MSU has seemingly an entirely new team, but I'll try...
1. K/P - K Matt Coghlin back for a 6th year, and they have a preseason All-Big Ten punter
2. RB - Probably the only position group that I feel is actually a positive. Collins in hopefully back from his COVID plagued 2020, and Simmons looked pretty good early, before getting hurt. And those guys look like they will be #3 and #4 on the depth chart behind a pair of transfers.
3. WR - No confidence we have a true #1, but there is so much depth, particularly considering how true freshman Keon Coleman has looked, that I have a hard time believing a really good core of 3-4 won't emerge
4. DB - the starting group I think is possibly a top 4ish group in the conference, but there is frighteningly little depth if the transfers aren't immediate contributors
5. DL - Jalen Hunt may have been their best lineman last year, but couldn't stay healthy. Panisiuk returning certainly helps.
6. QB - now things get dicey. It's either Temple transfer Anthony Russo, or RS soph Payton Thorne, who got one start last year when Lombardi was hurt. Both should be an upgrade from Rocky, or the injured 2019 version of Brian Lewerke, but I don't see it be a position of strength at all
7. OL - the reports have been more positive than this, but I'll believe it when I see it. This has been a MASSIVE problem for the program since Conklin went to the NFL. If this can even be a not bottom 4 in the conference unit, the offense should take a massive step forward
8. LB - Adding Tennessee transfer Quavarius Crouch is the only reason this group isn't at the bottom.
9. TE - the core group includes a converted punter, a converted DE, a converted RB, and a true freshman. It is ugly, ugly, ugly. I do think freshman Kameron Allen will be good, eventually, but, ugh. Matt Dotson suffering career ending injuries, and Trenton Gillison never figuring it out left a gaping hole. No surprise MSU has two TE commits for 2022