MINNEAPOLIS – Here are the Michigan State football players who helped or hurt their stock in the Spartans’ 23-20 overtime loss at Minnesota on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Winners

QB Alessio Milivojevic

The redshirt freshman took a beating early, with six of the Gophers’ seven sacks coming in the first half, but maintained the pocket all day. That stick-to-itiveness helped Milivojevic direct a second-half comeback with 17 straight points, including a 71-yard touchdown to Rodney Bullard Jr. in the third quarter on a rollout throw on the run. Milivojevic finished 20-for-28 for 311 yards and appears to be the option to take over for the benched Aidan Chiles moving forward.

WR Rodney Bullard Jr.

The senior Division II transfer entered Saturday with one catch for 17 yards on the season. But the w

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