The 2015 recruiting cycle in Mississippi is going to be crazy

[af102]

I got to looking at the 2015 prospects in the state, and there are already 12 guys with 4*. The only year in recent memory that comes close to this was 2011 with 11 4* guys. Most Mississippi guys tend to get bumped from a 4* to a 5* late in the process since they aren't scouted as much. It will be interesting to see how many 4/5* guys there are by next February.

Since Mullen took over
2009- 6 4*
2010- 7 4*
2011- 11 4*
2012- 1 5*, 5 4*
2013- 2 5*, 3 4*
2014- 8 4*
2015- 12 4*

If we can win 9-10 games and beat Ole Miss again, we may be setting the table to absolutely clean up in recruiting. Three of the 12 are already committed to us, and only 1 to Ole Miss.

Get ready for the Chris Jones drama across the state next year.

Edit- Link to 247 state rankings http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/CompositeRankings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&State=MS

 

[57stratdawg]

It's a loaded state. Kind of ironic that the worst in-state class I can remember would be immediately proceeded by the best in-state class.

 

[futaba.79]

back when qualifying.......

meant you graduated from HS, there were some incredible classes. Bob Tyler signed what would be top ten classes of mostly Mississippi kids a couple of times. At the same time, Ole Miss and USM were getting their share too. Seems like there were more kids to go around before education became important.

 

[121Josey]

MSU Jr. Day this weekend. Let the games begin.

 

[engie]

MSU Jr. Day this weekend. Let the games begin.

Alot of the top in-state talent skipped OM's JR day last week in favor of Alabamas -- which I found interesting. Gonna be fending off more than just the Rebs in this cycle on some of these guys...