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Michigan State football's Mel Tucker moving players' positions, adds grad transfer kicker

EAST LANSING — Mel Tucker said he emerged from Michigan State football’s second scrimmage on Saturday with a good understanding of the makeup of his team.

He also pointed to three Spartans he wants to see if they can contribute at other positions.

Two of them are redshirt freshmen moving from offense to defense, with Hamp Fay switching from quarterback to safety and Davion Primm shifting from running back to cornerback. True freshman Dillon Tatum also slides over from safety to cornerback in an attempt to get on the field faster.

“I was encouraged to see what Primm did in the scrimmage.