OT: Dion Sims to the NFL

Submitted by wresler120 on

ESPN analyst Joe Schad has reported that Dion Sims has declared for the NFL Draft. Kind of surprising considering the way his season has gone. Even more susprising is he is the # 4 rated TE by ESPN.

 

Joe Schad @schadjoe

Michigan State tight end Dion Sims will enter the NFL draft, according to a source

MichiganMan2424

January 2nd, 2013 at 7:19 PM ^

If Bell leaves, and it seems like he probably will, that offense will be putrid next year. They were a ranked around 109 this year and now they're losing their top two offensive threats. Rough.

switch26

January 2nd, 2013 at 7:34 PM ^

Nick hill is the only other RB that actually got snaps that i saw and if he is the only returner that doesn't bode well..  He is MSU's V. Smith, yet not nearly as versatile.  That freshman "kings" or w/e was supposed to have incredible speed, but couldn't crack any meaningful playing time in a bad offense

robmorren2

January 2nd, 2013 at 7:28 PM ^

For whatever reason, I thought this was referring to Deshawn Sims, and I was very confused, lol. I guess the I combined Dion Harris & Deshawn Sims into one name. Damn, I wish Deshawn Sims was the #4 TE in the draft.

jethro34

January 2nd, 2013 at 7:32 PM ^

http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2013/01/report_michigan_states_leveon.html 

According to this article Bell is meeting with NFL agents and leaving.  He can't really help his draft stock much, and with Spartans losing a couple starting interior linemen and looking at another rough year, why would he stay?

NFL running backs are playing on borrowed time.  Take the extra year.

Gholston filed paperwork as well, but he regressed this year so I'm not sure he'll get any kind of response he would like.

snarling wolverine

January 3rd, 2013 at 12:48 AM ^

The whole "MSU isn't a rival" bit is lame.  You can argue about them being the #2 or #3 rivalry game, OK, but to say it isn't a rivalry is absurd.  Ask the players on the team how they felt about getting Paul Bunyan back.

And yeah, we're entitled to poke fun at them, because we won the game this year - so we have bragging rights.

superstringer

January 3rd, 2013 at 9:10 AM ^

We lost to the AP's #1, #2, and #3 teams, plus a fourth top-10 team.  And 3 of the 4 losses were by 5 or 6 points, i.e., came down to the last minute.  So, I have no problem making fun of Sparty's miserable record, given that they thought they'd contend for the Leaders er Legends er Lewan Division championship and ended up battling Minnesota for a bowl game.