Brandon Buckhalter decommited per his twitter

[ScooterBuck]

Nm

 

[Justin themowa reed]

That OM check must have cleared

 

[57stratdawg]

No big deal.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Nm

Who?

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Flipmas is coming early this year.... Ho, HO, Ho...... Yancy Claus is coming to town.

 

[aTotal360]

This was expected. For some reason, our staff didn't really put up much of a fight.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Didn’t he go to 3-4 different high schools including the new Jackson State Head Coach high school.

 

[patdog]

Brief Google shows maybe only 2. And you can't really blame him for transferring from Callaway to Hartfield since Callaway didn't field a team this year. That said, I don't think it's a big deal to lose him.

Edit: Looks like you're right, 4 high schools. Committed to UM, then flipped to us, now de-commits from us. Definitely not a big deal to lose him.

 

[Russ Wheeler]

Expected, and replaceable (we actually already have). Pounders and Daniels are the ones that we need to keep.

Either way, a new coaching staff, same old recruiting games plaguing them. I thought Leach's name would carry more weight than Ole Miss' shenanigans, but here we are again.

 

[aTotal360]

Agreed. I like that the staff already has solid backup plans.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

This is probably the worst year for Mississippi talent in a long time....

 

[Russ Wheeler]

This is probably the worst year for Mississippi talent in a long time....

You still want to sign the few good ones that are available.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

That OM check must have cleared

They paying for 3 star instate players now? My have things have changed.

 

[MSUDC11]

This was expected. For some reason, our staff didn't really put up much of a fight.

We have four WRs committed and are still pursuing others who are pretty interchangeable talent-wise with Buckhalter, if not better. Our staff didn't view him as a can't miss talent so I don't think they were too concerned about losing him.

This was a long time coming anyway. Reminds me of Dannis Jackson's recruitment in some ways, they were both committed here but I'm not sure a ton of people expected that to ever stick.