Jayden Reed, Bryce Baringer both win weekly Senior Bowl practice awards

Originally posted on Spartan Shadows
By Connor Muldowney | Last updated 2/3/23

Both Jayden Reed and Bryce Baringer earned awards during this week’s Reese’s Senior Bowl practices, voted on by teammates.

What a week it’s been for former Michigan State stars Jayden Reed and Bryce Baringer.

It all started with videos surfacing at the Reese’s Senior Bowl of Reed absolutely cooking defenders in one-on-one drills. He was the favorite receiver prospect at the event of many NFL draft experts as they were raving about the Spartan wideout.

Then we heard about Baringer just booming punts left and right as one attendee at the event said that he’s a “top five player” at the Senior Bowl.

Both players saw their NFL draft stock rise drastically this week which is the sole purpose of the Senior Bowl and you love to see former Michigan State stars play the way we’ve all seen them play during their time in East Lansing. We know that Reed and Baringer are both elite-level players and now the rest of the country is realizing that.

On Friday, teammates were able to vote for practice players of the week, and Baringer, unsurprisingly, was named the National team’s special teams practice player of the week.

BREAKING: Michigan State’s Bryce Barringer has been voted National team’s ST Practice Player-of-Week by vote from his peers on National squad.#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE pic.twitter.com/XwGktttahW

— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) February 3, 2023

As if that wasn’t enough to make MSU fans proud, Reed was named the National team’s receiver practice player of the week, voted on by his defensive back teammates (who he’s been cooking all week).

BREAKING: Michigan State’s Jayden Reed (@JaydenReed5) has been voted National team’s WR Practice Player-of-Week by vote from his peers in National DB group.#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE pic.twitter.com/AsxFYwnh5I

— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) February 3, 2023

It’s good to see both of these guys showing out with NFL draft stock on the line and this is what you get from Reed when he’s healthy. We didn’t get to see a fully healthy Reed all season long so he took a step back in terms of production, but before the season, he was considered an All-American candidate. Now everyone is seeing why that was.

As for Baringer, this is proof that he should have won the Ray Guy Award. The dude has a rocket for a leg.

Two NFL teams (or one) are going to get some steals in Reed and Baringer.

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