A second Michigan State football defensive player has hit the transfer portal in a matter of days.
Jeremiah Beasley, a four-star freshman from Belleville who enrolled in early December, made his mark in the transfer portal before joining the Wolverines.
This happened less than 24 hours after sophomore defensive back DJ Waller Jr. entered the portal.
Beasley is a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite Rankings, but he was ranked as the No. 31 linebacker in the nation and the No. 31 linebacker in the state when he chose the Wolverines over Michigan State, which was considered a miss by many. He was rated as the 8th player. A few months.
He was one of the few Wolverines to join the team during the winter and was able to change out for bowl practice and join the team on a trip to Pasadena, Calif., and played in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Rose Bowl and CFP. The University of Michigan won. championship game in Houston.
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In December, Mr. Beasley told the Free Press (while visiting UM standouts Will Johnson and Semaj Morgan on a philanthropy mission in Ann Arbor) that, like Mr. Johnson and Mr. Morgan, 1 on campus He said he looks forward to making an impact next year. .
“It's like motivation,” he said. “When you see a player that young coming in and being able to have that big of an impact, if you come in early and play, you can do as much or even more than what he's doing. That's what it tells me.”
UM's linebacker room under new coach Brian Jean-Mary is quite deep, with potential starters Ernest Hausman and Jayshawn Barham (a transfer from Maryland) and possibly a senior ahead of Beasley. It features players Semaj Bridgeman, Jadon Hood, Micah Pollard, and Jimmy Rolder.
