NOTE: The SDN Bulldog Blog will update this post often with news as soon as MSU announces they’ve received the faxed National Letter of Intent up until the final signee. we’ll have the time of signing along with important information like height, weight, hometown and recruiting service rankings.
8:35 a.m. UPDATE: Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen has been using his Twitter page to announce the signings as the athletic departments gets the faxed NLI’s. Here’s who the Bulldogs currently have in the fold.
NAME POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)
Ferlando Bohanna LB 6-0 230 Memphis, TN (Whitehaven HS)
Analysis: Earned first-team All-State honors and all-city honors by The Commercial Appeal. Chose MSU over North Carolina , Clemson, Southern Miss, MTSU and Kansas. Will be loved from day one after this quote, “I loved hearing those cowbells ringing at the stadium.”
Michael Carr ATH 6-1 195 West Point, MS (West Point HS)
Analysis: A four-star prospect by ESPN.com that helped lead West Point to the 2009 Class 5A state title and has been a starter since freshmen season. Will likely be at RB or Safety at MSU.
Dillon Day OL 6-4 260 West Monroe, LA (West Monroe HS)
Analysis: Played offensive tackle at West Monroe but is listed in the services as a prospect at guard. Led his high school to a state championship appearance his junior year and the 5A state title his senior campaign.
Kaleb Eulls DL 6-4 255 Yazoo City, MS (Yazoo County HS)
Analysis: Rated as the best in-state prospect by our friends at BulldawgJunction.com. Earned first-team Class 4A Player of the Year honors by the Mississippi Association of Coaches and chose MSU over Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
Dylan Favre QB 5-11 190 Bay St. Louis, MS (St. Stanislaus HS)
Analysis: Parade All-American and Mississippi Mr. Football selection is the nephew of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre. Owns state career passing records with 12,559 career passing yards and 144 career TD passes while also set single-season passing records in the state this season while leading Saint Stanislaus to a state championship.
more to come, stay tuned….
9:00 a.m. UPDATE –
Nick Griffin RB 5-11 195 New Augusta, MS (Perry Central HS)
Analysis: A three-star tailback prospect who played in the Mississipp-Alabama All-Star game and was voted the Class 3A Offensive Player of the Year by the Mississippi Association of Coaches. Chose MSU over Vanderbilt, Stanford, Southern Miss, Arkansas State.
Corvell Harrison-Gay LB/DE 6-3 220 Laurel, MS (Northeast Jones HS)
Analysis: Rated as the top linebacker prospect in Mississippi by Rivals.com. Led NEJHS on defense as a senior with 85 tackles in 10 games.
Christian Holmes DB 6-2 235 Puckett, MS (Puckett HS)
Analysis: Had 107 tackles, four sacks and two interceptions at Puckett High as a senior. Was selected a first-team all-state by the Mississippi Association of Coaches while being a three-year starter at linebacker and tight end. The two-star recruit helped lead Puckett to a state title as a sophomore.
Jay Hughes ATH 5-11 175 Hattiesburg, MS (Oak Grove HS)
Analysis: Three-star athlete was recruited as a cornerback and earned first-team all-state honors by the Mississippi Association of Coaches. Hughes was rated the 17th best in-state prospect by our friends at BulldawgJunction.com.
Malcolm Johnson WR 6-2 205 Tuscaloosa, AL (Northridge HS)
Analysis: Wins the award for getting his National Letter of Intent before any other MSU signee this morning. Johnson had 681 yards receiving and eight touchdowns as a senior. Chose MSU over Ole Miss and Southern Miss. Why did the Alabama prospect pick MSU? “This is going to be a new beginning at Mississippi State and this isn’t going to be your old Mississippi State at all.”
10:00 a.m. UPDATE –
Robert Johnson WR 6-0 195 Hattiesburg, MS (Oak Grove HS)
Analysis: Three-star athlete that could play both WR or DB at Mississippi State. Johnson earned first-team Class 6A all-state honors by the Mississippi Association of Coaches while leading Oak Grove to the Class 6A title game. Chose MSU over Ole Miss, Auburn, Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisville , Southern Miss and Tulsa.
Eric Lawson OL 6-6 320 Olive Branch, MS (Olive Branch HS)
Analysis: Two-year starter for Olive Branch at right guard before starting as a sophomore at Terry but then family moved. The three-star prospect chose MSU after committing to Texas Tech in October of 2009 but after Mike Leach was fired, Lawson reconsidered his decision.
Jameon Lewis ATH 5-9 175 Tylertown, MS (Tylertown HS)
Analysis: Lewis was named the Mississippi Association of Coaches Offensive Player of the Year in Class 3A. The three-star athlete, nicknamed “Tubby”, played just one full game as a senior due to knee injury but helped Provine win the 2008 Class 5A state basketball title.
Archie Muniz OL 6-5 255 Houston, TX (Cypress Creek HS)
Analysis: A three-star offensive tackle prospect is considered the 30th-best by ESPN.com at his position. Chose MSU over Utah, Arizona State, Kansas State, Northwestern, Vanderbilt,
Wake Forest and Houston. Has 3.9 GPA at Cypress Creek High. Says Muniz: “Me and my family are real close. So I figured if I went to Mississippi State, they can make all the games.”
Curtis Virges DL 6-3 290 West Point, MS (West Point HS)
Analysis: Virges was listed as the eighth-best prospect in the state by our friends at Bulldawg Junction.com while being rated a three-star prospect by Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN.com. Named first-team all-state in Class 5A by the Mississippi Association of Coaches. Virges posted posted 82 total tackles and 14 sacks for the Green Wave.
Matthew Wells ATH 6-0 190 Monticello, MS (Lawrence County HS)
Analysis: Wells finished his senior season with 1,055 yards and 10 touchdowns while being named first-team all-state selection by Mississippi Association of Coaches. Look to see Wells, a three-star tailback prospect, see the field early in his college career because he came to MSU because “hey give true freshmen a real opportunity to play early.” Chose MSU over Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Tennessee and Stanford.
more to come, stay tuned….
10:30 a.m. UPDATES –
Paul Crawford DL 6-8 235 Lewisville, TX (Hebron HS)
Analysis: The SDN Bulldog Blog previewed his commitment. Finished his senior season with 72 tackles and chose MSU over Arkansas, Baylor and Colorado State.
Brandon Hill ATH 6-2 210 Crawford, MS (West Lowndes HS)
Analysis: Hill is a four-star prospect by ESPN.com that can run the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds and was rated as the 27th best in-state prospect by our friends at BulldawgJunction.com. Most of Hill’s numbers are on the offensive side of the ball but he will be on the MSU’s front seven.
Jeremy Lee ATH 5-10 170 Utica, MS (Hinds AHS)
Analysis: Lee’s commitment was previewed here and rushed 77 times for 558 yards and four touchdowns but will be a defensive back at MSU.
Jamerson Love DB 5-11 175 Aberdeen, MS (Aberdeen HS)
Analysis: Love totaled over 4,000 yards of total offense the past two years at Aberdeen, including four kickoff returns for touchdowns. Expected to make the transition to cornerback at MSU. Chose the Bulldogs over Southern Miss and Arkansas State. Love was named Class 3A All-State by the Mississippi Association of Coaches.
11 a.m. UPDATE -MSU recruiting class rankings
ORGANIZATION; NAT. RANK, SEC RANK
Scout.com; 36th, 9th
Rivals.com; 37th, 9th
The latest MSU signee (#22) of the early morning represents a big one for the Bulldogs program.
Damien Robinson OL 6-8 330 Olive Branch, MS (Olive Branch HS)
Analysis: MSU confirms the reports by several news organization coming out of Olive Branch High School that the four-star offensive line prospect, who rated as the nation’s 10th-best tackle prospect by ESPN.com, has chosen the Bulldogs over Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Auburn. Easily MSU’s most acclaimed signee of the 2010 recruiting class as he was selected to play in the Army All-American game.
“He plays tackle for us and I believe that is where most college coaches were recruiting him to play,” Olive Branch High head coach Scott Samsel said.
UPDATE: Bulldogs lose out on big in-state recruit
Yesterday The SDN Bulldog Blog previewed two in-state mystery prospects here for its Signing Day preview. MSU went 1-for-2 on those top players as the Bulldogs landed Olive Brach OL prospect Damien Robinson but at the same time live on WCBI (CBS affiliate) Noxubee County wide receiver Vincent Sanders signed with Ole Miss.
The SDN Bulldog Blog will have a complete wrap of the 2010 recruiting class here in the Nashville bureau before and after Mullen speaks to the media at 3 p.m.
11:15 a.m. UPDATE – Giles recants on his MSU verbal commitment and signs with Ole Miss
Linebacker prospect Cordell Giles out of Ray Brooks School in Benoit remained a solid verbal commitment to Dan Mullen and the Mississippi State program for over a year but Ole Miss’ football office announced Wednesday that the 6-foot-4, 220-pound athlete has signed a National Letter of Intent with the Rebels.
12:30 a.m. UPDATE – We didn’t forget about this three!
Vick Ballard RB 5-11 210 Pascagoula, MS (Pascagoula HS/Miss. Gulf Coast CC)
James Carmon DL 6-7 360 Baltimore, MD (Baltimore City College/Miss. Gulf Coast CC)
Blaine Clausell OL 6-7 310 Mobile, AL (Baker HS)
For those of you who thought The SDN Bulldog Blog had forgotten about these three recruits, we reported on their signing when they arrived on campus before the start of the Spring Semester as all three already enrolled at MSU in January.
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