{"id":909938,"date":"2026-06-04T17:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/909938\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:24:17","slug":"msu-football-lands-commitment-from-3-star-safety-following-official-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/909938\/","title":{"rendered":"MSU football lands commitment from 3-star safety following official visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/michigan-state\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michigan State football;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Michigan State football&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan State football<\/a> has beaten out a few of their conference peers for a safety prospect from <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/illinois\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Illinois;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Illinois&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/henry-sakalas-46164635\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Henry Sakalas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Henry Sakalas&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Henry Sakalas<\/a> of La Grange Park, Ill. has committed to Michigan State following his recent official visit with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/michigan-state-spartans\/3436\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spartans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Spartans&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Spartans<\/a> this past weekend. Sakalas was scheduled to take official visits to Illinois and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/nebraska\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nebraska;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nebraska&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nebraska<\/a> in the coming weeks, but he has now locked in his commitment with the Spartans.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sakalas is listed as a three-star safety, with a recruiting rating of 87 in 247Sports&#8217; system. He ranks as the No. 87 safety and No. 855 overall prospect in the 2027 class, according to 247Sports composite.<\/p>\n<p>Along with offers from Michigan State, Illinois and Nebraska, Sakalas holds notable offers from <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/minnesota\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Minnesota&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota<\/a>, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/west-virginia\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:West Virginia;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;West Virginia&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Virginia<\/a>, Air Force, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/san-diego-state\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Diego State;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Diego State&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego State<\/a>, Toledo and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/new-mexico\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Mexico;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New Mexico&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With official visits starting last weekend, the expectation is that we should be seeing commitments coming in for the Spartans in flurries during the next few weeks. Stay with Spartans Wire for all of the latest recruiting updates related to Michigan State football.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thespartanswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The SpartansWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The SpartansWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The SpartansWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpartansWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertBondy5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RobertBondy5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;RobertBondy5&quot;}\" class=\"link \">RobertBondy5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/spartans\/recruiting\/2026\/06\/04\/michigan-state-football-henry-sakalas-commitment\/90384999007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Illinois 3-star S Henry Sakalas commits to Michigan State following official visit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Illinois 3-star S Henry Sakalas commits to Michigan State following official visit&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Illinois 3-star S Henry Sakalas commits to Michigan State following official visit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan State football has beaten out a few of their conference peers for a safety prospect from Illinois.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,121853,1682,121855,343,6702,233,1003,988,25308,81095,121854,942,413],"class_list":["post-909938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-henry-sakalas","tag-illinois","tag-la-grange-park","tag-michigan-state","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-minnesota","tag-nebraska","tag-new-mexico","tag-official-visit","tag-pat-fitzgerald","tag-sakalas","tag-san-diego-state","tag-west-virginia"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116693005971592001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}