2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 24
Anthony Pinnace III
- Position:
- DB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 160
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Ypsilanti, Mich.
- High School:
- Ann Arbor Huron
- Prev School:
- UTSA
Transfer cornerback spent the 2025 spring semester at UTSA before arriving to Michigan State during the summer . . . played one season at Iowa Western Community College (2024) and one season at Independence Community College (2023) . . . ranked the No. 2 cornerback and No. 12 overall prospect among junior college players in 2025 by 247Sports . . . has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE): Registered 18 total tackles and broke up five passes in 11 games in 2024 to help lead the Reivers to an 11-2 record and an appearance in the NJCAA Division I Championship Game.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE): Earned first-team NJCAA All-America honors in 2023 for Independence Community College in Kansas . . . recorded 31 total tackles, 23 solo stops, two tackles for loss, three interceptions and 10 pass breakups as a redshirt freshman for the Pirates . . . tied a season high with three pass break-ups and had five tackles in the season finale vs. Dodge City (11/11) . . . registered picks in back-to-back games against Ellsworth (10/21) and Hutchinson (11/4) . . . broke up three passes, had a 2-yard TFL, and posted four tackles against Garden City (10/7) . . . logged a season-high eight stops in a win over Coffeyville (9/9) . . . had three tackles and a 27-yard interception return against Iowa Central (8/26).
2022 SEASON: Redshirted at Independence Community College and did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Was an all-state quarterback at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan . . . helped lead the River Rats to back-to-back playoff appearances in his two seasons as a starter . . . honorable mention all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior in 2021 . . . named to The Detroit News All-West honorable mention team in 2021 and also earned honorable mention all-conference accolades . . . finished the 2021 season with 1,674 passing yards and 16 touchdowns . . . also rushed for six scores . . . also played wide receiver and cornerback and returned punts and kicks during his high school career for former Huron head coach Antaiwn Mack.
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE): Registered 18 total tackles and broke up five passes in 11 games in 2024 to help lead the Reivers to an 11-2 record and an appearance in the NJCAA Division I Championship Game.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE): Earned first-team NJCAA All-America honors in 2023 for Independence Community College in Kansas . . . recorded 31 total tackles, 23 solo stops, two tackles for loss, three interceptions and 10 pass breakups as a redshirt freshman for the Pirates . . . tied a season high with three pass break-ups and had five tackles in the season finale vs. Dodge City (11/11) . . . registered picks in back-to-back games against Ellsworth (10/21) and Hutchinson (11/4) . . . broke up three passes, had a 2-yard TFL, and posted four tackles against Garden City (10/7) . . . logged a season-high eight stops in a win over Coffeyville (9/9) . . . had three tackles and a 27-yard interception return against Iowa Central (8/26).
2022 SEASON: Redshirted at Independence Community College and did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Was an all-state quarterback at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan . . . helped lead the River Rats to back-to-back playoff appearances in his two seasons as a starter . . . honorable mention all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior in 2021 . . . named to The Detroit News All-West honorable mention team in 2021 and also earned honorable mention all-conference accolades . . . finished the 2021 season with 1,674 passing yards and 16 touchdowns . . . also rushed for six scores . . . also played wide receiver and cornerback and returned punts and kicks during his high school career for former Huron head coach Antaiwn Mack.
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