Michigan State football: Top 2025 target Bryson Williams getting set to commit

Top 2025 Michigan State football target Bryson Williams is getting ready to announce his decision on Thursday night.

Some of you reading this might already know the decision for top 2025 Michigan State football athlete target Bryson Williams due to the quick turnaround time. On Thursday morning, Williams tweeted that he would be announcing his college commitment at 7 p.m. ET later that night.

7pm ⏰⏰

— Bryson Williams 3⭐️ ATH (@Brysonwill04) July 11, 2024

After wrapping up the June official visits, Williams is the last top target for Jonathan Smith this summer. Michigan State’s recruiting strategy for the first year under the new regime has been clear: recruit in-state players who are attainable, undervalued, and create a strong foundation heading into the 2026 cycle where the staff can take more chances on higher-ranked players.

Williams is a 6-foot-2, 200-pound hybrid athlete from Orchard Lake St Mary’s and ranks as a three-star according to 247Sports’ composite. If he commits to the good guys tonight, he’d be the third St. Mary’s kid of the 2025 class, joining teammates Jayden Savoury and Charles White.

On paper, Williams projects as a ball-carrier in East Lansing and has shared the staff’s vision of using him in a hybrid type role between running back and wide receiver like how the San Fransisco 49ers utilize Deebo Samuel.

A smart kid, being pursued also by Harvard, Rice, and Pitt, Williams chose to delay his original commitment date of July 2 as wrestles with his decision.  He’s clearly putting a lot of thought into where he wants to play at the next level.

As things stand right now, it appears to be a battle between Michigan State and former defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi over at Pitt. The Panthers won the last recruiting battle between the two schools, landing four-star safety Elijah Dotson from Belleville. That said, MSU got the last word in as East Lansing was Williams’ final official visit in June.

I’ll tell you what: having a Deebo Samual-type player choose to play in East Lansing would be a great finish to high school recruiting this summer.