Collin Duncan declares for the draft

[LibraryDawg]

Jackie Matthews declared for the draft just now as well.

[deltadawg63]

I would assume since he is declaring for draft and forgoing the bowl game then he has no intention of returning. otherwise, he would play bowl game and then declare.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Jackie Matthews declared for the draft just now as well.

This makes more sense.

[HancockCountyDog]

He was going to be a starter next year. Nobody was taking his spot.

I think people that are commenting "not a big loss" or whatever, have not been paying attention and are thinking this is the same Colin Duncan from 2 seasons ago.

This kid was damn good player and very underrated.

I don't think he gets drafted in the first 5 rounds, maybe a late round pick if he tests well. The guy is a great college player and he will be missed.

[HancockCountyDog]

Jackie Matthews declared for the draft just now as well.

Damn - really thought he would be back. Another really nice DB.

Just glad our front 6-7 will still be nice.

[Commercecomet24]

Jackie Matthews is playing in the bowl game even though he declared for the draft

[Jarius]

Damn - really thought he would be back. Another really nice DB.

Just glad our front 6-7 will still be nice.

Jackie Matthews was out of eligibility anyway. The CL guy that reported that he had the option to come back was wrong. His MSU bio is also wrong. He started juco in 2017.

[Tripp McNeely]

I think people that are commenting "not a big loss" or whatever, have not been paying attention and are thinking this is the same Colin Duncan from 2 seasons ago.

This kid was damn good player and very underrated.

I don't think he gets drafted in the first 5 rounds, maybe a late round pick if he tests well. The guy is a great college player and he will be missed.

Damn - really thought he would be back. Another really nice DB.

Just glad our front 6-7 will still be nice.

He's out of eligibility anyway

[Apoplectic]

I?m declaring that I may watch the bowl game if I?m not too hung over

[State82]

Jackie Matthews is playing in the bowl game even though he declared for the draft

Kudos to him. All loyalty is not dead. Yet.

[Commercecomet24]

Jackie Matthews was out of eligibility anyway. The CL guy that reported that he had the option to come back was wrong. His MSU bio is also wrong. He started juco in 2017.

This Jackie was done. The covid year really made it hard to keep up with who still had eligibility left but Jackie's is used up.

[Commercecomet24]

Kudos to him. All loyalty is not dead. Yet.

Yeah he said looking forward to playing one more game with his brothers.

[Bothrops]

Sometimes declaring early means your expediting the end of any remaining football play.

[Johnson85]

I think people that are commenting "not a big loss" or whatever, have not been paying attention and are thinking this is the same Colin Duncan from 2 seasons ago.

This kid was damn good player and very underrated.

I don't think he gets drafted in the first 5 rounds, maybe a late round pick if he tests well. The guy is a great college player and he will be missed.

Yup. This is exactly the type of player we have to convince to stay in the NIL era. He's a good college player and not likely an NFL player. We have to be able to convince these type players to play out their eligibility and enjoy getting a lot of minutes and being big man on campus while putting a little guaranteed money in their pocket. Some of these players will surprise us and leaving earlier will get them one more year of good money in the NFL, but the majority of them are going to end up ending their careers earlier than they had to.

[bulldawg28]

What happened to the safety transfer from Michigan or FSU that came last year?

[Homedawg]

I am just guessing but if we are really paying will 400k (LOL) I would think any starter is getting like 35-50k

Will didn't get 1/10 of that this year. Don't believe a market value thing

[Jarius]

What happened to the safety transfer from Michigan or FSU that came last year?

They are both going to factor into the safety job next year. Morant from Michigan is a little ahead of Washington from FSU, from what’s been reported.

[Goldendawg]

Sounds to me like these guys are just trying to save face.

It?s embarrassing to say that you?ve been told or realized that your football playing days are numbered. When you know there is a younger player or a transfer about to take your spot a lot of these guys don?t want the embarrassment of going to the bench. So instead they ?declare for the draft.? We know and they probably know in their heart of hearts they aren?t going to get drafted but that?s not as embarrassing as getting benched on the college level. That?s my theory.

Well there's also NFL practice squads, CFL, XFL, and USFL. None of these however, probably pay as much as the average college players, many straight out of HS!******

[BuckyIsAB****]

Another loss on D

What other losses do we have that could have been prevented? Other than Cam Young. Jevon Banks is gone too

[BuckyIsAB****]

Jackie Matthews declared for the draft just now as well.

Matthews couldnt come back if he wanted to.