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The Friday Five is Laconic about Michigan State's Breakout Football Players


Living in three or four places in the span of a little more than a week has robbed me of a lot of my time in the past days.  Because of this, the Friday Five will be a bit abbreviated this week.  To make up for it, why not add in your two cents?  This week - the top five players who will breakout on this year's Spartan football team.

5. Dion Sims - An absolute physical specimen.  He has to be in the conversation, but he also has to be down on the list because Garrett Celek, Brian Linthecum, and Charlie Gantt will all be ahead of him on the depth chart.

4. Chris Norman - See the reasoning for Dion Sims as to the depth chart.  Extremely quick and strong, and might make the two-deep.

3. Keshawn Martin - Martin showed glimpses of big play ability last year, but only had 11 receptions.  With the way the offense used him on trick plays last year, don't be surprised if he sees more touches, be it through receptions or punt returns.

2. Keith Nichol/Kirk Cousins - Whoever starts will obviously breakout.  The only reason I have the duo at number two is that to breakout, one needs to have some degree of anonymity, and the quarterback battle has received a lot of press in the past months.

1. Larry Caper - One of the running backs is going to breakout this season, and Caper seems to have shown the most potential in camp.  Why not?

What say you commenters?

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dion sims: weighs in at 280? seems like hes gonna need to lighten the load. that cant be good for the knees.

id say chris norman though. he seems like the real deal.

by zachjuett on Aug 21, 2009 12:21 PM CDT reply actions  

re: Dion Sims

all reports though are that even at 280 that Sims looks like a wideout when he catches the ball. Did you see the way he went up for that ball in the corner of the endzone on the BTN football tour show? He seems to be running well as of now, but we’ll have to wait and see if the extra weight has any lingering effects as the season wares on.

by zeke4heisman on Aug 21, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

How about Mark Dell?

If he can stay healthy, we’ve all seen the kind of plays he can make. And he’ll have a solid QB throwing him the ball, regardless of a potential injury to the starter.

Cheer for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Aug 21, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions  

6'5", 280?!?!?!?

Even at his apparent playing weight of 268 last year, that sounds way too high for an 18yr old TE. With that size and athleticism, shouldn’t he also see some time at DE like Kellen Davis? And wouldn’t his pro prospects be much greater at DE with that size — once again — at 18?!

by DP99 on Aug 21, 2009 8:31 PM CDT reply actions  

To hear...

…M fans tell it, they wanted him as a DE and he chose MSU partly because (Izzo was also supposed to be a factor) he prefers TE. There has been a lot of talk about him as a situational pass rusher. Hopefully, guys like Rolf, Neely and Hoover will step up and make it less necessary.

by witless chum on Aug 24, 2009 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions  

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