{"id":17708,"date":"2024-04-30T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17708"},"modified":"2024-04-30T04:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T08:04:00","slug":"michigan-state-football-commit-watch-arizona-state-transfer-cb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=17708","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State football on commit watch with Arizona State transfer CB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michigan State football is on commit watch on Tuesday with Arizona State cornerback transfer Edward Woods.<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve said it a dozen times before, and I&#8217;ll say it again: the transfer portal taketh and the transfer portal giveth. Jonathan Smith and <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-football-illinois-ol-transfer-big-deal\/\">Michigan State football<\/a> were on the wrong side of that quote just a week ago but things have changed in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>After losing several backups and even a starter (Derrick Harmon) to the portal, Smith and the Spartans have landed three commitments in the spring transfer window in Anthony Jones, Brandon Lane, and Kay&#8217;Ron Lynch-Adams. On Tuesday, that number could grow to four with one of the most prominent defensive back transfers making a decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Arizona State cornerback Ed Woods tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@On3sports<\/a> he plans to announce his commitment on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>A two-year starter with the Sun Devils, he broke down his visits to Alabama and Michigan State.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NtLA8TAR3F\">https:\/\/t.co\/NtLA8TAR3F<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X9AwgbOadY\">pic.twitter.com\/X9AwgbOadY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteNakos_\/status\/1785092915020124494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following his visit to Michigan State on Monday, coveted cornerback transfer Edward Woods, a two-year starter at Arizona State, is ready to announce his commitment. He was just at Alabama over the weekend and many thought he&#8217;d commit on the spot, but Demetrice Martin and Smith got him to take one final visit. It seems like the Spartans have all the momentum right now.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Michigan State received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/expert-predictions\/football\/2024\/\">three predictions to land Woods from the transfer portal on On3<\/a> from Steve Wiltfong, Kenny Jordan, and Pete Nakos. This feels like all the proof we should need to see that the Spartans are the leaders heading into this decision.<\/p>\n<p>Landing a transfer over Alabama is massive. What&#8217;s even more impressive is that it looked like Woods was ready to commit to the Tide but Martin and Smith got him to East Lansing and seemingly changed his mind.<\/p>\n<p>This coaching staff continues to impress, but we&#8217;re not going to count this as a win until he officially commits.<\/p>\n<p>It does, however, feel like the staff is assembling a competitive roster and knows that the transfer portal is the only way to do so quickly after two disappointing seasons. Michigan State football is in good hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Woods is committing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,424],"tags":[763,59,191,189,504],"class_list":["post-17708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-portal","tag-edward-woods","tag-featured","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17708","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=17708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}