Football recruiting

[QMartinez]

Is our strategy to “lock down the state” and get the top instate talent ? Or is it to sign more out of state guys. I see we just got a lb from Alabama but lost a four star back Daniels to Florida ? I thought with Arnett hiring a lot of guys with in state connections we would sign more Miss hs players for 2024.
makes me wonder is the wholesale change in coaching staff didn’t hurt recruiting.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Still haven't developed the ability to think critically about this, I see?

 

[QMartinez]

Still haven't developed the ability to think critically about this, I see?

so what is the strategy. I think losing Daniels, who was a State lean is a big loss. We have to be able to sign good in state players

 

[paindonthurt]

Is our strategy to “lock down the state” and get the top instate talent ? Or is it to sign more out of state guys. I see we just got a lb from Alabama but lost a four star back Daniels to Florida ? I thought with Arnett hiring a lot of guys with in state connections we would sign more Miss hs players for 2024.
makes me wonder is the wholesale change in coaching staff didn’t hurt recruiting.

Why does it have to be one or the other?

Maybe we are simply going after the best available that we have a realistic shot at positions of NEED regardless of location. Not positions of WHAT FANS WANT.

 

[QMartinez]

Why does it have to be one or the other?

Maybe we are simply going after the best available that we have a realistic shot at positions of NEED regardless of location. Not positions of WHAT FANS WANT.

Agree you have to get the best available, but man Daniels hurts. It seems like we are whiffing on this whole Mississippi 2024 class.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Agree you have to get the best available, but man Daniels hurts. It seems like we are whiffing on this whole Mississippi 2024 class.

#1, it's April. As long as we don't burn a bridge, we have a good shot until the end with in-staters.

#2, nowadays, even if they leave, they are likely to come back via the portal once they get buried on a depth chart and get homesick.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

It’s still 8 months or so till signing day.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Agree you have to get the best available, but man Daniels hurts. It seems like we are whiffing on this whole Mississippi 2024 class.

The Mississippi RB class this year isn't deep and there are some folks who appear headed to State who've not yet committed:

2024 Top Football Recruits in Mississippi

The 247Sports rankings are determined by our recruiting analysts after countless hours of personal observations, film evaluation and input from our network of scouts.

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#1, it's April. As long as we don't burn a bridge, we have a good shot until the end with in-staters.

#2, nowadays, even if they leave, they are likely to come back via the portal once they get buried on a depth chart and get homesick.

Looks like Daniels played it fairly smart. Florida doesn't have many RBs on its roster but there is another RB committed for '24:

KD Daniels Recruit Interests

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Florida 2024 Football Commits

Florida

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Edit to add: I suppose I really should use On3 otherwise Uncle Shannon might get on to me....

 

[retire the banner]

QMartinez will b i t c h on here every week the next 6 months when we miss on a recruit, but will be radio silent when we flip some of these guys in December.

 

[40mikemike]

Name the last MSU coach who signed every top ten Mississippi player. Hell, name the last Ole Miss coach to do so. Matter of fact, name the last Alabama coach to sign every top ten player in Alabama. I’ll wait.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Is our strategy to “lock down the state” and get the top instate talent ? Or is it to sign more out of state guys. I see we just got a lb from Alabama but lost a four star back Daniels to Florida ? I thought with Arnett hiring a lot of guys with in state connections we would sign more Miss hs players for 2024.
makes me wonder is the wholesale change in coaching staff didn’t hurt recruiting.

It’s April. Chill.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Name the last MSU coach who signed every top ten Mississippi player. Hell, name the last Ole Miss coach to do so. Matter of fact, name the last Alabama coach to sign every top ten player in Alabama. I’ll wait.

Yep. This is what locking down the state when it comes to Mississippi recruiting looks like...

(try locking the above for MONTHS)

 

[BingleCocktail]

Name the last MSU coach who signed every top ten Mississippi player. Hell, name the last Ole Miss coach to do so. Matter of fact, name the last Alabama coach to sign every top ten player in Alabama. I’ll wait.

PR0LLY BOUNDORANT IN 1893 AT 0LD PI$$

 

[Maroon Eagle]

PR0LLY BOUNDORANT IN 1893 AT 0LD PI$$

Be real interesting to know how that happened when the first high school football game in the state wasn't played until 1905...

Yazoo City vs. Winona: The Judds lost

Yazoo City: Home to two Super Bowl stars and so much football history

Yazoo City, birthplace and hometown of defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and running back Kenneth Gainwell, who will play in Sunday's Super Bowl.

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[BingleCocktail]

Be real interesting to know how that happened when the first high school football game in the state wasn't played until 1905...

Yazoo City vs. Winona: The Judds lost

[SNIP]

THeY WERE CHEATENOUS $LUTS BACK THEN TOO

 

[GloryDawg]

Seven months from signing day and we have two commitments. Still early.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Seven months from signing day and we have two commitments. Still early.

Three.

Caleb Dozier committed today.

Mississippi State 2024 Football Commits

Mississippi State

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2024 athlete Caleb Dozier commits to Mississippi State

Mississippi State added to its Class of 2024 on Monday afternoon with the commitment of 247Sports three-star athlete Caleb Dozier. The Headland (Ala.) High School product announced his decision on social media and was on the Bulldogs' campus earlier this month.

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Currently a 0-star but that means he'll likely be made a 3-star (edit: well, look at the first paragraph of Paul's story).

 

[BingleCocktail]

Three.

Caleb Dozier committed today.

Mississippi State 2024 Football Commits

Mississippi State

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2024 athlete Caleb Dozier commits to Mississippi State

Mississippi State added to its Class of 2024 on Monday afternoon with the commitment of 247Sports three-star athlete Caleb Dozier. The Headland (Ala.) High School product announced his decision on social media and was on the Bulldogs' campus earlier this month.

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Currently a 0-star but that means he'll likely be made a 3-star (edit: well, look at the first paragraph of Paul's story).

WOULD HAVE BEEN 4. BUT IM GETTING COMMITTED TO WHITFiELD

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Isn't it April? When do they sign?

 

[The Cooterpoot]

Recruiting is sucking.
We aren't pulling too kids in a loaded In-state class and we aren't signing top out of state guys either. Lots of reaches so far. No big gets.
Looks like NIL is killing us. We suck on that side of it and top teams are all in.

 

[WrapItDog]

lost a four star back Daniels to Florida

NIL deals are better in FL. No State income tax**

 

[QMartinez]

Name the last MSU coach who signed every top ten Mississippi player. Hell, name the last Ole Miss coach to do so. Matter of fact, name the last Alabama coach to sign every top ten player in Alabama. I’ll wait.

It’s not realistic to sign every top ten player of course. But we are zero for the top ten. Every single top ten recruit committed elsewhere or doesn’t list us. it would be great to sign ONE.
our NIL account must be overdrawn.

 

[BingleCocktail]

NIL deals are better in FL. No State income tax**

WE ARE GOING BLIND NIL

 

[Rupert Jenkins]

Yeah, it's only April. Much smarter to wait until October to really load the boat. It's looking pretty well to me too. I usually follow recruiting but so far there is nothing to follow. But I'm not worried yet because we got Coach Bump and I have been assured that he will sign all the top wide outs in the state so look out

 

[horshack.sixpack]

It’s still 8 months or so till signing day.

So it IS panic time!***

 

[Maroon Eagle]

WE ARE GOING BLIND NIL

…he says as he passes me the Ace, King, and Queen of Spades.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Abandon all hope ye who support the maroon and white. Or something like that

 

[BingleCocktail]

…he says as he passes me the Ace, King, and Queen of Spades.

SH00TIN’ THE M00N WITH BULLETS

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We rank about 50th in recruiting spending and waited almost a year after everyone else on getting NIL going (thanks Cohen). Hopefully the new AD ramps up both.

 

[paindonthurt]

Recruiting is sucking.
We aren't pulling too kids in a loaded In-state class and we aren't signing top out of state guys either. Lots of reaches so far. No big gets.
Looks like NIL is killing us. We suck on that side of it and top teams are all in.

We had a good class last year.

ITS APRIL.

 

[Cantdoitsal]

Recruiting is sucking.
We aren't pulling too kids in a loaded In-state class and we aren't signing top out of state guys either. Lots of reaches so far. No big gets.
Looks like NIL is killing us. We suck on that side of it and top teams are all in.

Just based on my poor memory alone, last year OM got the best quality outta MS and is on the path of doing it again. And here we are announcing a guy outta AL who only had directional FL and Coastal Carolina offers. It appears something's amiss. And yea, I know it's early.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Just based on my poor memory alone, last year OM got the best quality outta MS and is on the path of doing it again. And here we are announcing a guy outta AL who only had directional FL and Coastal Carolina offers. It appears something's amiss. And yea, I know it's early.

Three of the top five.

Their fourth Mississippi based player was 44th.

State got one of the top five, then 7 - 12, 14 - 15, 17, 20, and three more in the top 50.

2023 Top Football Recruits in Mississippi

The 247Sports rankings are determined by our recruiting analysts after countless hours of personal observations, film evaluation and input from our network of scouts.

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[IBleedMaroonDawg]

We had a good class last year.

ITS APRIL.

No matter what you say it won't make them happy... sorta like the woke Twitter mob.