Just like in fantasy football the experts always try to project the sleepers. Last year in NFL you might have said Doug Martin, Eric Decker. Who is this years sleeper for MSU? Could be a starter but someone who is flying under the radar.
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Just like in fantasy football the experts always try to project the sleepers. Last year in NFL you might have said Doug Martin, Eric Decker. Who is this years sleeper for MSU? Could be a starter but someone who is flying under the radar.
Preston Smith is my breakout player if you will. I think he will surprise a lot of people.
One of the freshmen... DeRunnya Wilson or Ashton Shumpert
justin cox
Bohanna
De'Runnya Wilson. Something tells me this guy may have been one of the most under-recruited player last year.
Wilson and Smith are great choices
Watch out for Matthew Wells
Curtis virges
Your surprise player will almost certainly be a defensive player because I believe our defense is going to be so dramatically improved. I am thinking Justin Cox or Matthew Wells.
Artimas Samuels. Catches everything, really athletic and strong. Could also play a little FB.
C Jiles
I picked Preston Smith as my breakout player earlier, but I like Matthew Wells a lot. Jiles will be good too.
Another guy I don't see mentioned is PJ Jones. He should have a nice season.
I think Cedric Jiles, but whoever said Bohanna above knows what they're talking about too.
Skinner takes it to a new level.
Will Redmond when he's finally able to play...
Exceeds expectations and along with PJ Jones becomes a serious source of Mayhem on Saturdays this Fall.
We really haven't been able to see the evidence for ourselves thus far, but I believe one of our young receivers will separate himself from the pack by mid-year.
I gotta go with Matt Wells, I really can't wait to see his speed utilized in this system.
Brandon Holloway. First skill player taken from MSU after their Junior YEAR.
I am going with Ced Jiles and Nelson Adams. I'd also like to think Quay will, but anything he does on the field doesn't surprise me. Guy is talented.
Christian Holmes - I think they will use him the passing game in the red zone.
Derrick Milton - I know I'm in the minority here but he has the best combination of quickness and vision and speed. That one fumble against LSU last yr is all anyone remembers. Love some J-Rob too.
Will "The Thrill"
Jay Hughes
JRob has the best vision on the team IMO and why he's going to separate himself from Griffin IMO. With our inside OL, I expect him to rip off some big runs once be gets to the 2nd level.
BTW, I heard Mullen say J Rob was 2nd on the depth chart.
If they RS Shumpert with as many RBS' as we have he must be damn good. That fifth year is so valuable compared to the true freshman year. Physically it's like a totally different person/ football player.
I'm going with Kendrick Market. He always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Solid at tackling, has a nose for the ball. Kinda reminds me of a bigger version of Broomfield. Not sure he'll become the starter at safety, but he'll see significant PT and be a force on Special Teams.
To wade into the RB discussion, if it were up to me, we'd redshirt Shumpert regardless. The only way I wouldn't is if he's the 2nd coming of Adrian Peterson and becomes a clear #1 or #2 on the depth chart. But I don't think he'll pass J-Rob and he may not pass Griffin. To me, that makes it an easy decision to redshirt him.
As for Milton, I'm in the group that says he's good, but he's not an SEC starter. Quality backup is his ceiling. I wouldn't be surprised if he transfers after the season. Then aGAIN, he may stick around. Perk graduates and Griffin will be a senior. He could be a "good attrition" candidate. It'll be really interesting to see what happens at RB after this season.
The running back depth next year has the potential to be the best we've ever seen at State. Griffin, JRob, Milton, Shumpert, Williams, and Lee. I'm going out on a limb here by saying this, but I think we finally have that LSU/Alabama type depth at RB.
Until we have a Lacy and a Yeldon, no we don't have Bama depth at RB. None of our guys would start at Bama. Bama is just so elite it is ridiculous.