Michigan State Offers Scholarship to 2027 Illinois QB Trae Taylor

Coach Jonathan Smith and Michigan State had a productive weekend at their annual Spartan Dawg Con event.

It’s an event that the Michigan State football program has been hosting since 2021, allowing multiple eras of Michigan State football players to come together with Michigan State recruits in future recruiting classes. The event serves as a major recruiting tool for Michigan State. But it was even more important to Coach Smith in his first offseason in East Lansing as he begins to wind down the football program’s recruiting efforts this summer.

Coach Smith used Michigan State’s annual recruiting event in East Lansing. The event marks one of the last major opportunities for Coach Smith and Michigan State to spend quality time with recruits who consider Michigan State as their school of choice.

Coach Smith had recruits of varying talent levels at the event, many of whom left with scholarship offers. Such was the case for Trae Taylor, a native of Mundelein, Illinois, who announced shortly after the event Xformerly known as Twitter, that he had received an offer from Coach Smith and Michigan State.

The quarterback continues to attract interest from many schools across the country, but is currently unranked. According to 247Sports, Taylor is a quarterback in the 2027 recruiting class. Although he is unranked, Taylor has received scholarship offers from several high-profile schools across the country, which shows just how much potential the talented quarterback has. Considering he is in the 2027 recruiting class, he will likely become a ranked player before he reaches the college football level.

According to 247Sports, Michigan State joins more than 20 schools offering Taylor a scholarship. Taylor has received offers from notable programs across the country, including Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland, Miami (FL), Minnesota, NC State, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, West Virginia and Ole Miss.

Coach Smith continues to plan wisely for the future by recruiting talented players from all over the country, regardless of their ranking or recruiting class. Coach Smith shows his recruiting skills every week. The scholarship offer to Taylor is another example.

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