Michigan State Loses Speedy Wide Receiver To Transfer Portal

Michigan State is losing a personnel of its wide receiving corps to nan transportation portal.

Friday is nan last time of nan 15-day model to participate nan transportation portal. MSU wideout Rodney Bullard Jr. is taking advantage of it, arsenic he announced Friday day via societal media that he would beryllium entering nan portal pinch 1 twelvemonth of eligibility remaining.

Bullard transferred to Michigan State past offseason aft opening astatine Division II Valdosta State. He was 1 of nan Spartans' backups during nan 2025 season, making 5 catches for 119 yards and 1 touchdown. Bullard besides had 2 rushing attempts, which netted six yards and different score.

Most of that accumulation came during MSU's crippled astatine Minnesota. Bullard made 4 catches during that one, getting 102 yards. The large play was a 71-yard touchdown early successful nan 3rd 4th that sewage nan Spartans backmost successful nan game. Bullard's different drawback went for 17 yards against Youngstown State, which was besides nan crippled wherever he sewage his rushing touchdown.

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Most of Bullard's individual occurrence came astatine nan Division II level. Bullard was a big-play instrumentality astatine Valdosta State, located successful Georgia. Bullard redshirted 1 twelvemonth for nan Blazers, but past totaled 85 catches, 1,567 receiving yards, and 19 touchdowns crossed 28 full games complete nan adjacent 2 seasons.

The 2nd of those 2 campaigns was nan astir productive. Bullard's catches really somewhat dropped from 43 to 42, but his yardage skyrocketed from 566 yards to 1,001. The number of touchdowns besides improved from 7 to 12. Bullard's yards per drawback jumped each nan measurement from 13.2 to 23.8, often utilizing his velocity to get down defenses.

Valdosta State is besides a highly successful squad astatine nan D-II level, truthful Bullard wasn't conscionable playing for conscionable anybody. The Blazers went 12-2 and 13-1 during nan 2 seasons wherever he was a contributor. They reached nan Division II quarterfinals during nan 2023 season. They past reached nan nationalist title crippled successful 2024, only losing to Michigan's ain Ferris State (quarterbacked by early Ole Miss prima Trinidad Chambliss).

Bullard is 1 of a fistful of losses to Michigan State's wide receiving corps. The different notable losses person been Nick Marsh, who is transferring to Indiana, and Evan Boyd, who is bound for Iowa State. Wide receiver Chrishon McCray besides entered nan transportation portal astatine 1 point, but ended up withdrawing and will return to East Lansing for nan 2026 season.

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