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Former Hope College defensive end Jack Lamancusa is transferring to Michigan State football.Lamancusa, who initially pursued an electrician apprenticeship after high school, rediscovered his passion for football at Hope College.Lamancusa joins a revamped Michigan State defensive line and will have a chance to compete for a scholarship.
The latest addition to Michigan State football took a surprising route to East Lansing.
Hope College. Via trade school.
The Spartans landed a commitment from defensive end Jack Lamancusa, a Division III transfer, on Friday, two days after adding Isaac Smith from Texas Tech. And the Comstock Park native arrives with three years of eligibility and a unique backstory.
Lamancusa, 21, graduated in 2022 from Rockford High School, where he predominantly played basketball. For his senior season at Rockford, his friends convinced him to play football for the first time since middle school.
“And I kind of fell in love with it,” Lamancusa said Friday. “But after high school, I was kind of drained with sports because I played AAU year-round for basketball. So I just took a gap year to figure out what I want to do.”
After graduating from Rockford (where his mother, Stephani, works), Lamancusa enrolled in an electrician apprenticeship program through CS Erickson in Grand Rapids. His flame for football continued to grow, however. And a chance encounter reignited it.
In the fall 2023, Lamancusa ran into Hope College football coach Peter Stuursma on the sidelines at a Rockford game at Caledonia. The two had built a relationship when Stuursma was recruiting during Lamancusa’s…
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