Third-year player looks to have a big impact on the offense in 2023 . . . named to Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List . . transfer from Purdue joined the Spartans in May 2021 and has two years of eligibility remaining . . . has 25 career receptions for 359 receiving yards with one TD in playing in 27 career games . . . also played basketball in the 2022 spring semester and appeared in one game.

2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Ranked second among the Spartan tight ends in receptions (16) and receiving yards (209) . . . had two touchdown catches . . . played a total of 321 snaps on offense . . . 12-of-16 (.750) catches went for either a first down or touchdown . . . Academic All-Big Ten honoree . . . had a TD catch for the second straight game with a 9-yard grab in the corner of the end zone at Penn State; had two receptions for 21 yards overall against the Nittany Lions in playing 40 snaps . . . had a career-high four catches for 27 yards vs. Indiana, including his first career touchdown reception that came off a deflected pass . . . on the TD catch against the Hooiers, snared the deflection in the end zone on a 5-yard pass from Payton Thorne . . . had three first downs overall vs. IU . . . had two catches for 22 yards vs. Rutgers with both receptions going for first downs . . . at lllinois, snared one catch for 10 yards and a first down on third-and-7, setting up MSU on first-and-goal on a Spartan drive that resulted in a field goal; played 22 snaps overall against the Illini . . . had one catch for 6 yards in Michigan game, coming on first-and-10 play to set up MSU TD on next play . . . snared a career-long 72-yard catch and run in the Wisconsin game, setting up MSU’s second TD, boosting drive from the MSU 16 to the Wisconsin 12 . . . the 72-yard reception was MSU’s longest play from scrimmage of the season . . . did not have a catch in two targets in Ohio State game, registering 18 snaps . . . had one catch for 1 yard at Maryland . . . snared two catches for 21 yards in Minnesota game, with both receptions going for first downs . . . saw limited action at Washington without a catch . . . snared one reception for 23 yards in Akron game, coming on MSU’s second TD drive in the first quarter, in playing 25 snaps . . . had one catch for 6 yards in playing 26 snaps in the season opener vs. Western Michigan.

2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in 12 games to earn his first letter . . . had eight catches for 135 yards . . . saw increased playing time in the second half of the season (seven receptions for 128 yards in last six games) . . . played a total of 155 snaps on offense and 66 on special teams . . . had two catches for 35 yards, including a 25-yarder, in win over No. 12 Pitt in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl . . . had two catches for a career-best 51 yards vs. Penn State, including 31 YAC, highlighted by a career-long 40-yard reception coming on third-and-8 on MSU’s opening possession, resulting in a TD, with both catches going for first downs . . . snared one reception for 11 yards vs. Maryland . . . caught one pass for 28 yards, going for a first down, and added a two-point conversion against his old team in playing 11 snaps at Purdue . . . caught one pass for 2 yards in win over Michigan, playing five snaps . . . made Spartan debut in Youngstown State game and made first reception as a Spartan with an 8-yard catch on an MSU TD drive.

2020 SEASON (PURDUE): Played in three games for the Boilermakers to preserve redshirt season . . . had one catch for 15 yards in his collegiate debut vs. Iowa on Oct. 24.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played at Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Michigan . . . was a consensus four-star recruit (247Sports, Rivals, ESPN) . . . ranked one of the best overall prospects in the state of Michigan in the class of 2020 by Rivals.com (No. 3), 247Sports (No. 3) and ESPN.com (No. 6) . . . listed among the top overall players in the nation in the class of 2020 by 247Sports (No. 126), Rivals.com (No. 188) and ESPN.com (No. 274) . . . was a member of the Rivals250 and ESPN300 as one of the best prospects in the country . . . rated the best wide receiver prospect in the state of Michigan in the class of 2020 and No. 35 nationally . . . also rated the No. 1 tight end in the state of Michigan by 247Sports and ESPN.com and No. 4 in the nation by 247Sports . . . named to the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News All-North Second Team and honorable mention all-state teams in 2019 . . . also named to the MLive Metro Detroit Dream Team (second team) on offense in 2019 . . . named to The Detroit News All-North First Team and all-state second team as a junior in 2018 with 21 receptions for 615 yards and nine touchdowns . . . also named to the Detroit Free Press All-North Second Team . . . helped Oak Park to the Oakland Activities Association title and the district finals in 2018 . . . also played basketball at Oak Park High School and was selected as one of the top 20 players in the state of Michigan (No. 18) by the Detroit Free Press . . . son of Peggy Evans and Cornell Mann . . . his mother, Peggy Evans, won Michigan Miss Basketball in 1989 at Detroit Country Day, helped Tennessee to a national championship in 1991, and won a state title as a head coach at Inkster (Class A) in 2011 . . . Peggy scored 47 points in the Class C state championship game over Saginaw Valley Lutheran in 1989, which still stands as a state record for most points scored in a title game . . . Peggy played for the Volunteers and was a three-year letterwinner under Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt from 1990-93 and averaged 11.5 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game; she transferred to Ohio State and lettered in 1995 with the Buckeyes . . . his father, Cornell Mann, is in his first season as the head men's basketball coach at Grand Valley State after being an assistant basketball coach at Missouri and has also coached at Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Dayton, Iowa State and Oakland; he played college basketball at Akron for three seasons after starting his career at Colorado . . . his stepfather William McMichael, coaches football at Oak Park . . . majoring in communication.

Maliq Carr