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Valley High School's Rocky Lombardi announced he has committed to Michigan State's 2017 recruiting class.

(Brian Powers | The Register (used with permission))

EAST LANSING -- Quarterback Rocky Lombardi, from West Des Moines, Iowa, announced his verbal commitment to Michigan State via his Twitter account on Sunday afternoon.

Lombardi, a three-star prospect ranked seventh in the state of Iowa according to 247Sports, received his scholarship offer from the Spartans last Monday and was on campus for an unofficial visit on Friday.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Lombardi, who attends Valley High School, had other scholarship offers that included Iowa, Iowa State, Virginia, Western Michigan and Northern Illinois.

Lombardi camped at Michigan State last summer, and he came to Spartan Stadium on an unofficial visit to see MSU beat Oregon in a clash of top 10-ranked teams on Sept. 12, 31-28.

Michigan State has five verbal commitments in its 2017 class, and it has a team class rank of 23 with the addition of Lombardi.

Hunter Rison, a 4-star receiver out of Ann Arbor Skyline and the son of Andre Rison, made his verbal commitment to the Spartans on Friday while on the same visit as Lombardi.

Michigan State's 2017 class also includes tight end Jack Camper (6-6, 230, IMG Academy, Bradenton, Florida), offensive lineman Keith Jarvis (6-5, 330, Maine South H.S., Park Ridge, Illinois) and receiver Cody White (6-3, 190, Walled Lake Western, Michigan).