EAST LANSING – Jordan Hall received important on-the-job training through a freshman season in which Michigan State football’s 2023 linebacker corps got decimated by injuries and attrition.
Jonathan Smith arrived and hired Joe Rossi away from Minnesota, and the new defensive coordinator made it a priority to rebuild the Spartans from the middle in 2024. Linebackers fell under his charge, and Hall and Co. immersed themselves in Rossi’s teachings.