EAST LANSING – When Michigan State football kicks off its season Friday, Aug. 29, it could answer – at least temporarily – one of the biggest questions for the Spartans .

Who will handle that kicking ?

Coach Jonathan Smith said sophomore Tarik Ahmetbasic , a preferred walk-on from Clinton Township, will be a game-time decision for the 7 p.m. start against Western Michigan (FS1). Redshirt freshman Martin Connington, the scholarship kicker also brought in with the second-year staff’s initial recruiting class in 2024, remains “a week or two away,” Smith said.

That puts another walk-on, Blake Sislo, potentially in the spotlight to make his collegiate debut inside Spartan Stadium on national TV. The fifth-year senior from Dexter spent three seasons on the team at Division II Davenport

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