{"id":17446,"date":"2024-04-17T12:53:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17446"},"modified":"2024-04-17T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:53:11","slug":"michigan-state-football-contacts-star-colorado-state-wr-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17446","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State football contacts star Colorado State WR transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Star Colorado State receiver Justus Ross-Simmons has been in contact with Michigan State football since hitting the portal.<\/h2>\n<p>Filling team needs through the transfer portal? Jonathan Smith is all over that one. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-football-spring-showcase-will-feature-scrimmage\/\">Michigan State football<\/a> coach has been active in the portal, landing some projected starters ahead of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>With a need at receiver, especially after losing a Purdue transfer this offseason, Smith has his eye on the portal.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, word got out that he had reached out to Colorado State star Justus Ross-Simmons who is coming off a big season with the Rams and just hit the transfer portal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colorado State receiver Justus Ross-Simmons finished 2023 with 45 catches for 724 receiving yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>He&#39;s been in contact with Washington, USC, Michigan State, Liberty, Cincinnati and South Carolina, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premiumsportsla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@premiumsportsla<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Intel: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Rsjn5It1g\">https:\/\/t.co\/7Rsjn5It1g<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pJCkQ7mGsb\">pic.twitter.com\/pJCkQ7mGsb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteNakos_\/status\/1780555114379350312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After a breakout sophomore season, Ross-Simmons decided to enter the transfer portal. He caught 45 passes for 724 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore and was solid with 424 yards and three scores on 26 catches as a freshman. Wherever he goes, he&#8217;ll have an immediate impact.<\/p>\n<p>Ross-Simmons put up these impressive numbers at Colorado State in an offense that ranked 56th nationally from the Mountain West. Imagine what he could do with a quarterback like Aidan Chiles throwing him the ball in an offense led by Jonathan Smith and Co.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has he put up impressive numbers, but he has the size that any receiving corps could use. He stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 205 pounds. He would fit in nicely next to Montorie Foster Jr., Antonio Gates, Alante Brown, Jaron Glover, and Nick Marsh.<\/p>\n<p>With the receiving corps losing some key players over the past couple of years like Jayden Reed, Keon Coleman, Germie Bernard, and Tre Mosley, it&#8217;s safe to say that a guy like Ross-Simmons would be a welcomed sight. Courtney Hawkins could use more pieces and this is a guy who could come in right away and compete for a starting job.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, USC, Liberty, Cincinnati, and South Carolina seems like the competition so I like the Spartans&#8217; chances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,424],"tags":[754,191,189,504],"class_list":["post-17446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-portal","tag-justus-ross-simmons","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}