{"id":3998,"date":"2023-05-13T15:36:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T19:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2023-05-13T15:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T19:36:55","slug":"michigan-state-football-marcellus-barnes-jr-schedules-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=3998","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State football: 4-star CB Marcellus Barnes Jr. schedules official"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michigan State football lost a four-star cornerback on Saturday, but another has scheduled an official visit.<\/h2>\n<p>Four-star 2024 athlete Marcellus Barnes Jr. has locked in an official visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-football-jaylen-thompson-doubles-down-commitment\/\">Michigan State football<\/a> beginning on June 2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MichiganState?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MichiganState<\/a> will host Marcellus Barnes Jr. on an official visit starting June 2nd, he tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C_Robinson247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@C_Robinson247<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcellus_jr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marcellus_jr<\/a> also lists Georgia, Florida State, Ole Miss, and others as finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xwZhMcDWg\">https:\/\/t.co\/5xwZhMcDWg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K2n9WJIuBH\">pic.twitter.com\/K2n9WJIuBH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SpartanTailgate.com (@SpartanTailgate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpartanTailgate\/status\/1657372316211240964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Barnes is a very talented prospect, ranked No. 225 in the country and the No. 19 cornerback according to 247Sports Composite rankings. He is listed at 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds which gives him the length to battle wide receivers in coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Marcellus also released his top seven schools which consists of Ole Miss, Florida State, Georgia, Mississippi State, Virginia Tech, and Baylor along with the Spartans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blessed to be here??Where\u2019s Home??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AGTG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AGTG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeyondBlessed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeyondBlessed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadSimmons_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChadSimmons_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cosimp4real?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cosimp4real<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjja1617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rjja1617<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McCallieFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McCallieFB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamgorney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adamgorney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWiltfong247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SWiltfong247<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanW_Rivals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SeanW_Rivals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FSU_Recruiting?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FSU_Recruiting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steezodesign?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@steezodesign<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelsFBRec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RebelsFBRec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgiaFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgiaFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HailStateFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HailStateFB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HokiesFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HokiesFB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSUFBRecruiting?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSUFBRecruiting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSU_Football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSU_Football<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BUFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BUFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5SYYCWNV6o\">pic.twitter.com\/5SYYCWNV6o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcellus Barnes Jr (@marcellus_jr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcellus_jr\/status\/1655645489696587777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Based on his top schools alone, this is going to be an extremely competitive and tough recruitment to win.<\/p>\n<p>MSU getting an official visit this early bodes well for the Spartans as that shows his interest is very high compared to the other schools on his top list.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes is one of eight recruits currently scheduled to visit Michigan State on June 2 in what is turning out to be a massive recruiting weekend for the staff. He is also one of six four-star athletes that will be in town as well. Current Michigan State cornerback commit Jaylen Thompson will be in East Lansing this weekend and I expect him to try and form a good bond with Barnes to try and convince him to join him in the 2024 class.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State&#8217;s 2024 class currently has three recruits in total consisting of one four-star corner and two three-star offensive linemen. Adding Barnes to the class would be huge to get another four-star defensive back as that is a huge position of need for MSU.<\/p>\n<p>Will MSU be able to win this competitive recruitment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully Mel Tucker can land him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[404,191,189],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fb-recruiting","tag-marcellus-barnes-jr","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}