Denico Autrey- remember when we were DLU

OG Goat Holder

Heisman
Sep 30, 2022
13,552
12,463
113
Simmons - MS native
Jones - MS native
Cox - MS native
Autry - MS JUCO
Sweat - MS JUCO

There's a theme here. Seems to me that Big Crumbly and Cam Franklin were the last decent DLs MS has produced. Well, then Pickering in 2019. And those guys were average, and excelled due to good coaching under Leach. But we haven't been seeing the studs. You might say McKinley Jackson, but did he ever do anything at aTm? Another is Jaheim Otis.....decent I guess but nothing special.

We'd have been decent with some of these guys we HAVE signed, if we'd had decent coaching.
 

aTotal360

Heisman
Nov 12, 2009
22,278
15,640
113
Simmons - MS native
Jones - MS native
Cox - MS native
Autry - MS JUCO
Sweat - MS JUCO

There's a theme here. Seems to me that Big Crumbly and Cam Franklin were the last decent DLs MS has produced. Well, then Pickering in 2019. And those guys were average, and excelled due to good coaching under Leach. But we haven't been seeing the studs. You might say McKinley Jackson, but did he ever do anything at aTm? Another is Jaheim Otis.....decent I guess but nothing special.

We'd have been decent with some of these guys we HAVE signed, if we'd had decent coaching.
Byron Young, who was in Pickering's class and went to Bama, was better. Think he's with the Raiders now. I'd say he's the most productive MS DL since Simmons.
 
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Dawgg

Heisman
Sep 9, 2012
10,535
10,793
113
Simmons - MS native
Jones - MS native
Cox - MS native
Autry - MS JUCO
Sweat - MS JUCO

There's a theme here. Seems to me that Big Crumbly and Cam Franklin were the last decent DLs MS has produced. Well, then Pickering in 2019. And those guys were average, and excelled due to good coaching under Leach Arnett. But we haven't been seeing the studs. You might say McKinley Jackson, but did he ever do anything at aTm? Another is Jaheim Otis.....decent I guess but nothing special.

We'd have been decent with some of these guys we HAVE signed, if we'd had decent coaching.
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POTUS

Heisman
Sep 29, 2022
4,442
11,859
113
Also Preston Smith is still knocking around in the league. We didn't realize how good we had it. We do now.
 
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GloryDawg

Heisman
Mar 3, 2005
20,200
18,375
113
Way back before our current defensive coaching staff. It isn't going to get any better.
 
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