Michigan State's depth and experience at the defensive tackle position is close to getting a boost.

Per multiple sources, Nebraska grad transfer Kevin Williams will play his final season of college football at Michigan State. A source indicated the pairing is happening and is close to being a done deal from a paperwork standpoint with Williams, who will help pad a group that took a pair of non-graduation departures this offseason. Another source said Michigan State is the lone school at which Williams has filed admissions paperwork.

The 6-foot-2, 275-pound Williams is headed into his sixth season of eligibility after having two seasons missed entirely due to injury in 2011 and 2013. He has recorded 27 tackles and 3.0 sacks in 23 games, starting two and playing in eight last year as a senior.

Michigan State entered this offseason with little depth and experience beyond projected starting defensive tackles Malik McDowell and Damon Knox. After sophomore Craig Evans left the program and it was announced Friday that Knox would be heading into a career in law enforcement instead of pursuing a sixth year of college football, MSU was left very thin beyond McDowell with a lot of youth in the form of freshmen and redshirt freshman.

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Michigan State was among the many schools to recruit Williams out of high school in Holland, Ohio, before he ultimately committed to Nebraska over MSU, Michigan, Wisconsin and others.