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[TheLostDawg]

https://247sports.com/college/mississippi-state/board/59413/Contents/live-updates-2023-mississippi-state-national-signing-day-201007635/?page=1

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https://247sports.com/college/mississippi-state/Season/2023-Football/Commits/

[bulldawg28]

Let's get it!!!

[SmokeyDawg]

Seeing PJ cb Leon Bell to the good guys. Juco OT from TX

[KOdawg1]

Isaac Smith is trending towards MSU.. our guys always felt confident but the national guys are starting to as well.

Would be an unbelievably massive get. Class saver imo

[PikeDawg15]

Seeing PJ cb Leon Bell to the good guys. Juco OT from TX

We are his only power 5 offer. Very exciting.

[TheLostDawg]

Isaac Smith is trending towards MSU.. our guys always feel confident but the national guys are starting to as well.

Would be an unbelievably massive get. Class saver imo

Go to lsu and get paid now. Go to state and make the big bucks later

[bulldawg28]

Go to lsu and get paid now. Go to state and make the big bucks later

That's definitely not the recruiting pitch you give.

[SmokeyDawg]

We are his only power 5 offer. Very exciting.

but he has 4 stars!!**

I don't understand his rating with the lack of offers, but rated #6 juco over all. More than likely a project with a big frame. Didn't receive any offers before December.

[Hot Rock]

but he has 4 stars!!**

I don't understand his rating with the lack of offers, but rated #6 juco over all. More than likely a project with a big frame. Didn't receive any offers before December.

JUCO route is tougher these days to get to the P5 unless you went P5 first and then back down to JuCo. G5 transfers usually have some game film vs P5 teams. Teams just don't recruit the JuCo's as much as they did before the portal existed.

There will be an adjustment period for most JuCo's to even get on the field. Thing is, there is still talent in the JuCo and when our coaches decide to go after one, I expect them to be pretty good.

[EdwardDrayton]

That's definitely not the recruiting pitch you give.

Unfortunately not in this age of instant gratification.

[Reason2succeed]

https://247sports.com/college/mississippi-state/board/59413/Contents/live-updates-2023-mississippi-state-national-signing-day-201007635/?page=1


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[MetEdDawg]

More than half the class already on board.

Waiting on a few big names like Creed Whittemore and about 4 more MS kids.

Any word on whether or not Dowdell is going to wait and if we've still got a chance there?

[Reason2succeed]

https://247sports.com/college/mississippi-state/Season/2023-Football/Commits/

I can actually see who is signed here.

[MetEdDawg]

Also, sounds like Leon Bell might get in the fold.

After messing with the Class Calculator on 24/7, if we add Isaac Smith and Leon Bell, we would have a Top 20 class at the moment.

[TheLostDawg]

Added to bottom. Thanks

[Reason2succeed]

Are there any signing day ceremonies planned (links)?

[Lord McBuckethead]

So subscribe.

[MetEdDawg]

JUCO DT Eric Taylor in this class now. Papers are in so add him on.

[TheLostDawg]

JUCO DT Eric Taylor in this class now. Papers are in so add him on.

Defense will be strong

[PikeDawg15]

Our offense is gonna have to come from the portal .

Arnett is doing a good job considering he got thrown into this with a head coaching death.

We need an OC

[PikeDawg15]

Seems like Isaac smith will sign with us in 3 hours

[MetEdDawg]

Creed Whittemore officially in.

For those that don't know, 24/7 bumped him to a 94 overall and the #139 player in the country recently. Really solid get for us.

[KOdawg1]

Most everyone is in the boat. Just a handful still out plus Isaac Smith who will announce at 11:30.

We're also trying to get a JUCO OL to sign today.

Leon Bell. 6'8, 300 lbs. 4 star composite. Would be an absolutely massive get this late in the game

[bulldawg28]

We've signed just about everyone early.

[MetEdDawg]

From what I can tell we've got the Aussie punter, Bryant, Aborom, Jones, and Poole left to be official from our commit list.

[KOdawg1]

From what I can tell we've got the Aussie punter, Bryant, Aborom, Jones, and Poole left to be official from our commit list.

Bryant signed

[MetEdDawg]

Bryant signed

Must have been pretty recent. University hasn't put it out yet. I know he's committed but haven't seen his official update yet. I don't expect any issues there but just haven't seen it official yet.

[KOdawg1]

We're also trying to get a JUCO OL to sign today.

Leon Bell. 6'8, 300 lbs. 4 star composite. Would be an absolutely massive get this late in the game

Anddddd he's in

[MetEdDawg]

Bell being in is huge. That's a big time late get for us.

[William Tecumsah Sherman]

How was Bell not ranked until today?

[Desoto1967]

So Creed is a WR?

2022 stats

Passing

179 of 305 2693 yards 35 TD 7 INT

Rushing

155 for 1285 yards 17TDS

[KOdawg1]

Must have been pretty recent. University hasn't put it out yet. I know he's committed but haven't seen his official update yet. I don't expect any issues there but just haven't seen it official yet.

https://twitter.com/hailstatefb/status/1605569814826729472?s=46&t=ucZaT8pbpJUKolvVlhuvPw

[MetEdDawg]

https://twitter.com/hailstatefb/status/1605569814826729472?s=46&t=ucZaT8pbpJUKolvVlhuvPw

Missed that. 24/7 still had him as unsigned too until about 5 minutes ago. They've been updating pretty rapidly.

Down to Poole, Aborom, and Jones from what I can see.

[GoDawgz]

Creed Whittemore officially in.

For those that don't know, 24/7 bumped him to a 94 overall and the #139 player in the country recently. Really solid get for us.

Excited about this young man! Film on him is really impressive. Played QB and Cornerback. Very quick, elusive and great vision with the ball in hand! I dare say Johnny Footballish.......
He can be used in several different ways!
May be the steal of this years recruitment classes, despite what "expert" fans have said.
Time will tell, but I'm in Creed's corner and he shouldn't listen to the naysayers....“No, do listen to it. Because when it’s over, everybody’s gonna owe you an engraved apology." <<<< See what I did there? :)

[MetEdDawg]

Jones in. 2 current commits plus the Aussie punter left to be official.

[KOdawg1]

Kelley Jones and Nakai Poole are in.

Aborom and the Australian punter should be the only commits left

[Lord McBuckethead]

Damn. Didn't realize Creed was that type of baller. Nice.

[HancockCountyDog]

More than half the class already on board.

Waiting on a few big names like Creed Whittemore and about 4 more MS kids.

Any word on whether or not Dowdell is going to wait and if we've still got a chance there?

Dowdell is locked in with Oregon.

[GoDawgz]

Damn. Didn't realize Creed was that type of baller. Nice.

Hudl video is pretty impressive!

[Reason2succeed]

These coaches have done an excellent job of holding this class together and adding to it under these unprecedented circumstances. I am very impressed. HailState

[HancockCountyDog]

This class is a great foundation. Classic underrated kids that want to be here and in 2-3 years people will be wondering why they weren't more highly recruited.

Now, we need to add a 3-4 difference makers from the portal. We need at least 1 impact WR and 1 impact DL. They will be costly, but we need it to happen.

[ZedFedder]

This class isn’t flashy, but I think there are several who are very underrated. I think Seth Davis is an absolute steal. You don’t put up his numbers in big time Texas football without being an absolute stud.

[Hot Rock]

This class isn?t flashy, but I think there are several who are very underrated. I think Seth Davis is an absolute steal. You don?t put up his numbers in big time Texas football without being an absolute stud.

Seth is 5' 7" and 170lbs which isn't huge but RB's can actually be smaller and be better, even in short yardage situations. Some guys just have a knack of making you miss. Barry Sanders was only 5' 8" I am not saying that's what he will be but shorter can be an advantage for a RB in a lot of situations.

[Maverick91]

Seth is 5' 7" and 170lbs which isn't huge but RB's can actually be smaller and be better, even in short yardage situations. Some guys just have a knack of making you miss. Barry Sanders was only 5' 8" I am not saying that's what he will be but shorter can be an advantage for a RB in a lot of situations.

The question is can he get to 200ish pounds and still be as elusive as he currently is.

Edit: current size gives me nightmares of Holloway.

[Vandownbytheriver]

Damn. Didn't realize Creed was that type of baller. Nice.

But he has white legs****

[Leroy Jenkins]

The question is can he get to 200ish pounds and still be as elusive as he currently is.

Edit: current size gives me nightmares of Holloway.

Two things that should ease your mind.
1. Dan is gone
2. Holloway didn't have 18 offers.

[NWADAWG]

Seth is 5' 7" and 170lbs which isn't huge but RB's can actually be smaller and be better, even in short yardage situations. Some guys just have a knack of making you miss. Barry Sanders was only 5' 8" I am not saying that's what he will be but shorter can be an advantage for a RB in a lot of situations.

There's also a feature back up at Kansas State that says Hello.

[Maverick91]

Two things that should ease your mind.
1. Dan is gone
2. Holloway didn't have 18 offers.

Solid points. Solid points.

[Leroy Jenkins]

What is the ideal ratio of HS kids to portal guys? Roughly how many schollys should we allocate to each?

[MetEdDawg]

Any thoughts on Aborom not being in the boat yet?

He's the only commit not in. I don't know about the situation, but if we are in fact getting Isaac Smith, plus we've got Raydar and Khamauri Rogers coming in through the portal and Kelley Jones, Luke Evans, and Brice Pollock from HS, I'm just wondering about how many secondary spots we would want to use.

[Reason2succeed]

What is the ideal ratio of HS kids to portal guys? Roughly how many schollys should we allocate to each?

I do not know what ratio should be used but I would treat TP players like JuCo. TP players may be more adapted to P5 depending on where they come from but they either wanted more money, more PT or more challenge to make them transfer. I think OM strategy of leaning heavily on TP will not be sustainable long term.

[Commercecomet24]

Two things that should ease your mind.
1. Dan is gone
2. Holloway didn't have 18 offers.

This times infinity.

[Commercecomet24]

But he has white legs****

Rep given!

[Leroy Jenkins]

Smith signed.

[BeardoMSU]

Woot!
https://twitter.com/skrajisnik3/status/1605616518741446658?t=FgGWVW3KsZQ0COXyIkwcJw&s=19

[BeardoMSU]

https://twitter.com/robbiefaulk247/status/1605616431495876608?t=hYiWDRmLm0HuS3J7EOYYhg&s=19

[MetEdDawg]

Staff has done a phenomenal job. Best signing day for us in a very long time.

Once 24/7 updates with Isaac Smith in the class we will be a Top 20 recruiting class

[msstate7]

What's whittemore's projected position?

[Lord McBuckethead]

Great job Staff. Matt Dudak doing work. Mason doing work. McMath doing work. The entire staff basically had the toughest job in america for the last 10 days.

[Saltydog]

Isaac and his family loved Leach but they were high on Arnett too. Big time get for this staff and program. Plus, they have another kid up there that's going to be a highly recruited OL next year.

[Commercecomet24]

What's whittemore's projected position?

slot i believe.

[Commercecomet24]

Staff has done a phenomenal job. Best signing day for us in a very long time.

Once 24/7 updates with Isaac Smith in the class we will be a Top 20 recruiting class

Zach and staff have done a great job! This could've easily gone bad after the death of Coach Leach, but kudos to Zach and staff for closing it out in great fashion. No better way to honor Coach Leach legacy than to keep on grinding even after it would've been so easy to just shut it down.

[BeardoMSU]

Staff has done a phenomenal job. Best signing day for us in a very long time.

Once 24/7 updates with Isaac Smith in the class we will be a Top 20 recruiting class

Nice. And still have portal slots to fill. Really good job.

[Vandownbytheriver]

When can the portal guys sign?

[MetEdDawg]

Anyone expecting anything else today?

Other than Aborom and the Aussie punter, there doesn't seem like much else to get done today.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

But he has white legs****

Coach34 approves. That's why Ashton Shumpert was a far better collegiate running back than Christian McCaffrey at Stanford. Shumpert's legs weren't white.

[parabrave]

What is the ideal ratio of HS kids to portal guys? Roughly how many schollys should we allocate to each?

Are the portal players being counted in the NSD rankings?

[Tater]

Everyone already committed was signed. Added another 4* added today. A class ranked better than the Sharks and complete with depth.

It's not hyperbole to say what these guys have been able to do the last 10 days is a top 3 job in the nation. Only Oregon has been more impressive. Coach Leach would be proud. He built this up and we are going to continue the upward trajectory with Arnett.

Great day to be a dawg.

[Commercecomet24]

Everyone already committed was signed. Added another 4* added today. A class ranked better than the Sharks and complete with depth.

It's not hyperbole to say what these guys have been able to do the last 10 days is a top 3 job in the nation. Only Oregon has been more impressive. Coach Leach would be proud. He built this up and we are going to continue the upward trajectory with Arnett.

Great day to be a dawg.

100% amen and amen!

[msu15]

How many spots do we have left now?

[KOdawg1]

How many spots do we have left now?

We'll have a few more transfer out after the bowl game.

I think we'll take around 5 transfers

[gtowndawg]

It really was a great job by the staff. If we lock down a great OC I'm feeling pretty good about things.

[msu15]

We'll have a few more transfer out after the bowl game.

I think we'll take around 5 transfers

Good deal.

[TheLostDawg]

Creed Whittemore officially in.

For those that don't know, 24/7 bumped him to a 94 overall and the #139 player in the country recently. Really solid get for us.

Seems dad played college, coaches HS.
Mother played college volleyball
Seems we're getting high football iq and athletic wr

[Extendedcab]

Has anyone payed attention to the height of the offensive line - 6'6, 6'8? Holy smoley, our QB will have to be near 7'0 tall just to be able to see over the line.***. These guys are huge! :D

[EdwardDrayton]

OK folks. Been super busy this week and haven't been able to stay in tune. How did we do today? Give me the short version. Very good? OK? Not so good? Did we fill the needs? Did we crush Lame?

[msu15]

Has anyone payed attention to the height of the offensive line - 6'6, 6'8? Holy smoley, our QB will have to be near 7'0 tall just to be able to see over the line.***. These guys are huge! :D

Which is why having a QB like Parson that can move is paramount.

[msudawg1200]

OK folks. Been super busy this week and haven't been able to stay in tune. How did we do today? Give me the short version. Very good? OK? Not so good? Did we fill the needs? Did we crush Lame?

We finished 24 in ESPN and 26 in 247 and On3. Bears finished 25 in ESPN, 40 in 247, and 32 in On3. We got Issac Smith who the Bears didn't want anyway(yeah right). We signed everyone expected and added Smith and a JUCO OL. Bears lost their QB to TAMU and a DE to Maryland that were committed. They claim they don't care anymore because they are a transfer portal program now.

[BeardoMSU]

We finished 24 in ESPN and 26 in 247 and On3. Bears finished 25 in ESPN, 40 in 247, and 32 in On3. We got Issac Smith who the Bears didn't want anyway(yeah right). We signed everyone expected and added Smith and a JUCO OL. Bears lost their QB to TAMU and a DE to Maryland that were committed. They claim they don't care anymore because they are a transfer portal program now.

Ouch.

[GoDawgz]

But he has white legs****

HEHE those dang white legs........they sure look fast in his HUDL film!!!

[EdwardDrayton]

We finished 24 in ESPN and 26 in 247 and On3. Bears finished 25 in ESPN, 40 in 247, and 32 in On3. We got Issac Smith who the Bears didn't want anyway(yeah right). We signed everyone expected and added Smith and a JUCO OL. Bears lost their QB to TAMU and a DE to Maryland that were committed. They claim they don't care anymore because they are a transfer portal program now.

Outstanding! Thank you. If I remember right Smith is a good size safety out of MS?

[DesotoDog1967]

OM 48??
https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/?utm_source=247Sports&utm_medium=ExternalEmbed&utm_campaign=TeamRankings&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

[CaptainObvious]

The bears signed 12. State signed 24.

They are expecting a large haul in the portal.

But, is that the right way to build and keep relationships with High School Coaches in your recruiting footprint? Plus, this is the year that you can sign as many as you want through recruiting or transfer to max out at 85. If after transfers out, graduates, NFL declares, you have only 50 on scholarship, you can sign 35 to get to 85.

[msudawg1200]

Outstanding! Thank you. If I remember right Smith is a good size safety out of MS?

Yeah, out of Itawamba AHS. He can catch it and run it on offense as well, but he projects as a safety in college.

[William Tecumsah Sherman]

Smith has ball skills. That?s one thing we?ve lacked in safeties recently

[TheLostDawg]

The bears signed 12. State signed 24.

They are expecting a large haul in the portal.

But, is that the right way to build and keep relationships with High School Coaches in your recruiting footprint? Plus, this is the year that you can sign as many as you want through recruiting or transfer to max out at 85. If after transfers out, graduates, NFL declares, you have only 50 on scholarship, you can sign 35 to get to 85.

Yeah unfortunately I think they are doing how you need to do in the transfer portal ear. Target your top gets who are athletic and can play early then get the rest in the portal who can also play immediately that you have tape on.
1 no wasted roster spots
2 those transfer portal guys are stuck there since they've used their free pass

We're going to have to worry about people like rara who want to shop around and leave once they start improving

[TheLostDawg]

That being said our staff did an amazing job keeping the class in tact. They now can reevaluate how they do things going forward.

[662dawg]

Yeah unfortunately I think they are doing how you need to do in the transfer portal ear. Target your top gets who are athletic and can play early then get the rest in the portal who can also play immediately that you have tape on.
1 no wasted roster spots
2 those transfer portal guys are stuck there since they've used their free pass

We're going to have to worry about people like rara who want to shop around and leave once they start improving

If we only lose one or two RaRa's or Dillons per year, both which are very easily replaceable, I'll be ecstatic. Using the transfer portal like they're doing will not be sustainable.

[TheLostDawg]

If we only lose one or two RaRa's or Dillons per year, both which are very easily replaceable, I'll be ecstatic. Using the transfer portal like they're doing will not be sustainable.

I don't think Kiffin cares. He just needs it for the maybe next couple years.

[TheLostDawg]

However it does help OM out as the transfers are somewhat stuck vs them leaving when Kiffen leaves

[Johnson85]

However it does help OM out as the transfers are somewhat stuck vs them leaving when Kiffen leaves

Do they not get a free transfer if the coach they committed to leaves? I thought somebody was saying that here before. Can't remember if anybody confirmed that is correct or not.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Damn, Carver HS in Montgomery has two 5* DL in the same class.

[bulldawg28]

Damn, Carver HS in Montgomery has two 5* DL in the same class.

That area is always loaded with talent.