Refresher on Class of 2011

[Bulldogg31]

Pretty cool seeing where these guys are now. I had forgotten Slay was class of 2011.

http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205076774

http://mississippistate.247sports.com/Season/2011-Football/Commits

 

[57stratdawg]

Yeah, Dee Arrington will always be one a "what could have been" guy. He was a hell of an athlete, and was starting to show some real playmaking abilities.

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Wow. Dan has an eye for talent

When you see that list 4 years later, and consider that a couple (I always thought Milton could have been great) got injured or other circumstances, good grief for a bunch of 2 and 3 stars that is a lot of talent coming in to a program at one time.

Pretty cool seeing where these guys are now. I had forgotten Slay was class of 2011.

http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205076774

http://mississippistate.247sports.com/Season/2011-Football/Commits

 

[BiscuitEater]

So far ...

from that class .. drafted or signed FA contracts already ..

Preston Smith
Justin Cox
Benardrick McKinney
Josh Robinson
Darius Slay

Think that Dewayne Cherrington was actually in that class too; can't recall if he was a walk-on or signed. Think he signed with New England as a FA and went to Seattle for a while.

Think that Brandon Maye also transferred from Clemson as a grad student in that class. Think he signed a FA deal with Tampa but had a medical issue. Don't know if he ever was actually on a team.

 

[patdog]

Interesting thing about that 2011 class. It was a low rated class, with only 3 players who had 4 stars on any recruiting site. Those 3 players were all busts to one degree or another, yet that wound up being an outstanding recruiting class. Just another example of recruiting start not really meaning much. Remember, the guys who give those stars don't know how to evaluate a player any better than you or I do. If they did, they wouldn't be working for some Internet website.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Good thread ..

on ED started by Coach34 on the same subject.

He posted a link to an interesting article about that class .. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State good for a laugh on signing day

http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-sports/2011/02/dan_mullen_mississippi_state_g.html

Much water under the bridge since 2011 .. So glad we have Dan running the show

 

[MississippiHeavyMetalDog]

Three "3 stars" drafted in the 2nd round ... Slay, McKinney, and Smith

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Pretty cool seeing where these guys are now. I had forgotten Slay was class of 2011.

http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205076774

http://mississippistate.247sports.com/Season/2011-Football/Commits

 

[Seinfeld]

And no matter how many shoe companies or benjamins are floating out there

in the wide world of college football recruiting, there is no recruiting tool in the universe that can some close to being able to say that you're putting guys in the NFL. The more guys we have playing on Sundays, the more options we'll continue to have during recruiting season.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I was really high on Devante Scott but he didn't qualify. I think he RS or went JUCO, but as a Soph at Southeastern LA last year he had over 1,000 rec yards, 6TD and avg over 20 yards per catch. Really wanted that guy.

 

[Hammer Down]

Let's not act as if our class would not have been better with C.J. Johnson and Jermaine Whitehead, though. Yes, it was good as it was, but those 2 guys started for a while, and who knows, under Mullen they probably would turn out better than they have. Cannot really complain though, it seems like Mullen has definitely learned how to keep the big fish home recently. No MSU football fan can legitimately complain about our current recruiting since that 2011 class. It has been at another level that we have rarely seen.

Either way, those two guys I mentioned are probably a difference maker here or there. With Johnson, we do not lose to Ole Miss in 2012. Who knows how Whitehead could have helped our secondary.

What is really funny to me, is that for all the hype of Ole Miss' 2013 class, ours produced comparable talent. We are looking at Bear Wilson and Chris Jones being the equivalent of Treadwell and Nkemdiche. We are expecting a few more guys to be called on draft day next year as well.

 

[esplanade91]

I'm not sure Whitehead would have started at State now. And McKinney > CJ Johnson. Do you just pick the opposite of what everyone seems to be thinking?

Steve had a lot of good things to say about the '11 class today on BSR.

 

[Hammer Down]

Do you think we would have cut McKinney loose had we held onto Johnson? McKinney was committed in September and Johnson did not defect until January. It is not an either/or.

Read completely, then think for minute, then post, dumbass.

 

[esplanade91]

Do you think he would have started over McKinney or Preston Smith? The class would have been better on paper, if you want to act like that matters.

No where did I say it was either/or. Learn how to read, dumbass. I just simply mentioned how we ended up with a better middle linebacker prospect and haven't missed out on any production from the CB spot in Jermaine's absence.

You want to rain on everyone's parade and then start your own for baseball when no one is in the mood.

 

[Hammer Down]

He could have played LB or DE. Who cares if he would have started (and I suspect he would have anyway, somewhere), especially since we played two strings of players.

You want to rain on everyone's parade and then start your own for baseball when no one is in the mood.

Just shut up, you damn child. You are trying to attack something that is not there. Especially funny is your attempt to latch onto 'everyone else' as if they all agree with your foolproof viewpoint. Textbook debate trait of the hivemind poz. wow just wow

 

[Ace-Leroy]

in the wide world of college football recruiting, there is no recruiting tool in the universe that can some close to being able to say that you're putting guys in the NFL. The more guys we have playing on Sundays, the more options we'll continue to have during recruiting season.

Agree with this 100%.

 

[HD6]

I think McKinney could have played OLB and thrived there as well.

If CJ had come to State, he'd be in the NFL right now.

 

[MSUDawg25]

nm

 

[Bulldogg31]

I think McKinney could have played OLB and thrived there as well.

If CJ had come to State, he'd be in the NFL right now.

Sounds like the Texans agree on OLB for McKinney. And I completely agree on CJ. Maybe just feeling wooly after a 10-win season and 12 players going to the league, but it really looks like Mullen's program works for the kids that work the program.

 

[Shooter McGavin.sixpack]

Yes Steve Robertsons article on the class was well done. Off topic but funny, I linked that article on my twitter and was immediately set upon by some bear fans who linked an article from David Johnson about Mississippi having 4 first rounders in a 2015 mock draft. Yes a mock draft. If this was an attempt to troll me, it was the worst troll attempt I've ever seen or these guys need to seek professional help. It's probably the latter.

 

[jb1020]

yeah, but scout ranked that class #45 overall

if you guys want to compete for the SECW and get to a Big 6 bowl game that ain't gonna cut it.

gotta win February first boys ***

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Tennessee didn't have a single player drafted this year. Let that sink in.

These hillbillies around here are going nuts about having their draft streak end. They are so desperate right now, you would think Butch Jones was the second coming the way they are clinging to that bandwagon. Somebody brought up on the local sports radio (hehe) that lil ole MSU had 5 players drafted this year and good lord listeners were climbing all over themselves to talk about their tradition and how we're just a flash in the pan and on and on. We have one delusional fan-base up this way.

 

[Hammer Down]

Anyone can become delusional. I do not even get mad about it anymore. I mean, a significant portion of our fans wanted to fire Dan Mullen in 2013.

 

[kired]

It will go down as one of the better classes in terms of quality. We'll only have 14 either graduate or enter the draft (I'm not counting Cox because I consider him a part of the 2013 class since he went JUCO). But we should end up with at least half of those getting a shot in the NFL - either being drafted or as an UDFA. Now if we could have only signed a legit JUCO OT rather than Joey Trapp...

Speaking of diamonds and low-rated players... people forget that Slay was a nobody when he signed in 2009. I don't think any other SEC schools were recruiting him out of high school. He's as good a story as Smith or McKinney.

 

[KurtRambis4]

myusernamesucks was pretty dead on

w his assessment of this class (and Dan's staff's recruiting) back then.*****