McLaurin committed!

[Big4Dawg]

@CourtneyRCronin: Per his twitter account, Collins safety Mark McLaurin has committed to Mississippi State.

[FISHDAWG]

our def backfield is morphing into a monster with what we have now and tomorrow

ETA - maybe I should have said entire defense instead of specific parts

[EAVdog]

Awesome get! DawgFam15 is going to be historic.

[starkvegasdawg]

I see he has an TSUN offer too per 24/7. Wonder if they don't want him now.

[Dawg61]

6'3 200 lb safety, 3* recruit. Possible position change when he gets bigger?

[CadaverDawg]

http://247sports.com/Player/Mark-McLaurin-34909

[MetEdDawg]

I see he has an TSUN offer too per 24/7. Wonder if they don't want him now.

It wasn't a commitable offer. They didn't want him anyways**

[preachermatt83]

6'3 200 lb safety, 3* recruit. Possible position change when he gets bigger?

rumored that he will be given a shot at receiver at MSU if he wants it. GREAT PICKUP!

[Five-tool Poster]

rumored that he will be given a shot at receiver at MSU if he wants it. GREAT PICKUP!

Could be true. But I'm thinking of him more as a LB.

[maroonmania]

Goodness, I have no idea how the numbers end up working out. That puts us up to 26 commits and I know we are certainly hard after Lewis, Adams and Campbell besides needing 2 to 3 more OL. Guess that's what we pay the coaches for though.

[engie]

Goodness, I have no idea how the numbers end up working out. That puts us up to 26 commits and I know we are certainly hard after Lewis, Adams and Campbell besides needing 2 to 3 more OL. Guess that's what we pay the coaches for though.

Lewis
Adams
Campbell
Bates
Danley
2 more OL

Numbers will work themselves out...

[ShotgunDawg]

With the McClaurin commit, we are now a Fletcher Adams commitment away from having Leo Lewis completely encircled and seiged.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

May only be 2 more OL. If we can get Danley & Darryl Williams in Aug/Sept we may be done unless we can pull Rankin or Patterson.

[CadaverDawg]

Let's get Lewis, Adams, Patterson, Rankin, Danley, Campbell and call it a day

ETA: And Bates, forgot to put Bates

[Jacksondevildog]

Per Yancy, McLaurin DID have a committable offer. Can't believe he admitted that.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Let's get Lewis, Adams, Patterson, Rankin, Danley, Campbell and call it a day

Gotta find a spot for Jalen Bates. He's that good coming off the edge. You don't let that talent get away.

[engie]

He's already pretty high up my list of favorites because of his apparent moxie in handling this recruitment. I see it clearly because it's exactly how I would have handled it.

- He was one of a handful of guys projected for the last Dandy Dozen spot.
- He knew about the political correctness of the Dandy Dozen on committed players.
- He doesn't commit at BDC for this reason. As an "open" recruitment, he increases his chances of making the DD.
- Once Linton gets the last spot in the DD(technically will be Hibbler, but that one is prettymuch set in stone), "his" spot if you will, he commits within 2 hours thereafter.

Maybe that's just me projecting -- but it sure does fit.

And yes, I think he/Linton are prettymuch the same player... and McLaurin has had the more impressive highschool career up until this point.

[Dawg61]

Could be true. But I'm thinking of him more as a LB.

This is what I was thinking or TE/FB possibly, 4.86 40 is going to be tough to play at WR

[CadaverDawg]

Gotta find a spot for Jalen Bates. He's that good coming off the edge. You don't let that talent get away.

Yea, Bates too.

[engie]

May only be 2 more OL. If we can get Danley & Darryl Williams in Aug/Sept we may be done unless we can pull Rankin or Patterson.

We'll see about that...

3 HS OL in back to back classes is asking for trouble.

Some guys in this class are going to be greyshirt and/or placement guys with the numbers crunch and grades. We just don't advertise it to the public like others do...

[Jacksondevildog]

Has Matt Womack been picked for Dandy Dozen yet? If not, I would assume that he will be selected tomorrow as the final dandy dozen member.

[EAVdog]

We've got 3-4 early guys who will enroll early taking some spots from last year. Perhaps a couple don't make it (just usual percentages, I assume they all will make it until I hear otherwise). PJ has been saying 30ish for a while now. We have room for:

Patterson
Lewis
Adams
Campbell

They just need to come claim their seat at DawgFam15 will be one for the record books!

[thunderclap]

3 HS OL in back to back classes is asking for trouble.

You ain't kidding. I hope that is not where we end up.

[headcoach98]

Welcome McLaurin! Add to the fun Adams, Lewis, Campbell and Danley!

[Ifyouonlyknew]

This is what I was thinking or TE/FB possibly, 4.86 40 is going to be tough to play at WR

He's run 4.5 at all 4 college camps he attended this summer. With that said he'll prolly grow into a OLB. He weighed in at 210lbs at Big Dawg.

[thedawg]

McLaurin is a player.... so now we have Peters, Mclaurin and Wilson to go with Brandon Bryant and JT Gray from last year... the OLB/ Safety spot will have good players on the bench

[Gridirondawg]

We've got 3-4 early guys who will enroll early taking some spots from last year. Perhaps a couple don't make it (just usual percentages, I assume they all will make it until I hear otherwise). PJ has been saying 30ish for a while now. We have room for:

Patterson
Lewis
Adams
Campbell

They just need to come claim their seat at DawgFam15 will be one for the record books!

I will be shocked if we turn Bates away if he wants to come considering PJ called him a 3 and done type player. It sure is a good problem to have, and light years away from the Keon Humphries / Johnathan Lowe type recruiting.

[thedawg]

Bates film is really really good.. He reminds me of AJ Jefferson with more length... plays really hard

[engie]

I will be shocked if we turn Bates away if he wants to come considering PJ called him a 3 and done type player. It sure is a good problem to have, and light years away from the Keon Humphries / Johnathan Lowe type recruiting.

Yeah, Bates has a spot no doubt. As does Danley.

We can only sign 25 in this "class" -- meaning the only way we make the "30-31" number is in EE's. As of today, I think we've got 3 EEs. Will need a couple more.

[Five-tool Poster]

Yeah, Bates has a spot no doubt. As does Danley.

We can only sign 25 in this "class" -- meaning the only way we make the "30-31" number is in EE's. As of today, I think we've got 3 EEs. Will need a couple more.

Our staff knows our limit. We'll have some sign and place guys.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

We'll see about that...

3 HS OL in back to back classes is asking for trouble.

Some guys in this class are going to be greyshirt and/or placement guys with the numbers crunch and grades. We just don't advertise it to the public like others do...


We very well may add another HS OL but #'s wise we'd be ok next year with taking 4 OL this class. 2015 we'd have 16 OL with 3 of them being sr's if Joq doesn't redshirt.

[EAVdog]

Bates film is really really good.. He reminds me of AJ Jefferson with more length... plays really hard

We're going to be in a battle with Texas Tech for Bates. I think we can pull him though.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Yeah, Bates has a spot no doubt. As does Danley.

We can only sign 25 in this "class" -- meaning the only way we make the "30-31" number is in EE's. As of today, I think we've got 3 EEs. Will need a couple more.

Guys like Dear, Wilson, Virgil, Joseph, Tiano, & Murphy are all EE. 3 of those guys can count back to go along with Gray, Calvin, & hopefully Danley.

[DudyDawg]

He's run 4.5 at all 4 college camps he attended this summer. With that said he'll prolly grow into a OLB. He weighed in at 210lbs at Big Dawg.

Thats what I was thinking. Bulk out a bit and play him like Wells

[Dawg61]

He's run 4.5 at all 4 college camps he attended this summer. With that said he'll prolly grow into a OLB. He weighed in at 210lbs at Big Dawg.

Glad to hear it on the 4.5 part, 247 needs to fix their shit

[Todd4State]

We very well may add another HS OL but #'s wise we'd be ok next year with taking 4 OL this class. 2015 we'd have 16 OL with 3 of them being sr's if Joq doesn't redshirt.

I agree with this. Also, Cochran will probably gray shirt which would throw him into this class.