2021 MSU Football Recruiting Discussion Thread

[msu15]

Need this thread to get cranked back up. It looks like we are firing offers out to JC and HS offensive lineman.

[ZedFedder]

Need this thread to get cranked back up. It looks like we are firing offers out to JC and HS offensive lineman.

The Carson Williams kid from MGCCC (I think) is only a matter of time. We must not be getting Etienne.

[ShotgunDawg]

The Carson Williams kid from MGCCC (I think) is only a matter of time. We must not be getting Etienne.

Etienne is hell bent on playing LT and we don't have a LT position to offer him. It is what it is.

JUCO recruiting is different from HS recruiting in that many/most HS recruits are attracted to the bright lights and glamour whereas JUCOs tend to make decisions based on playing time, position, and scheme. They're much more concerns about getting on the field immediately in the right system

[Bothrops]

If we didn't have such a strong instate juco system, we'd be Vanderbilt football.

[msu15]

If we didn't have such a strong instate juco system, we'd be Vanderbilt football.

Wrong but ok

[Todd4State]

If we didn't have such a strong instate juco system, we'd be Vanderbilt football.

It's definitely a good resource for MSU. Especially moreso before the transfer portal. There are a lot of diamonds in the roughs in Mississippi especially- I mean apparently Scott Central was loaded a couple of years ago. JUCO is a good place for guys like Martinas Rankin to go and get noticed.

[ShotgunDawg]

New commit. Flipped him from Texas Tech. Good player with 3 years to play

[Bothrops]

New commit. Flipped him from Texas Tech. Good player with 3 years to play

Hasn't he been getting interest from LSU? This is great get, 3 available years is huge. Much needed player.

[ShotgunDawg]

Hasn't he been getting interest from LSU? This is great get, 3 available years is huge. Much needed player.

He has been, but he's from Forrest, MS.

Best year ever to get JUCOs with the 3 year deal. He's thumper. Looks a little like Wheat on film

[KOdawg1]

He has been, but he's from Forrest, MS.

Best year ever to get JUCOs with the 3 year deal. He's thumper. Looks a little like Wheat on film

Page is from Knoxville.

Strong, the other Juco LB commit we have, is from Forest. There's also another Juco OL that we're looking at that's from Forest.

[KOdawg1]

https://247sports.com/player/jaylin-white-46097494/

This kid is an important need for this class imo. Not gonna say he's a must-have, but Amarion Howard just isn't good. I've seen him play several times this year, and he's not an SEC back. And we can't just go dropping Starkville kids, so we're stuck with him, but I'd like to get White because I think he has the tools to do what we want our RBs to do.

[ShotgunDawg]

https://247sports.com/player/jaylin-white-46097494/

This kid is an important need for this class imo. Not gonna say he's a must-have, but Amarion Howard just isn't good. I've seen him play several times this year, and he's not an SEC back. And we can't just go dropping Starkville kids, so we're stuck with him, but I'd like to get White because I think he has the tools to do what we want our RBs to do.

Agree

[trob115]

Howard has been told to look for another landing spot.

[ZedFedder]

Hopefully we can get Howard to another school because if not we can?t leave him out to dry being a Starkville kid. I?m not sure why Joe ever offered him.

ETA: Do we have a shot with Jaylin White?

[KOdawg1]

Hopefully we can get Howard to another school because if not we can?t leave him out to dry being a Starkville kid. I?m not sure why Joe ever offered him.

ETA: Do we have a shot with Jaylin White?

We have a shot. I'm not sure how great of a shot it is, but we have a shot.

[msstate7]

Sitting 27th right now. If we can stay around this area and leach figures out how to attack the 3-8, gotta think he can have some success.

[Todd4State]

Sitting 27th right now. If we can stay around this area and leach figures out how to attack the 3-8, gotta think he can have some success.

And this is a down year for the state. He will have success because no matter what WR's are going to want touches. And QB's are going to want to throw the ball. Think about it when was the last time we had an out of state four star QB prospect and two four star WR out of state commits? Those are our two biggest trouble spots in recruiting. Leach is going to do fine with that. All he has to do is continue to recruit the other spots at our status quo. Which appears likely. Doing that may actually bump us up a recruiting tier because no way in hell Dan was ever going to get the offensive commits that Leach is.

[msu15]

Sitting 27th right now. If we can stay around this area and leach figures out how to attack the 3-8, gotta think he can have some success.

And we have an unranked commit so our point total is actually a little higher.

[ShotgunDawg]

As long as they put a product on the field worth playing for, I think we’ll recruit well with this staff. The WR and QB recruiting should be better than ever and they know how to use the JUCO system in MS.

I haven’t seen the slightest inkling that this staff doesn’t work their ass off in recruiting.

[Todd4State]

As long as they put a product on the field worth playing for, I think we’ll recruit well with this staff. The WR and QB recruiting should be better than ever and they know how to use the JUCO system in MS.

I haven’t seen the slightest inkling that this staff doesn’t work their ass off in recruiting.

Their roster management seems to be much better than Dan's. Joe was OK at that. Dan's crappy roster management has hurt us the past five years or so and why we are perpetually "young" at at least 1-2 position groups on our team. I think we have basically reached a point where we have bottomed out and just need to go full on youth movement and try to build towards 2022-2023.