Le'Veon Bell is declaring for the NFL draft
Le'Veon Bell met with Mark Dantonio and has decided to declare early for the NFL Draft. Article from MLive is here.
"Upset's not a good word to use, but he (Dantonio) was taken aback a little bit. He thought he had a good chance of Le'Veon coming back."
Hopefully his future NFL team will have a better record against the refs than MSU did this year.
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:52 AM ^
MSU might be headed for a real down year. Maxwell is super shaky. No RB to lean on. No dion sims to bail you out on 3rd down. If gholston leaves this team will definetly be looking like a 5-7 team. King Smug dantonio deserves such.
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:53 AM ^
MSU may have close to the worst offense in football next year without Sims and Bell.
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
I was thinking the same thing. He wouldn't be a bad pickup as long as they don't pull a Millen and get him in round 1.
January 3rd, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^
But I see another 6-6, 7-5 season for them. They should regress to the norm in close games next year, which will give them some additional wins that their talent degradation on both sides of the ball will take away. I expect that their defense will still be pretty solid, but if you thought this year's version of the Sparty O was a shitshow ....
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
Good luck to Bell - the NFL is getting a very talented RB and he'll likely have no shortage of interested parties. The final stat line for three seasons would then be 671 carries for 3,346 yards and 33 rushing TD, good for 4.99 YPC on average. In action as a receiver, 78 catches for 531 yards and 1 TD. That being said, just based on this season, that's almost 40% of their total offense walking out the door today in one RB. That will sting unless Nick Hill can do an awesome Le'Veon Bell impersonation.
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
we all know he is better than what he did this year. I think he could be a solid power back in the NFL...get those 2 to 3 yards for a team. Though if he tries that hurdle crap he will get boom powed
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
Good for Bell. He'll make an excellent blocking FB for starting TB Denard.
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:04 PM ^
Fun to see MSU lose talent, but I don't know if they'll have a terrible year next year. Their schedule is fairly soft:
Western Michigan -easy win
USF -easy win
Youngstown State -easy win
@ ND - loss
@ Iowa - toss up
Indiana - win
Purdue - win
@ Illinois - win
Michigan - loss
@ Nebraska - loss
@ NW - toss up
Minnesota - win
So, I've got them (splitting toss up's) at 8-4 based purely on weak schedule (no Ohio, PSU or Wisc and scrubs out of conference).
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:14 PM ^
I see: 6 or 7 wins, very similar to this year.
Western Michigan -easy win
USF - not so easy win
Youngstown State -easy win
@ ND - loss
@ Iowa - toss up
Indiana - Loss
Purdue - win
@ Illinois - win
Michigan - loss
@ Nebraska - loss
@ NW - loss
Minnesota - win
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
I hope you're right. I'm just trying not to get my hopes up (or down as the case might be).
January 3rd, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
Northwestern in Evanston I think is a definite loss. USF will be a close game that could go either way, the Bulls have a solid defense.
I think 7-5.
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:20 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
and get him back to his table & crayons without further disruptions.
You should also probably have an orderly bring him some pants.
January 3rd, 2013 at 3:57 PM ^
Don't forget to put on his safety mittens and give him a circle of paper.
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^
MSU- Rut Row
January 3rd, 2013 at 2:20 PM ^
A beast of a kid, should have a decent NFL career. I do think people put more stock in his jumping over defenders than it warranted - many guys can do that, just most don't because it is dangerous - but he's a big enough guy that with the right offense he could put up good numbers. Will be happy not to see him next year.
As for MSU, with Sims and Gholston also leaving, that team's peak seems like a distant memory. They might be looking up at 6-6 next year at this rate.
January 3rd, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
Bell will get drafted... but it'll be in the mid-rounds. He has no real top end speed level and or bounce ability..... a situational 3rd down back in the league if I've ever seen one.
I wouldn't be shocked if Gholston doesn't get drafted.... I'm serious.... his laziness and bust label will follow him to the combine and unless he jsut blows the socks off the scouts in drills hes in for a very depressing draft weekend.
January 3rd, 2013 at 2:52 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^
"Pride comes before the fall......." Has one sentence in recent memory come to symbolize so much delicious irony as that?
January 3rd, 2013 at 6:38 PM ^
Dantonio probably expected to be offering Bell's bloody stump a 5th year scholarship.
January 3rd, 2013 at 11:25 PM ^