REPORT: Michigan State LB One of Highest-Graded Returning LBs in the Big Ten

Michigan State football has one of the best group of 2024 transfers in the Big Ten. The program's best transfers joined earlier in the offseason, shortly after Jonathan Smith was brought on as the team's new head coach. One of those transfers was Wayne Matthews III, a linebacker who transferred to Michigan State in January after spending the last three seasons at Old Dominion. Matthews is already receiving high praise as a Big Ten linebacker, as Pro Football Focus has him as the sixth highest-graded returning linebacker in the conference with an overall grade of 81.1.