Below is Michigan State's depth chart for Saturday's game against Michigan.
| Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String |
| QB | Kirk Cousins | Andrew Maxwell | |
| TB | Edwin Baker or Le'Veon Bell or Larry Caper |
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| FB | Nick Bendzuck | TyQuan Hammock | Fred Smith |
| X | Mark Dell or Keith Nichol |
Donald Spencer | |
| Z | B.J. Cunningham or Keshawn Martin |
Bennie Fowler | |
| TE | Charlie Gantt | Brian Linthicum | Derek Hoebing Drew Stevens |
| LT | D.J. Young | David Barrent | |
| LG | Joel Foreman | Ethan Ruhland | |
| C | John Stipek | Nate Klatt | |
| RG | Chris McDonald | Micajah Reynolds | |
| RT | J'Michael Deane | Jared McGaha | |
| Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String |
| DE | Tyler Hoover | Jonathan Strayhorn or William Gholston |
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| DT | Jerel Worthy | Anthony Rashad White or Dan France |
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| NT | Blake Treadwell or Kevin Pickelman |
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| RE | Colin Neely or Denzel Drone |
Todd Anderson or Corey Freeman |
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| SAM | Eric Gordon | Steve Gardiner | |
| MIKE | Greg Jones | Max Bullough | |
| STAR | Jon Misch or Chris Norman |
Denicos Allen | |
| FC | Johnny Adams | Darqueze Dennard | Dana Dixon |
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BC |
Chris L. Rucker | Mitchell White | Chris D. Rucker |
| FS | Trenton Robinson | Isaiah Lewis | Jesse Johnson |
| SS | Marcus Hyde | Jairus Jones | |
| Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String |
| K | Dan Conroy | Kevin Muma | |
| P | Aaron Bates | Kyle Selden or Mike Sadler |
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| KR | Keshawn Martin Le'Veon Bell |
Trenton Robinson | Larry Caper |
| PR | Keshawn Martin | Marl Dell | |
| KO | Kevin Muma | Dan Conroy | |
| LS | Alex Shackleton | Jon Stipek | |
| HLD | Aaron bates |
Kirk Cousins |
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