Malik McDowell has been on a wild ride for the last 5 years. It started on February 5th, 2014 National Signing Day for the 5 star DE from Southfield when he committed to Michigan State.
2/5/14: Malik commits to Michigan State over Michigan, but his mom is not happy with the decision because she feels that that the MSU Staff and current players told him, (I'm paraphrasing) "If you come to East Lansing you can play football and not worry about school". Mom declines to sign his LOI to Michigan State.
4/1/14: After nearly two months, Malik gets his LOI signed and is officially a Spartan.