Here are three of MSU’s biggest NFL draft overachievers and three underachievers: Like recent Spartans Blair White and Brian Hoyer, Cook made an impact in the NFL despite going undrafted.

School officially ended with a Michigan State kinesiology degree in December, but Kirk Cousins has had his mind tested — at times, twisted — trying to figure out this NFL draft thing.

Michigan State junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell will miss at least a week and could be out for the remainder of spring practice after spraining his right knee in Saturday’s scrimmage.

Rich Saul, a standout linebacker and defensive end at Michigan State and six-time NFL Pro Bowler on offense, died Sunday after a long battle with leukemia.

Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden said Wednesday he thinks former Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins will be drafted in the second round of the NFL draft. Gruden, a former NFL coach who interviewed Cousins for a “QB Camp” episode on ESPN, also

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Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio redshirted the most freshmen of any team in the Big Ten last season. The fact that linebacker Taiwan Jones was the only Spartan newcomer to see action in 2011 tells a lot about what the coaches think of his future.