Nick Sharpe holds the LG · Starter spot in Michigan State Spartans’s offensive line room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Nick Sharpe is a left guard for the Michigan State Spartans entering his sixth season of college football in 2026. The graduate transfer from South Carolina previously played four seasons at Wake Forest (2021-24), appearing in 34 career games with 17 starts. During the 2025 season at South Carolina, Sharpe played in eight games with five starts at left guard, recording 392 offensive snaps and 29 on special teams while grading 66.9 according to Pro Football Focus. At Wake Forest in 2024, he appeared in all 12 games with 10 starts at right guard and a career-high 665 offensive snaps. Sharpe, from Gastonia, North Carolina, was a three-star recruit in the 2021 class.

Wake Forest2021 – 2024

South Carolina2025

Michigan State2026 — present