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Michigan State Football: Saeed Khalif is home run hire for Mel Tucker

Michigan State's head coach Mel Tucker walks the field during warm ups before the game against Ohio State on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. 201205 Msu Osu 017a

If there’s one thing Michigan State football fans can’t really complain about concerning Mel Tucker, it’s his hiring of assistants and other personnel.

On Monday, he made a huge hire after losing Scott Aligo to Kansas, striking a deal with Wisconsin’s Saeed Khalif as the new director of player personnel. No casual college football fans know other programs’ players of personnel, but this is a great hire for Tucker as Khalif was responsible for a lot of the recruiting success Wisconsin has had.