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2016 Spartan Football Award Winners Announced

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan State football program announced its award winners at a team dinner on Sunday afternoon at the Kellogg Center. Senior wide receiver R.J. Shelton was selected Most Valuable Player (Governor's Award recipient) by his teammates.

Senior captain Riley Bullough won a team-best five awards: Downtown Coaches Club Award (most outstanding senior defensive player), Biggie Munn Award (most inspirational defensive player), Iron Man Award (strength and conditioning), Doug Weaver Oil Can Award (team humorist), and the Captains Award (team captain).

The Spartans saluted the 2016 Senior Class, which compiled a 39-14 record from 2013-16 to become the fourth-most winningest class in school history.