{"id":281190,"date":"2026-09-08T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281190\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T02:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T02:50:08","slug":"msu-football-first-power-four-program-to-offer-2029-pennsylvania-lb-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281190\/","title":{"rendered":"MSU football first power four program to offer 2029 Pennsylvania LB prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 7, 2026, 7:59 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State football has offered a scholarship to linebacker prospect Deyontay Gillespie.Gillespie is an unranked player in the 2029 recruiting class from Farrell, Pennsylvania.This marks the first scholarship offer from a power four conference school for Gillespie.He also holds offers from Miami (OH), Kent State, and Southern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Michigan State football is the first power four conference school to extend an offer to a linebacker prospect from Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/deyontay-gillespie-46169240\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deyontay Gillespie<\/a> of Farrell, Pa. announced on Monday that he has received an offer from the <a data-autotag=\"0b5a0d03-0e6c-48e5-9370-fba324e7e32d\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/michigan-state-spartans\/3436\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Spartans<\/a>. He made the offer from Michigan State known by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_deyontayG\/status\/2097014206075678724\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">posting<\/a> on his social media X account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Gillespie is an unranked and unrated linebacker prospect in the 2029 class. He plays for Farrell High, and is listed at 6-foot-1 and 205 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to 247Sports, Michigan State is the first power four program to extend an offer to Gillespie. 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