First off, let me preface by saying I trust Mullen & Co on the recruiting. They have done good enough to make our program relevant on a National level & to win 19 games in two years. So this thread is NOT about Mullen & whether he's doing a good job.

My question is, what am I missing with guys like Dylan Bradley and Lorenzo Dantzler? We seem to take 2-3+ guys every year that are either raw/undersized/tweeners, etc. Bradley & Dantzler seem(ed) to be very solid while also fitting that undersized/tweener mold, BUT the difference is these two could give you an excellent shot at landing the top 2 players in the state, 2 of the top players in the country. Yet, we nor Ole Miss offered these guys. I have very little doubt that Simmons would be a lock if Bradley was a Dawg, & Dantzler & AJ are clearly good friends and having two teammates commit to State would likely be very positive in Brown's recruitment.

Now again, we could still get both Brown & Simmons...I think and hope we do. But, I guess I just seem to have trouble seeing the downfall in taking guys like Bradley & Dantzler that would help those efforts, while also giving you two very good players in the process.

And this goes for all SEC schools recruiting Brown & Simmons, not just us. But with us wanting to step up recruiting, I thought taking those two made a lot of sense. In fact, myself & many others on this board could tell that Bradley was a player...& he is USM's best defensive player, & would be in line for major PT on our DL next year had we signed him you'd think.

So don't make this a thread that gets locked, but help me understand why State nor anyone else took a flyer on those two very solid prospects in hopes to gain an advantage?