Only 1 of the top 11 Mississippi recruits are staying in State
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I counted earlier this week on our roster on Hailstate.com, we have only 37 out of 112 listed on that roster that are from MS. The days of the Egg Bowl having special meaning and being up for grabs every year are gone when you have a different group of out of state mercenaries on your roster every year. I believe that it will make "the best team" win most every year now instead of the occasional big upset that happened in the former rivalry game. The fans are the only ones that will know about a rivalry and the players from both teams won't give a rip
Half of em will be in the transfer portal in the next 2 years
I am less worried about this in today’s transfer portal world.
Don’t get me wrong - I’d love to sign them all. But, 1/2 of them will be a recruit again in 2027, 2028, 2029, etc.
Don’t get me wrong - I’d love to sign them all. But, 1/2 of them will be a recruit again in 2027, 2028, 2029, etc.
Translation: Zero salt of the earth grinders.
Regionality is all but dead in the NIL era. Money talks but it also walks.
Are these kids commanding much NIL value? I suspect so with the schools getting them to commit. I'd have to have a lot of throwaway money to waste on a kid that's probably going to redshirt. If it's the rare no brainer true freshman starter or key reserve, sure. Otherwise, don't play that game and save your dollars for players with actual college experience.
Also, I’m proud of Xavier McDonald for committing to the Seattle Kraken
If we signed 3 of these guys, State would redshirt them and they would portal out. Let’s see if we can get them the other way in a year or two
I'd like to know that also. If they aren't getting good money, seems like a bad idea to go somewhere they're likely to sit the bench.
The question is whether "good NIL money" out of high school is enough to make up for any loss in future value from sitting the bench.
IF they are getting an extra $20k per year to go to say UF instead of MSU or Ole Miss, but players leaving state and ole Miss after putting out good film get an extra $100k per year compared to guys at big schools transferring out after being a role player, you gotta question whether the extra money up front is enough to compensate for the greater likelihood of sitting the bench and not increasing your value for the next year.
I don't know that guys transferring from blue bloods are having to take much of a discount, so it may be irrelevant. But if they are, they might be better off going for playing time.
Of course there's also the risk of going to a place where playing time is supposed to be easier to get and still not getting any, which I guess is the a pretty big risk also because you won't get the same benefit of the doubt trying to trasnfer for playing time.
The wealthy programs signing these guys aren’t nickel and diming it. They don’t have to budget their nil like the small budget schools.
Not having to budget like smaller schools doesn't mean they don't have a budget. Supposedly top teams are spending $21-$22M a year on NIL. You spready that over 85 players equally, you get $258,823 per player. Obviously it's not getting split equally, and then "smaller" schools like MSU and UM are still spending a good chunk of money. So not sure the delta for unproven high school guys is that big. Depends on how schools value high school guys versus transfers.
And only 1 of two sec coaches are staying in state.
