Post-Game Notes: Rutgers

GAME NOTES
• Michigan State wore green pants, green jerseys and green helmets with a white block S logo on the helmets for the first time this season.

SERIES NOTES
• Saturday's game marked the 16th meeting between Michigan State and Rutgers, and MSU still leads the all-time series, 10-6 overall, including 8-3 in Big Ten play . . . MSU is now 5-4 against Rutgers in East Lansing.

TEAM NOTES
• Michigan State recognized 18 seniors in a pregame ceremony Saturday on Senior Day (Brandon Baldwin, Khris Bogle, Nate Carter, D'Quan Douse, Montorie Foster Jr., Zach Gillespie, Angelo Grose, Cal Haladay, Maverick Hansen, Tyneil Hopper, Jonathan Kim, Kay'ron Lynch-Adams, Joseph Martinez, Tanner Miller, Luke Newman, Tommy Schuster, Jordan Turner, Ed Woods) . . . four of those seniors played more than 50 games wearing the Green & White and spent their entire collegiate careers in East Lansing: fifth-year senior wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr. (54th game), fifth-year graduate linebacker Cal Haladay (53rd game), sixth-year graduate defensive tackle Maverick Hansen (53rd game) and fifth-year graduate defensive back Angelo Grose (52nd game).

• Graduate linebacker Cal Haladay made his 35th consecutive start Saturday, the longest active streak on the team and sole possession of the 12th-longest in school history . . . Haladay started in a total of 47 of his 53 career games played . . . Haladay posted six stops Saturday to finish the season with 58 tackles and ends his Spartan career with 365 career tackles, ranking tied for eighth on MSU's career tackles list and also eighth among active players in the FBS.

OFFENSE
• The Spartans scored on their first offensive possession for the seventh time this season out of the 12 games played and the second-straight game with a touchdown as part of the third overall time with the TD . . . Saturday marks MSU's first loss this season when scoring a touchdown on its opening possession and now 3-1 when doing so, after scoring TDs in the games against Maryland (9/7/24), Prairie View A&M (9/14/24) and Purdue (11/22/24) and winning all three previous times.

• Sophomore quarterback Aidan Chiles was 13-of-23 for 150 yards and one TD pass, marking his sixth straight game with at least one TD pass . . . Chiles ends his first season as a Spartan with 13 TD passes and 2,415 yards.

• Redshirt junior running back Nathan Carter scored a rushing TD for the second straight game with his 26-yard scoring scamper in the first quarter . . . he ended the game with seven carries for 47 yards, while adding three catches for 23 yards . . . Carter finishes the season with five rushing TDs and two receiving scores.

• Graduate running back Kay'ron Lynch-Adams rushed nine times for 69 yards, adding one catch for 2 yards . . . with the 69 yards, Lynch-Adams has rushed for 50+ yards in six of the 12 games this season . . . the one catch extended Lynch-Adams' stretch of at least one reception in the last six games as part of in eight of the 12 games this season.

• Junior tight end Jack Velling snared his first TD catch of the season with the 5-yard scoring catch from Chiles in the fourth quarter . . . Velling finished with five catches for 77 yards, leading the team in both catches and yards.

• Velling's five catches was one shy of his season and career-high of six receptions, done twice this season, last at Oregon (10/4/24) . . . the 77 yards tied his season-best from the Boston College game (9/21/24) for second-most of his career behind 83 yards vs. UCLA (10/14/23) while he was at Oregon State.

• The TD catch was his 12th collegiate TD catch after 11 during his time at Oregon State.

• Freshman wide receiver Nick Marsh had two catches for 13 yards, as he had at least one catch in all 11 games played (missed the Boston College game with an injury), and had at least two catches in the last 10 games played after one catch in the season-opener vs. Florida Atlantic (8/30/24), before his breakout game that started the multiple-reception streak with eight catches at Maryland (9/7/14) . . . Marsh finished with 41 catches for 649 yards on the season, both the most by a freshman in school history.

• Senior wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr. had his streak of consecutive games with a reception halted at 24-straight, dating back to the last game of 2022, all 12 games of 2023 and in the previous 11 games of 2024 . . . Foster finished his Spartan career with at least one catch in 34 of the last 47 games played . . . he finished the season with 46 catches for 588 yards, both career highs, and he tied his career high with three TDs.

DEFENSE
• Michigan State's defense had 5.0 tackles for loss Saturday, marking the second game in a row with at least 5.0 TFLs and the sixth time overall this season.

• Graduate defensive back Angelo Grose spearheaded the Spartan defense with a game-high 10 tackles . . . it marked the second game this season with double-digit tackles and his eighth career game with 10+ tackles . . . Grose finished the season with 50 stops and 281 career tackles, ranking No. 25 on MSU's career tackles list

• Grose added a pass break-up to post two PBUs for the season and 20 for his career, and combined with four career interceptions, has 24 career passes defended, ranked tied for No. 25 on the Spartans' career passes defended list.

• Senior linebacker Jordan Turner posted six stops, marking his ninth game with five or more tackles . . . Turner also registered 1.0 tackle for loss, as posted at least 0.5 TFL in nine of the 12 games, including at least 1.0 TFL in eight of the 12 games . . . he added one pass break-up, his first of the season.

• Redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Ben Roberts registered his first sack and first tackle for loss of not just the season but his career as well, finishing with 1.0 sack and 2.0 tackles for loss.

• Redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Anthony Jones recorded a season-high and tied a career-best with five tackles.

SPECIAL TEAMS
• Lou Groza Award Semifinalist and graduate placekicker Jonathan Kim was 2-of-2 on PATs, finishing the season 22-of-24 this season and 43-of-45 for his career.

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Players Mentioned

Brandon Baldwin

Khris Bogle

Nate Carter

Aidan Chiles

D'Quan Douse

Montorie Foster Jr.

Zach Gillespie

Angelo Grose

Cal Haladay

Maverick Hansen

Tyneil Hopper

Anthony Jones

Jonathan Kim

Kay'ron Lynch-Adams

Nick Marsh

Joseph Martinez

Tanner Miller

Luke Newman

Ben Roberts

Tommy Schuster

Jordan Turner

Jack Velling

Ed Woods

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