Let's take a look at the in-state DL board...
The only commit we have right now is
Donterry Russell who will hopefully grow into a DE like his brother. Could be an edge LB, but I think he puts on the weight.
The only other guy we probably lead for right now is
RJ Moss. I like his game a lot. Was a 4 star until Rivals and ESPN gave him their default rankings.
The rest of the guys, we'll have to do some flipping to get.
Jaheim Oatis - Alabama
Zxavian Harris - Ole Miss
Trevion Williams - Florida St.
Jacarius Clayton - Ole Miss
Aaron Bryant - not committed, but headed out of state or to OM
Clayton wants to play DL, and we told him we wanted him at OL, so he's off the board. You can cross Bryant off too, because he isn't coming here. So that leaves Oatis, Harris, and Williams.
Oatis has a family member who wants him at MSU, plus Tony Hughes is heading his recruitment, so we have a shot, but I think unless Bama drops him or tells him they want him at OL, we don't have that great of a chance. We led for Harris for a long time, but then he committed to OM kinda out of nowhere. We have John Lewis on our side and Germantown has some MSU influence, but I don't get the warm and fuzzies. Then Williams committed on his visit to FSU, which kind of caught people by surprise as well. He's the most talented out of all these guys imo. I hope his recruitment follows the same path as Charles Cross. Just need to get him on campus and keep working. I think we can get him.
So if we get Russell, Moss, and one out of Oatis, Harris, and Williams, I'll be content. Ideally, we would've added 4 of those, but we absolutely have to get 3. There are a few options out of state, but with our pedigree of putting DL in the NFL, you can't come away with only 2 out of the top 7 DL in the state. Especially all the DTs.