{"id":22004,"date":"2026-06-06T23:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/pat-fitzgeralds-son-pledges-to-michigan-state-football-as-walk-on-the-detroit-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:19:53","slug":"pat-fitzgeralds-son-pledges-to-michigan-state-football-as-walk-on-the-detroit-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/pat-fitzgeralds-son-pledges-to-michigan-state-football-as-walk-on-the-detroit-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Fitzgerald's son pledges to Michigan State football as walk-on – The Detroit News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan State\u2019s latest football commit is a player Pat Fitzgerald has been recruiting for a long time. Since he was born actually, because it\u2019s his son.
Brendan Fitzgerald, the youngest son of Michigan State\u2019s new head coach, announced his verbal commitment to his father\u2019s team as a preferred walk-on Saturday. He\u2019ll be a wide receiver in the class of 2027.
More: <\/strong>Pat Fitzgerald keeping Chicago roots at Michigan State<\/a><\/span>
Brendan follows both his brothers Jack, who committed to Northwestern in the 2023 cycle, right at the end of Fitzgerald\u2019s 17-year span running the program. And as Fitzgerald helped coach youngest sons Ryan and Brendan as an offensive assistant at Loyola Academy, Ryan went on to play for Iowa last fall, where he remains after his father\u2019s hiring at Michigan State in December 2025. The son of MSU special teams coordinator LeVar Woods, Mason, is also a tight end on that Iowa team.
With Brendan\u2019s commitment, which his father made unofficial reference to earlier this offseason, that makes the Fitzgerald family 3-for-3 in sending their kids on to the college ranks, granted family connections play a role there.
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