SPARTAN PLAYER UPDATES
Jack ALLEN
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OL | 6-1 | 297 | SO. | 1L HINSDALE, ILL. HINSDALE CENTRAL CAREER/SEASON NOTES: Third-year player is in his second season as a starter on the offensive line in 2013 . . . has started the last 11 games at center . . . versatile lineman can play either center or guard . . . has played in 24 career games, including 23 starts (18 at center; five at left guard) . . . named second-team All-Big Ten by the media . . . named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the coaches . . . ranks third on the team with 68 knockdowns . . . his 17.5 dominators rank second on the team . . . produced a team-best seven knockdowns vs. No. 2 Ohio State in Big Ten Championship Game . . . had 9.5 knockdowns, including two dominators, at Northwestern . . . produced nine knockdowns in win over No. 23 Michigan . . . named Spartan Lineman of the Week after posting six knockdowns, including two dominators, vs. Purdue . . . recorded a career-best 10 knockdowns at Iowa, including 5.5 dominators, while playing 78 snaps . . . returned to the starting lineup at center in Week 3 vs. Youngstown State with Travis Jackson sidelined with an injury . . . recorded six knockdowns in 41 snaps vs. Youngstown State . . . missed the first two games of the 2013 season (vs. Western Michigan and South Florida) with turf toe . . . did not participate in spring practice due to a shoulder injury . . . named Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (first team), Sporting News (first team) and CollegeFootballNews.com (second team) . . . started five games at left guard in 2012 before starting the final seven games at center in place in injured starter Travis Jackson. CAREER IN BOWL GAMES: Turned in perhaps his top performance of the season in MSU’s 17-16 victory over TCU in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, producing nine knockdowns, including one dominator, and helping spring Le’Veon Bell for 145 yards on 32 carries against the Horned Frogs; TCU entered the game ranked 10th in the NCAA Football Subdivision in rushing defense, allowing just 103.9 yards per game.
40 Max BULLOUGH LB | 6-3 | 245 | SR. | 3L TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. ST. FRANCIS • THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN (ASSOCIATED PRESS, LINDY’S) • FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN (COACHES AND MEDIA) • FIRST-TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN CAREER NOTES: Three-year letterwinner is in his third season as Michigan State’s starting middle linebacker . . . two-time team captain . . . two-time All-Big Ten First Team selection (2012, 2013) . . . has 299 career tackles in 53 games, including a team-high 40 consecutive starts . . . ranks 11th in MSU history with 30.5 tackles for loss (103 yards) in his career, including 8.0 sacks (51 yards) . . . ranks 18th in the school record book with 299 career tackles . . . also has 11 passes defended (three interceptions, eight pass break-ups) and four forced fumbles . . . two-time Academic All-American (first team in 2013, second team in 2012) . . . is a third-generation Spartan, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Hank (guard, 1952-54) and father Shane (linebacker, 1983-86) who played football at Michigan State . . . Hank was a member of the 2013 MSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class . . . his grandfather Jim Morse (halfback, 195456) played for Coach Terry Brennan at Notre Dame . . . his uncles Chuck Bullough (Michigan State, linebacker, 1988-91), Bobby Morse (Michigan State, running back, 1983-86) and Jim Morse (Notre Dame, cornerback, 1976-77) played college football . . . his brother Riley is a red-shirt freshman fullback on the Spartan roster . . . his father Shane was also named a team captain in 1986. 2013 NOTES: Earned All-America honors from Associated Press (third team) and Lindy’s (third team) . . . named first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches for the secondstraight year; also selected first-team All-Big Ten by the media . . . also an All-Big Ten honoree by ESPN.com (first team), Sporting News (first team) and Athlon Sports (first team) . . . elected captain by his teammates for the second-straight year; is just the third Spartan under Dantonio to be named a captain at least twice (Greg Jones, 200910; Kirk Cousins 2009-11) . . . ranks third on the team in tackles (76), tackles for loss (9.5 for 26 yards) and production points (218) . . . ranks tied for second on the team with 10 quarterback hurries . . . named to 2013 National Football Foundation ScholarAthlete Class and was one of 16 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, which is awarded to the NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Year . . . was named one of 20 quarterfinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy . . . named to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America First Team (3.56 GPA in finance). . . recorded three tackles, including a half sack (3 yards), in the Big Ten Championship Game vs. No. 2 Ohio State . . . tallied nine tackles, including a 2-yard loss, on Senior Day in win over Minnesota . . . collected 20 production points and three tackles, including a 3-yard loss, at Northwestern . . . compiled 21 production points and nine tackles in win at Nebraska . . . named CBSSports.com National Co-Defensive Player of the Week after helping limit Michigan to a schoolrecord low minus-48 yards rushing; tallied five tackles and had two QB hurries against the Wolverines. . . had five tackles, including an assist on a fourth-and-goal play, in road win at Illinois . . . named Big Ten Player of the Week after recording a season-high 10 tackles, including two for losses and a 7-yard sack, vs. Purdue; forced a fumble on his sack of Boilermaker quarterback Danny Etling, which was returned for a touchdown by Denicos Allen . . . compiled a season-high 37 production points vs. Purdue . . . posted four stops, including a 1-yard loss, and had a team-best three QB hurries vs. Indiana . . . compiled six tackles at Iowa . . . posted seven tackles at No. 22 Notre Dame . . . led team with nine tackles, including 2.5 for losses (7 yards), in season opener vs. Western Michigan. CAREER IN BOWL GAMES: Has collected 14 tackles in three bowl games . . . tied for the team lead with nine tackles in the 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl vs. TCU . . . had three tackles vs. No. 18 Georgia in the 2012 Outback Bowl . . . posted two stops in the 2011 Capital One Bowl vs. No. 15 Alabama. BULLOUGH’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 15, vs. Youngstown State (9/2/11) Tackles for loss: 2.5, twice (last vs. Western Michigan, 8/30/13) Sacks: 2, vs. Wisconsin (10/27/12) Interception: 1, three times (last vs. Michigan, 10/20/12) Pass Break-ups: 2, vs. Michigan (10/20/12)
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