MSU has a rich history of elite receivers, from Charles Rogers to Jayden Reed. High-profile legends like those two help the ...

Courtney Hawkins doesn't get enough credit for just how valuable he has been to the Michigan State football program, both as a player and as a coach. Hawkins is ...

Michigan State wide receivers coach Courtney Hawkins recruited Omari Kelly when he was in the transfer portal.

Hawkins embodies the Spartan Dawg ethos central to the program with which he etched his name in its record books in the late 1980s and early 1990s. When he says, “No block, no rock,” he means it.

In 2022, Hawkins tied the Atlantic League and independent/MLB Partner leagues single-season record with 48 home runs. That standard had been set by Ozzie Canseco in 2000.

In all his years around football, Courtney Hawkins had never seen anything like it. Nor does the Michigan State football receivers coach expect to see it again. Don’t get him wrong.

Courtney Hawkins was one day into fall camp as a freshman at Michigan State when he was confronted with an unexpected change. Coach George Perles decided to switch his position, moving him from ...