MSU is a stand out on draft day…:(

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Lebby signed 20 portal guys and 8 CC in 2024. You sign Portal and CC because they supposed to be ready to play. Obviously with a 2-10 record he missed. I will cut him slack due to timing of his hiring, but next season is all on him.
 

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Lebby signed 20 portal guys and 8 CC in 2024. You sign Portal and CC because they supposed to be ready to play. Obviously with a 2-10 record he missed. I will cut him slack due to timing of his hiring, but next season is all on him.
He did the best he could but was in a tough position when he was hired. I hate to use cliches but year zero due to the situation he inherited. He has more than proven he can recruit, still needs to show it on the field but I’m optimistic based on the changes he made and the recruits he’s getting
 

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Can't even get drafted, but have NIL value. Reminds me of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. "You're only 16 you don't have a rep yet". Our players are so bad even our own fans don't know their name. Ain't nobody got time for that!
 
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What's worse is we didn't even have anyone in contention. Not like we had 1 or 2 guys we thought might go in late rounds and just didn't get picked. Zero combine invites is insane.
 
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He did the best he could but was in a tough position when he was hired. I hate to use cliches but year zero due to the situation he inherited. He has more than proven he can recruit, still needs to show it on the field but I’m optimistic based on the changes he made and the recruits he’s getting
We barely gave Leach a year zero and he dealt with the COVIDS
 

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Can't even get drafted, but have NIL value. Reminds me of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. "You're only 16 you don't have a rep yet". Our players are so bad even our own fans don't know their name. Ain't nobody got time for that!
Maybe that should be an NIL criteria. The athletic department calls the top 25 boosters and names the player. Booster has to identify sport, position and at least one favorite highlight from that player. No NIL for anyone under 70% recognition, sliding scale from there to 100%.
 
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What's worse is we didn't even have anyone in contention. Not like we had 1 or 2 guys we thought might go in late rounds and just didn't get picked. Zero combine invites is insane.
I thought Stone Blanton and Kelly Akhari signed as UDFA... is that not an invite? I really don't know.
 

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I guarantee you the backside of our roster would whip the backside roster of any one of those teams. ETA on a positive note I am liking the fact that Loadholt seems to be doing all he can to find some players. Not much left in the spring but he ain't afraid to make changes. Hopefully some of the spaghetti will stick to the wall
 

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I guarantee you the backside of our roster would whip the backside roster of any one of those teams. ETA on a positive note I am liking the fact that Loadholt seems to be doing all he can to find some players. Not much left in the spring but he ain't afraid to make changes. Hopefully some of the spaghetti will stick to the wall
I heard we were recruiting practice squad guys, straight from Lebby's mouth!
 

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So you're saying we were able to keep all our talent? That NIL is doing work!**
 

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It's a simple play on words but I guess there's obviously a big gap between "stand out" and "outstanding" isn't there? Miles you could say even
 

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This goes to show you what some of us have been preaching. The Leach and ZA recruiting was abysmal.
He wasn't here long, but did not bat 0. Of course he didn't bring in all of these:

**2021 NFL Draft:**
1. **Kylin Hill** - Green Bay Packers, 7th round
2. **Marquiss Spencer** - Denver Broncos, 7th round

**2022 NFL Draft:**
1. **Charles Cross** - Seattle Seahawks, 1st round
2. **Martin Emerson** - Cleveland Browns, 3rd round
3. **Makya Polk** - Baltimore Ravens, 6th round

**2023 NFL Draft:**
1. **Emmanuel Forbes** - Washington Commanders, 1st round

**2024 NFL Draft:**
1. **Decamerion Richardson** - Las Vegas Raiders, 4th round
2. **Jaden Crumedy** - Carolina Panthers, 6th round
3. **Nathaniel Watson** - Cleveland Browns, 6th round
 
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He wasn't here long, but did not bat 0. Of course he didn't bring in all of these:

**2021 NFL Draft:**
1. **Kylin Hill** - Green Bay Packers, 7th round
2. **Marquiss Spencer** - Denver Broncos, 7th round

**2022 NFL Draft:**
1. **Charles Cross** - Seattle Seahawks, 1st round
2. **Martin Emerson** - Cleveland Browns, 3rd round
3. **Makya Polk** - Baltimore Ravens, 6th round

**2023 NFL Draft:**
1. **Emmanuel Forbes** - Washington Commanders, 1st round

**2024 NFL Draft:**
1. **Decamerion Richardson** - Las Vegas Raiders, 4th round
2. **Jaden Crumedy** - Carolina Panthers, 6th round
3. **Nathaniel Watson** - Cleveland Browns, 6th round
Leach and co signed one of these…. Polk. he was a transfer. Mullen Moorhead signed the others
 

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I cannot be overstated that every bit of responsibility for where our football program is all on Mark Keenum. Every. 17ing. Bit.

The Arnett hire was catastrophic.
 
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Leach and co signed one of these…. Polk. he was a transfer. Mullen Moorhead signed the others
Right. The whole sudden death thing makes pinning anything on Leach a fools errand. How many of his guys were even left on the team to be drafted this year? We had an interim coach for a year, saw a bunch leave, and had the most new players of any school in the nation last year. I was just pouring cold water on the OPs blaming Leach for this year's draft choice. I don't have time to find out definitively, but if I were forced to bet, I'd bet that there were precious few of them left, and being that none of them got to develop under Leach, I'd prefer these kinds of posters just let the dead man rest...
 

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Right. The whole sudden death thing makes pinning anything on Leach a fools errand. How many of his guys were even left on the team to be drafted this year? We had an interim coach for a year, saw a bunch leave, and had the most new players of any school in the nation last year. I was just pouring cold water on the OPs blaming Leach for this year's draft choice. I don't have time to find out definitively, but if I were forced to bet, I'd bet that there were precious few of them left, and being that none of them got to develop under Leach, I'd prefer these kinds of posters just let the dead man rest...
Here food for thought…. All those transfers from leach 21-23 classs can hardly get on the field at places like USM.. Rara didn’t do much at UGA now at Troy.. that’s should also tell you something