Mississippi State official depth chart for Game 1 vs. Eastern Kentucky
Mississippi State gets the Jeff Lebby Era started on Saturday with a 5 p.m. kickoff against Eastern Kentucky at Davis Wade Stadium. On Monday as part of the weekly game notes, Mississippi State released the season-opening depth chart and there were a few surprises on those listings.
Lebby addressed a few of those surprises during his press conference on Monday. Lebby confirmed that senior receiver Kelly Akharaiyi and senior safety Corey Ellington will not be available on Saturday due to injuries and he did not specify when either would return to action.
Lebby also noted that senior running back Jeffrey Pittman is currently not with the team so obviously, Pittman will not play on Saturday in the season opener, as well. The following is the depth chart listed for State’s offense, defense and special teams:
Offense
QB: Sr. Blake Shapen, Rfr. Chris Parson or Fr. Michael Van Buren
RB: Sr. Keyvone Lee or Sr. Davon Booth, Jr. Johnnie Daniels
WR: Sr. Trent Hudson, Fr. Mario Craver, Sr. Jaden Walley
Slot: Jr. Kevin Coleman, So. Creed Whittemore, Sr. Kade Kolka
WR: Jr. Jordan Mosley, Fr. Stonka Burnside, Fr. Sanfrisco Magee
TE: Jr. Seydou Traore or Sr. Justin Ball, Sr. Nick Lauderdale or So. Cam Ball
LT: Jr. Makylan Pounders, Fr. Jimothy Lewis or Fr. Luke Work
LG: Jr. Jacoby Jackson, So. Malik Ellis
C: Sr. Ethan Miner, Jr. Canon Boone
RG: Sr. Marlon Martinez, Sr. Grant Jackson
RT: Jr. Albert Reese, Jr. Leon Bell, Rfr. Amari Smith
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Defense
Jack linebacker: Jr. Ty Cooper or Jr. Branden Jennings, So. Donterry Russell
DT: Jr. Kedrick Bingley-Jones or So. Trevion Williams, Jr. Ashun Shepphard
DT: So. Kalvin Dinkins or Sr. Sulaiman Kpaka, Jr. Eric Taylor or Fr. Kai McClendon
DE: Sr. De’Monte Russell, Jr. Deonte Anderson or Rfr. Joseph Head
Mike linebacker: Jr. Stone Blanton, Sr. J.P. Purvis
Dime linebacker: Jr. Nic Mitchell or Jr. John Lewis, So. Zakari Tillman
Star: Jr. Brylan Lanier, So. Tanner Johnson or So. Kobi Albert
Field safety: So. Isaac Smith, Jr. Tyler Woodard
Boundry safety: Jr. Hunter Washington, Jr. Christopher Keys or Sr. Jordan Morant
CB: Rfr. Kelley Jones or Tre Wright, Sr. Raydarious Jones or So. Khamauri Rogers
CB: So. Brice Pollock, Sr. DeAgo Brumfield
Special Teams
K: So. Kyle Ferrie, Sr. Nicholas Barr-Mira, So. Marlon Hauck
P: Sr. Nicholas Barr-Mira, Sr. Zach Haynes, Fr. Ethan Pulliam
KO: So. Marlon Hauck, Sr. Nicholas Barr-Mira
KO returner: Sr. Davon Booth or Jr. Johnnie Daniels or Jr. Kevin Coleman
Punt returner: Jr. Kevin Coleman, So. Creed Whittemore
