Buried on the quarterback depth chart with almost no non-injury hope of climbing up before 2012, Joe Boisture has decided to leave Michigan State.
In a statement released to Rivals.com, Boisture praised the football program but intimated that his collegiate career would be better served by moving on from East Lansing.
“It is in my best interest that I have decided to leave the Michigan State football program,” Boisture said. “I love the university, my teammates, the medical staff and most of all Coach Dantonio. Coach D truly cares about me and all of his players off the field as well as on the field.
“I have the utmost respect for him as a coach and person and wish him and the Spartans nothing but success.”
Boisture, who took his redshirt in 2010 after participating in spring practice as an early enrollee, was a four-star member of the Spartans’ 2010 recruiting class and was the No. 18 pro-style quarterback in the country according to Rivals. He had originally given a verbal commitment to Boston College before flipping the commit to MSU in the summer of 2009. There was also a significant amount of interest from Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and UCLA during his recruitment.
If Boisture had stayed at with the Spartans, he would’ve entered spring practice -- and likely summer camp and the regular season as well -- behind senior starter Kirk Cousins and sophomore backup Andrew Maxwell on the depth chart.