...and I might have wasted my time. But I did some figuring on 4* and 5* recruits.

This past week I've been reading a lot on how disappointed everyone is with our recruiting efforts and while I don't have a reason for that, I do think we can definitely do better regional recruiting and probably national too. It seems our coaches and probably some fans think that we can't go in to other states and get some quality recruits, they seem to think we need to stick to MS and just hope something else falls in our lap. Well that's not exactly how it is or should work. Of course we should focus on MS and make it a top priority, but that doesn't mean we can't put effort elsewhere too. I know we've gotten some "out of staters" and we've actually done pretty well in Alabama, but there are so many other recruits out there to be looked at. Last year (using 247 composite) there were 174 4* and 5* recruits in what I consider to be regional recruiting areas, these include MS, TX, LA, AL, TN, GA, and FL. These states are loaded with talent and there are plenty of them to go around.

State - 4* & 5* recruits

2015
TX - 47
LA - 13
AL - 12
GA - 34
FL - 50
TN - 11
MS - 7
Total: 174, 4* & 5* recruits

2016
TX - 51
LA - 18
AL - 7
GA - 27
FL - 49
TN -7
MS - 10
Totals: 169, 4* & 5* recruits

I took the major schools and added up how many 4* and 5* recruits they kept that was from their home state.

Last year (2015) 174 4* & 5* recruits

State of TX: 47 = 4* & 5*
UT, A&M, TT, Baylor, TCU
Totals: 31 leftovers 16

State of LA: 13
LSU - 8
Total: 8 leftovers 5

State of AL: 12
Bama & Aub - 10
Totals: 10 leftovers 2

State of GA: 34
UGA & GT - 9
Totals: 9 leftovers 25

State of FL: 50
UF, FSU, & Miami - 18
Totals: 18 leftovers 32

State of TN: 11
UT, Memphis, & Vandy - 6
Totals: 6 leftovers 5

Total playing for major home state team = 82
Total leftovers = 92

That's 92 highly recruited guys that were left for anyone else. That means State only has to fight off smaller in-state schools or other out of state schools for those remaining 92. For comparison sake, these are some of the schools that are picking up the remaining top recruits out of these states that I think MSU can compete with...


UCLA, OM, and Michigan St all got 4 & 5* commitments from Texas.

Oregon, TCU, and Ok St got them from Louisiana.

Oregon, Om, and Wisconsin pulled some from Georgia.

OM, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ark, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, South Carolina, and Maryland all pulled top recruits from FLorida.

OM and Illinois both picked up some from Tennessee.

We've done ok in Alabama.

The last two years (I know things can change for this year but this is how it stands now)
TX:
OM 2
MSU 0

LA:
OM 0
MSU 0

AL:
MSU 1
OM 0

GA:
OM 2
MSU 0

FL:
OM 1
MSU 0

TN:
OM 2
MSU 0

Totals:
OM 7
MSU 1

This may not mean too much but it sounded cool to do at the time. Anyway with all that said, I think we definitely can do more than we are in recruiting.