Final look at Mississippi State's football transfer portal tracker
Mississippi State is nearing the midway point of the offseason and training camp is just a few weeks away. That also means that the Bulldogs have concluded the transfer portal season and enter the month of July with 85 scholarship players on the 2024 roster.
Mississippi State filled that last spot on the 85-man roster last month with the addition of former juco defensive lineman Corey Clark. All in all, since the conclusion of the 2023 season the Bulldogs have had 26 scholarship players transfer out of the program while welcoming 17 new transfers to the roster.
Head coach Jeff Lebby and his staff did most of their transfer work on the offensive side of the ball, and the offense stands to have 11 new starters this fall. The Bulldogs signed 11 transfers on offense this offseason and that featured four offensive linemen – Makylan Pounders, Ethan Miner, Jacoby Jackson and Marlon Martinez.
At the skill positions, that group is headlined by quarterback Blake Shapen along with receivers Kelly Akharaiyi, Kevin Coleman and Trent Hudson. Mississippi State also filled a big need with the addition of transfer running back Davon Booth and a pair of tight ends, who are brothers, in Justin Ball and Cam Ball. Except for Booth and Hudson, the rest of the offensive transfers participated in spring practice.
Defensive-wise, Mississippi State brought in six transfers and more than half of that group participated in spring practice. That included defensive linemen Kedrick Bingley-Jones and Sulaiman Kpaka along with linebacker Stone Blanton and cornerback Tre Wright.
In the spring portal window, Mississippi State added defensive back DeAgo Brumfield from Memphis and former West Virginia cornerback Montre Miller, who was State’s last transfer addition this offseason.
MISSISSIPPI STATE TRANSFERS
QB Will Rogers (Washington)
RB Simeon Price (Coastal Carolina)
WR Nakai Poole (James Madison)
OL Steven Losoya (Vanderbilt)
TE Ryland Goede (Georgia Tech)
WR Jacoby Bellazar (Grambling)
WR Zavion Thomas (LSU)
S Will James (Southern Miss)
CB DeCarlos Nicholson (Southern Cal)
RB Jo’quavious Marks (Southern Cal)
TE Jacarius Clayton (Marshall)
OL Percy Lewis (Auburn)
DB Jamari Brown
DL Jonathan Davis (Southern Miss)
DL Caleb Bryant (Southern Miss)
CB Luke Evans (Miami of Ohio)
S Trent Singleton (South Alabama)
P Keelan Crimmins (Purdue)
WR Justin Robinson (West Virginia)
LB Khalid Moore
QB Mike Wright (Northwestern)
OL Zay Alexander (Louisiana)
OL Jayden Hobson (South Alabama)
S Avery Sledge (Southern Miss)
DE Wilky Denaud (FAU)
OL Jimmy Bell
INCOMING TRANSFERS
Baylor QB Blake Shapen
North Texas OL Ethan Miner
North Carolina DL Kedrick Bingley-Jones
Memphis OL Makylan Pounders
Vanderbilt TE Justin Ball
Memphis CB Tre Wright
Buffalo TE Cam Ball
Purdue DL Sulaiman Kpaka
LSU OL Marlon Martinez
UTEP receiver Kelly Akharaiyi
Louisville receiver Kevin Coleman
South Carolina linebacker Stone Blanton
Texas Tech offensive guard Jacoby Jackson
Memphis defensive back DeAgo Brumfield
Utah State running back Davon Booth
New Mexico State receiver Trent Hudson
West Virginia cornerback Montre Miller
