While the Spartans' Signing Day was a bit understated — weather washed out the planned press conference to introduce the class, and most of the potential last-minute surprise additions fell through — that doesn't mean that it wasn't successful.


The Spartans loaded up on defensive linemen (6), offensive linemen (4) and linebackers (4) in this class, nabbing one guy for the trenches — JUCO OL Fou Fonoti — on Signing Day. Reactions to the class were mixed — ESPN rated it third, fifth by both Rivals and Scout — but for the second straight year included the state's best player, five-star linebacker Lawrence Thomas, as well as a good mix of local (six in-state players) and national talent. Traverse City St. Francis OL Kyle Lints turned down MAC scholarship offers to come to MSU as a preferred walk-on.


(List taken in its entirety from MSUSpartans.com)

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Jack Allen	C	6-2	262	Hinsdale, Ill. (Hinsdale Central)
Juwan Caesar	WR	6-4	205	Miami, Fla. (Miami Coral Park Senior)
Shilique Calhoun	DE	6-5	225	Middletown, N.J. (Middletown North)
Donavon Clark	OL	6-4	305	Cincinnati, Ohio (Finneytown)
Brandon Clemons	DL	6-4	265	Milford, Pa. (Delaware Valley)
Arjen Colquhoun	DB	6-1	180	Windsor, Ontario (W.F. Herman Secondary School)
Connor Cook	QB	6-3	197	Hinckley, Ohio (Walsh Jesuit)
Ed Davis	LB	6-3	215	Detroit Southeastern
Fou Fonoti	OL	6-5	295	Lakewood, Calif. (Cerritos College)
Darien Harris	LB	6-1	215	Silver Spring, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)
Joel Heath	DE	6-6	250	Cincinnati, Ohio (Mount Healthy)
Taiwan Jones	LB	6-3	220	New Baltimore Anchor Bay
Damon Knox	DE	6-5	265	Muskegon
Paul Lang	TE	6-5	235	Pittsburgh, Pa. (Mount Lebanon)
Kyle Lints	OG	6-3	275	Traverse City St. Francis
Onaje Miller	ATH	5-10	180	Lansing Sexton
Matt Ramondo	DT	6-4	285	Las Cruces, N.M. (Mayfield)
Mark Scarpinato	DT	6-3	270	Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette University)
Andre Sims Jr.	WR	5-9	170	Snellville, Ga. (Brookwood)
Lawrence Thomas	LB	6-4	245	Detroit Renaissance
Trae Waynes	DB	6-0	165	Kenosha, Wis. (Bradford)
RJ Williamson	DB	6-1	190	Middletown, Ohio (Dunbar)