4-Star Prospect Decommits from Michigan State Football

The Spartans have lost their second 2024 recruit in a week, this time a four-star from Ohio…

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Matthew Lounsberry
Publish date:
Sep 26, 2023 7:48 PM EDT

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One of the top prospects in Michigan State football’s 2024 recruiting class has decommitted from the Spartans.

Four-star Dayton (Ohio) Centerville safety Reggie Powers III announced on Tuesday that he was reopening his recruitment after being committed to Michigan State over the past three and a half months.

“Thank you MSU Staff and Fans for all the love and support,” Powers wrote in a social media post. “After much consideration with my family I have decided to re-open my recruitment. I appreciate you all. Go Green!”

Powers is the second 2024 MSU prospect to leave the class since news broke of the sexual harassment allegations against head coach Mel Tucker, who was suspended and since has been served a notice of termination by the university. Power's decommitment comes just days after three-star Tampa (Fla.) Tech athlete Camren Campbell also left the class. Ironically, both Powers and Campbell jointed Michigan State’s class on the same day (June 14, 2023) and MSU football's acting head coach Harlon Barnett was the primary recruiter for both players.

Powers was the third-highest ranked recruit in the Spartans class, considered the No. 396 overall player, No. 36 safety and No. 10 prospect from the state of Ohio.

With the uncertainty surrounding Michigan State's football program in the wake of Tucker's termination, decommitments from the program's 2024 recruiting class have been expected and may not be finished.

Four-star Mount Pleasant (Mich.) offensive lineman Andrew (A.J.) Dennis has seen interest grow from other programs since the story involving Tucker broke in the late hours of Sept. 9. Over the last two weeks, Dennis has received scholarship offers from Purdue, Penn State, Stanford, Nebraska, Auburn and Georgia Tech, but remains committed to the Spartans as of now.

Dennis (No. 419 overall) is considered the fourth-highest ranked prospect in Michigan State's 2024 class according to 247's team composite rankings.

Another prospect who is surely hearing for other potential suitors is four-star River Rouge (Mich.) wide receiver Nick Marsh, who originally committed to MSU way back on July 31, 2022 before de-committing earlier this year in March and eventual re-committing to the Spartans in July.

Marsh seems solid in that commitment for now, and has made multiple trips to East Lansing already this fall. Still, Michigan State's top overall committed prospect (No. 127) will continue to draw outside interest up until National Signing Day. Marsh recently picked up an offer from the hottest show in all of college football — Deion Sanders' Colorado Buffaloes — on Sept. 18. He chose MSU over Penn State, Kansas and Pittsburgh back on July 7.

With the losses of Powers and Campbell, Michigan State's 2024 recruiting class is down to just 11 committed prospects.

Michigan State Verbal Commitments, Class of 2024

Four-star WR Nick Marsh; River Rouge High School; River Rouge, Mich.; No. 127 nationally, No. 20 Wide Receiver, No. 3 in state of Michigan
Four-star RB Anthony Carrie; Carrollwood Day High School; Tampa, Fla.; No. 294 nationally, No. 22 running back, No. 40 in state of Florida
Four-star IOL Andrew Dennis; Mt. Pleasant High School; Mount Pleasant, Mich.; No. 419 nationally, No. 26 Interior Offensive Lineman, No. 8 in state of Michigan
Three-star CB Jaylen Thompson; Riverdale High School; Murfreesboro, Tenn.; No. 444 nationally, No. 36 Cornerback, No. 10 in state of Tennessee
Three-star CB Justin Denson; La Salle Academy; Providence, R.I.; No. 627 nationally, No. 55 Cornerback, No. 1 in state of Rhode Island
Three-star OT Mercer Luniewski; Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio; No. 753 nationally, No. 58 Offensive Tackle, No. 28 in state of Ohio
Three-star ATH Syair Torrence; Christian Brothers Academy; Syracuse, N.Y.; No. 963 nationally, No. 124 wide receiver, No. 7 in state of New York
Three-star LB Jadyn Walker; Portage Northern High School; Portage, Mich.; No. 1106 nationally, No. 96 Linebacker, No. 19 in state of Michigan
Three-star QB Henry Hasselbeck; Xaverian Brothers High School; Westwood, Mass.; No. 1186 nationally, No. 66 quarterback, No. 6 in state of Massachusetts
Three-star IOL Logan Bennett; St. Frances Academy; Baltimore, Mary.; No. 1346 nationally, No. 103 Interior Offensive Lineman, No. 38 in state of Maryland
Three-star IOL Charlton Luniewski; Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio; No. 1385 nationally, No. 109 Interior Offensive Lineman, No. 59 in state of Ohio