Notes: Michigan State releases 2026 spring roster

Michigan State released its 2026 spring roster on Friday, which includes all mid-year enrollee transfers and true freshmen.

Here is a closer look at the newcomers and a few observations regarding MSU head coach Pat Fitzgerald's first roster in East Lansing.

Mid-year transfer additions (position, year, height and weight, most recent school):

• Tre Bell, redshirt senior, cornerback, 6-foot-2, 205 pounds, Iowa State

• Liam Boyd, kicker, redshirt senior, 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, Charlotte

• Charles Brantley, sixth-year senior, cornerback, 6-foot, 170 pounds, Miami (FL.) - previously played for Michigan State

• Tyran Chappell, redshirt sophomore, cornerback, 6-foot-3, 170 pounds, Houston Christian

• Eli Coenen, redshirt junior, defensive lineman, 6-foot-7, 290 pounds, Illinois

• Dion Crawford, senior, linebacker, 6-foot-1, 232 pounds, Buffalo

• Rhys Dakin, junior, punter, 6-foot-4, 223 pounds, Iowa

• Nick Duzansky, redshirt junior, long snapper, 6-foot-4, 207 pounds, Oregon

• Cam Edwards, redshirt senior, running back, 5-foot-11 181 Norwalk, Conn. (Norwalk/UConn)

• Cam Fancher, sixth-year graduate senior, quarterback, 6-foot-2, 205 pounds, Central Florida

• Trent Fraley, senior, center, 6-foot-1, 303 pounds, North Dakota State

• Carson Gulker, sixth-year graduate senior, tight end, 6-foot-3, 240 pounds, Ferris State

• Carlos Hazelwood, redshirt sophomore, defensive lineman, 6-foot-4, 270 pounds, Toledo

• Trey Lisle, redshirt sophomore, EDGE, 6-foot-7, 246 pounds, Southeast Missouri State

• Trevaughn Martinez, redshirt junior, safety, 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, Western Carolina

• Fredrick Moore, redshirt junior, wide receiver, 6-foot-1, 181 pounds, Michigan

• Ben Murawski, redshirt senior, offensive lineman, 6-foot-7, 335 pounds, Connecticut

• Marvis Parrish, sophomore, running back, 5-foot-11, 196 pounds, Western Kentucky

• Jaziun Patterson, redshirt senior, running back, 5-foot-10, 210 pounds, Iowa

• Michael Richard, senior, safety, 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, Louisiana Tech

• Nick Sharpe, sixth-year graduate senior, offensive lineman, 6-foot-2, 335 pounds, South Carolina

• KK Smith, redshirt junior, wide receiver, 6-foot, 176 pounds, Notre Dame

• Kenny Soares Jr., fifth-year graduate senior, EDGE 6-foot-2, 233 pounds, North Carolina State

• Cam Stodghill, senior, linebacker, 6-foot-3, 216 pounds, Albany

• Keahnist Thompson, redshirt senior, EDGE, 6-foot-3, 255 pounds, Weber State

• Devin Vaught, redshirt junior, safety, 6-foot, 205 pounds, Maine

• Alex Weeks, redshirt freshman, punter, 6-foot-3, 165 pounds, Northern Arizona

• Caleb Wheatland, redshirt senior, linebacker, 6-foot-1, 231 pounds, Auburn

• Kenneth Williams, redshirt junior, running back/kick returner, 5-foot-9, 190 pounds, Nebraska

• Robert Wright Jr., redshirt junior, offensive lineman, 6-foot-4, 295 pounds, Georgia Southern

True freshmen who enrolled mid-year (position, year, height, weight, hometown, high school):

• Hudson Aultman, defensive lineman, 6-foot-4, 305 pounds, Delaware, Ohio, Olentangy Berlin

• Eli Bickel, offensive lineman, 6-foot-6, 290 pounds, North Branch, Michigan, North Branch

• Eliyjah Caldwell-Hardy, safety, 6-foot-2, 190 pounds, Jacksonville, Florida, Impact Christian Academy

• Joe Caudill, tight end, 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, Lexington, Ohio, Lexington

• Colin Charles, wide receiver, 6-foot, 185 pounds, Northville, Michigan, St. Thomas More (Connecticut)

• Kayd Coffman, quarterback, 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, Kentwood, Michigan, East Kentwood

• Kelsey "KJ" Deriso, cornerback, 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, Atlanta, Georgia, Whitewater

• Rai’Shawn Elmore, wide receiver, 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, Indian Trail, North Carolina, Porter Ridge

• Jeremiah Favorite, cornerback, 6-foot, 185 pounds, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Boiling Springs

• Jonathan Granby, safety, 6-foot, 180 pounds, Roswell, Georgia, Fellowship Christian School

• Adam Shaw, linebacker, 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, River Vale, New Jersey, Pascack Valley

• Brayden Thomas, safety, 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, Cleveland, Ohio, St. Edward

• TJ Umenyiora, cornerback, 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, Atlanta, Georgia, Trinity Catholic

• Zach Washington, wide receiver, 6-foot-2, 185 pounds, Naperville, Illinois, St. Francis

• Eddie Whiting, tight end, 6-foot-6, 245 pounds, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thomas Jefferson

Others notes:

-This is an alphabetical roster only from MSU as of press time. Numbers will be listed on the roster at a later day.

-Western Carolina transfer safety Trevaughn Martinez has joined the team as a walk-on. Martinez did not see game action at Western Carolina. He is the brother of MSU safety Nikai Martinez.

-Tarik Ahmetbasic (kicker), Alante Brown (wide receiver/kick returner) and Rodney Bullard Jr. (wide receiver) are listed on the roster, but currently in the transfer portal. Brown and Bullard are also both awaiting approval for a NCAA waiver for an additional year of eligibility for each player.

-North Carolina State transfer Kenny Soares Jr. is listed as an EDGE after previously playing linebacker at his former schools. Sources told Spartans Illustrated this was a possibility following Soares' commitment. Soares previously played under Fitzgerald at Northwestern.

-As Spartans Illustrated previously reported to its subscribers, cornerback NiJhay Burt is returning to East Lansing for his redshirt senior season and EDGE Isaac Smith received a sixth year of eligibility and will also return to the Spartans. Additionally, safety Khalil Majeed is listed on the 2026 roster as a redshirt senior.

-Redshirt freshman Bryson Williams is listed as a wide receiver on the spring roster. Williams spent time at both the wide receiver position and running back position in 2025, and ended the campaign in the running backs room.

-Despite seemingly having eligibility left, former walk-ons Ben Nelson (defensive tackle) and David Millikin (linebacker) are not listed on the 2026 roster.