{"id":17533,"date":"2024-04-20T15:23:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17533"},"modified":"2024-04-20T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T19:23:11","slug":"michigan-state-football-scouts-believe-malik-spencer-could-be-first-rounder-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17533","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State football: Scouts believe Malik Spencer could be first-rounder in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>According to some NFL scouts, Michigan State football defensive back Malik Spencer has the potential to be a first-rounder in 2025.<\/h2>\n<p>A half-year removed from the Mel Tucker era and there just feels like an electricity in the air surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-football-to-host-georgia-rb-transfer-andrew-paul\/\">Michigan State football<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker always talked about recruiting and accruing talent and while he did a decent job with that, it was his on-field coaching and off-field mistakes that doomed him. He was a solid recruiter, however, and some of the talent that he brought in will be playing on Sundays soon.<\/p>\n<p>One name that has stood out the most to scouts when talking about 2025 NFL Draft prospects is Malik Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>The member of the 2022 recruiting class broke out in 2023 and has caught the attention of NFL scouts. According to a report from Jordan Schultz, he could play his way into a first-round selection next year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have asked a couple scouts about names to watch for the 2025 NFL Draft. Michigan State DB Malik Spencer has come up &#8211; 6-1, 205-pounder with quickness and athleticism. Had 72 tackles and 6 PBUs last season for the Spartans.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer has a shot to elevate himself into the 1st-round\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sgIVDCJF0a\">pic.twitter.com\/sgIVDCJF0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1781721144392871990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Spencer has been one of those guys on the defensive side of the ball who fits the &#8220;sky is the limit&#8221; tag and he showed that in 2023. He played on a bad defense, but with Joe Rossi now in charge, it feels like that side of the ball will improve drastically. Plus, he has a couple of defensive backs coaches who are going to ensure he lives up to this now-elevated hype.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz described Spencer as a 6-foot-1, 205-pounder with quickness and athleticism. He had 72 tackles and six pass breakups in his first year as a starter in 2023 and he has a chance to improve on that in 2024 and potentially become a first-rounder.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Michigan State football had a defensive back selected in the first round was the 2015 NFL Draft when Trae Waynes went 11th overall to the Minnesota Vikings. Could Spencer become the first first-rounder since Waynes for MSU?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s looking like the potential and talent are there. He just needs to capitalize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s hope he lives up to the hype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[385,191,189,504],"class_list":["post-17533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-malik-spencer","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17533","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=17533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}