July 1, 2026

Michigan State receiver Jalen ‘Speedy’ Nailor is no stranger to big plays: Buckeyes’ best opponents, No. 44


COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State football team opens the season Sept. 2 at Minnesota. We are counting down the best 50 players Ohio State will face on their 2021 schedule. Today, Michigan State wide receiver Jalen Nailor: No. 44: Jalen Nailor, receiver, Michigan State 6-foot, 185 pounds, redshirt junior 2020 stats: 515 yards and four touchdowns on 26 receptions. What he has done: Michigan State finished 2-5 last season, but Nailor has proved to be a challenging playmaker so far in his career. In his freshman year in 2018, he finished with 279 yards and had the Spartans’ second-longest rushing play of 75 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown, leading MSU past Indiana. He then was sidelined in the 2019 season with a broken foot and missed all but four games. In his return, he led the Big Ten and was 14th in the Football Bowl Subdivision in yards per…

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