Instant impact recruit: Michigan State Spartans

National signing day has come and gone, which means we can begin to fully evaluate the recruiting haul each team collected. This week on the Big Ten blog, we’re looking at which player or position group has the potential to make an instant impact for each team in 2017.

Up next: Michigan State

Player: TE Matt Dotson

Tight end Matt Dotson was ranked as one of the top 20 players in Ohio this past fall.Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati has been sending talented, college-ready players to schools throughout the Midwest for several decades. Tight end Matt Dotson is next in that long line.

Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio said he expects the 6-foot-5 pass-catcher to hit 250 pounds on…