Football offseason is basically in full swing (or is it a dead heat?).

Michigan State football wrapped up its round of 15 spring practices the other week, and now the NFL Draft has concluded. The Spartans had two players get picked: center Matt Gulbin (209th overall to the Washington Commanders) and punter Ryan Eckley (211th overall to the Baltimore Ravens).

Michigan State Spartans head coach Pat Fitzgerald addresses fans during a men's basketball game against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, at the Breslin Center. Fitzgerald had been formally introduced earlier that day. | Starr Portice, Michigan State Spartans on SI

Pat Fitzgerald is hoping to turn the Spartans' program around sooner rather than later after Jonathan Smith's short, two-year stint only dug MSU into a deeper hole. Michigan State hasn't made a bowl game since the 11-2 season in 2021.…