Michigan State football TE Hamp Fay enters portal; Spartans hosting WMU in '28, '31
Hamp Fay’s latest move appears to be leaving Michigan State football.
A program spokesman Tuesday confirmed the third-year tight end has entered the transfer portal, becoming the first Spartan since Saturday’s spring game to do so and the 11th since the end of the 2022 season.
Fay did not play in two seasons with MSU and has three seasons of eligibility remaining after redshirting in 2021.
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound native of Hudson Oaks, Texas, was coach Mel Tucker’s first quarterback recruit, committing to the Spartans in April 2020 after visiting just before the pandemic shut down recruiting. The three-star 2021 prospect picked MSU over offers from Big Ten schools such as Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers as well as Boise State, Pittsburgh and others.
However, after the Spartans added Katin Houser in the 2022 class, Fay moved from tight end to safety last fall as Houser emerged as the No. 3 quarterback behind starter Payton Thorne and backup Noah Kim. Fay eventually went back to tight end and saw limited reps this spring during MSU’s final practice Saturday that was open to the media and public.
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Defensive end Itayvion Brown, who was removed from the team after being charged with felony gun violations last week in East Lansing, also entered the portal Saturday. The St. Louis, Missouri, native on Monday had pre-trial hearing scheduled for June 1 in 15th District Court in Ann Arbor for a misdemeanor aggravated assault charge stemming from the MSU-Michigan fight in the Michigan Stadium tunnel on Oct. 29.
Schedule update
MSU announced it will host Western Michigan for two future season-opening games, on Sept. 2, 2028, and Aug. 30, 2031. It is the Spartans' first non-conference game for those seasons. MSU also is scheduled to open the 2025 season against the Broncos on Aug. 30 that year.
The Spartans are scheduled to open this season at home against Central Michigan on Sept. 2, though that game is expected to be moved to Friday, Sept. 1.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan State football TE Fay Hamp Fay enters NCAA transfer portal
