam Edwards, Jaziun Patterson, Brandon Tullis, Marvis Parrish
- FB: Jay Coyne

### Defense

- LDE: Isaac Smith, Kekai Burnett, Keahnist Thompson
- LDT: Eli Coenen, Carlos Hazelwood, Mikeshun Beeler
- RDT: Ben Roberts, Derrick Simmons
- RDE: Kenny Soares Jr., Anelu Lafaele, Trey Lisle
- WLB: Caleb Wheatland, Cam Stodghill, Brady Pretzlaff
- MLB: Jordan Hall, Dion Crawford, Adam Shaw
- LCB: Tre Bell, NiJhay Burt, Dorian Davis
- SS: Devin Vaught, Aveon Grose
- FS: Nikai Martinez, Trevaughn Martinez
- RCB: Charles Brantley, Tyran Chappell
- NB: Michael Richard, Khalil Majeed

### Special Teams

- PT: Rhys Dakin, Alex Weeks
- PK: Liam Boyd
- KO: Liam Boyd
- LS: Nick Duzansky
- H: Rhys Dakin, Alex Weeks
- PR: Braylon Collier
- KR: Kenneth Williams, Chrishon McCray

## 2026 schedule

| Week | Opponent | Site | TV | Spread |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Toledo | Home | Fox Sports 1 | MSU -10.5 |
| 2 | Eastern Michigan | Home | BTN | – |
| 3 | Notre Dame | Away | NBC/Peacock | – |
| 4 | Nebraska | Home | – | – |
| 5 | Wisconsin | Away | – | – |
| 6 | Illinois | Home | – | – |
| 7 | Northwestern | Home | – | – |
| 8 | UCLA | Away | – | – |
| 10 | Michigan | Away | – | – |
| 11 | Washington | Home | – | – |
| 12 | Oregon | Home | FOX | – |
| 13 | Rutgers | Away | – | – |

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/teams/michigan-state
Depth chart updated 2026-08-11. Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.