A Few Notes from State Commits and Prospects

[defiantdog]

So, it looks like the Birmingham area is definitely the hot spot for recruiting in Alabama. I'll keep our Florence pipeline, but MS vs AL all star game may as well be MS vs Birmingham. I see why OL are so difficult to come by this year. The MS DL prospects are destroying the MS OLs (The Alabama OL looked better). Drelan Porter is going to be lethal in Manny's defense. The guy likes to run sideline to sideline, so I see him being lined up in several positions on the defensive line. I know Ifyouonlyknew will disagree, but Raekwon Davis needs to play on the DL..... he's a monster. Back to OL, there may be an outside chance that we offer Jacob Johnson. Well, Mullen should at least. The dude didn't have much problem with Quinnen Williams. Tyler Pritchett was another OL that surprised me. He may be a little short, but he's got a mean streak. I hope we're still on him. Also, we need to find a way to get Erroll to go ahead and sign the dotted line. And he's going to play ILB. I thought he could possibly play DE before, but I was wrong. He'll give Leo a run for his money.

Other than the usual suspects, 2016 seems to be a down year for MS..... talent wise. Yeah, AJ Brown and company looked solid as ever. But the majority of the AL prospects look to be more polished. On that note, John Broussard is basically Taveze Calhoun 2.0..... he'd be a huge get for us.

[nicks_hammer]

OL with a mean-streak! I'll take those guys over stars any day of the week. They gotta have a hard nose.

[the59dawg]

OL with a mean-streak! I'll take those guys over stars any day of the week. They gotta have a hard nose.

Benito Jones, committed, leaning, where?

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

Thanks for the update!

[Taog Redloh]

Alabama should always be a priority for us in recruiting all sports, and Birmingham is where most of it is. Tons of MSU folks in Birmingham. Sister-states, we do stuff the same way for the most part, so the kids don't think it's a huge stretch, not to mention Starkville's proximity to the state line. High school coaching is a bit better, mostly due to bigger population in general. Therefore the talent is better overall.

Secondary out-of-state market should be Louisiana. Fill in with a few from other areas where you have ties.

Combine that with solid MS recruiting and JUCOs, you've got yourself some damn good talent.

[defiantdog]

Benito Jones, committed, leaning, where?

He's committed to OM, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him flip to Bama when Raekwon decommits.

[nicks_hammer]

Alabama should always be a priority for us in recruiting all sports, and Birmingham is where most of it is. Tons of MSU folks in Birmingham. Sister-states, we do stuff the same way for the most part, so the kids don't think it's a huge stretch, not to mention Starkville's proximity to the state line. High school coaching is a bit better, mostly due to bigger population in general. Therefore the talent is better overall.

Secondary out-of-state market should be Louisiana. Fill in with a few from other areas where you have ties.

Combine that with solid MS recruiting and JUCOs, you've got yourself some damn good talent.

MS/AL area followed by Louisana, and Texas then we should look at where the HOGS on both DL and OL come from.

[defiantdog]

Alabama should always be a priority for us in recruiting all sports, and Birmingham is where most of it is. Tons of MSU folks in Birmingham. Sister-states, we do stuff the same way for the most part, so the kids don't think it's a huge stretch, not to mention Starkville's proximity to the state line. High school coaching is a bit better, mostly due to bigger population in general. Therefore the talent is better overall.

Secondary out-of-state market should be Louisiana. Fill in with a few from other areas where you have ties.

Combine that with solid MS recruiting and JUCOs, you've got yourself some damn good talent.

It's night in day for the most part. As I said, the elite MS players look FBS ready. But the rest looked like kids running around a playground. AL players definitely seem to be coached better..... more structure. Basically, the majority of AL players look like their working for a check while the majority of the MS players are still figuring out the game.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

You're right I think Raekwon needs to play OL. It's a reason Raekwon dominates in combines, camps, & practices. Kids aren't allowed to go low so his brute strength, size, & athleticism are able to shine through. Unfortunately it doesn't translate to games bc teams go low & take out his legs bc he doesn't get low enough pad level. If he ever developed that he'd be a great DL but he hasn't yet in 4yrs of HS.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

He's committed to OM, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him flip to Bama when Raekwon decommits.

Benito a done deal to OM that's not changing.

[msstate7]

He's committed to OM, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him flip to Bama when Raekwon decommits.

So does Bama like Davis better? If jones likes bama, why not now?

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

https://oklahoma.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1835537

Trevor Knight was granted a release from OU. Would we take a look at bringing him in?

[nicks_hammer]

https://oklahoma.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1835537

Trevor Knight was granted a release from OU. Would we take a look at bringing him in?

No

[ShotgunDawg]

Benito a done deal to OM that's not changing.

He's been on the payroll for a number of years now

[t45fixer]

Benito early enrollment to Bears. On the payroll of booster. Literally

[BossDawg]

Benito a done deal to OM that's not changing.

It doesn't matter how committed these guys are to UMiss. We need to assign some guys to them and play some games. They do it.

[Coursesuper]

Benito early enrollment to Bears. On the payroll of booster. Literally

^^^^ This

[Taog Redloh]

It's night in day for the most part. As I said, the elite MS players look FBS ready. But the rest looked like kids running around a playground. AL players definitely seem to be coached better..... more structure. Basically, the majority of AL players look like their working for a check while the majority of the MS players are still figuring out the game.

Good analogy. Not a bad idea to let a lot of them go to JUCO, then you can cherry-pick the ones that really can play.

[BossDawg]

Benito early enrollment to Bears. On the payroll of booster. Literally

There has to be some way to get evidence of this if it's that well known. I'm not pointing fingers at you t45fixer....but, how is it that UMiss is doing what they are doing in recruiting, so many people know about it, and yet no one can get any solid evidence of their shenanigans?

I'm not saying UMiss ISN'T getting bold, because I believe they are doing some pretty shady stuff. However, I just can't understand how so many people know about it, yet we can't take advantage of it. Hire PIs like they did...something.

[tcdog70]

Benito a done deal to OM that's not changing.

Benito is rooming with Simmons and is recruiting for the dogassed Rebs