Offensive Linemen

[bruiser.sixpack]

There are (5) 5* and (42) 4* Offensive linemen in 247 Top 378 4 and 5 star players.

That is 47 to divide amongst 130 D1 programs. We have 1 of the 4* (Johnson). All (5) 5 stars are committed to big time programs.

That leaves (43) 4 star o linemen for roughly 125 programs.

Let's assume the Top 15 programs sign 2 each. That leaves 13 for the rest of us to fight over.

My point is, we need to find intelligent 3 star o linemen with good upsides and "coach me up" to be starters as Juniors and seniors. We ain't getting the 5 star and we are lucky a 4 star was a State fan growing up.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We are going to have to expand way beyond Mississippi for quality OL... we just don't have the high school coaching to produce more than a 1 or 2 SEC caliber OL a year...

 

[msstate7]

Pretty much what we have been doing. We return arguably the best oline in the sec next season and not one of them were a composite 4* on 247.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Hell at this point, we just need a few bodies to actually put on the field.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

The best linemen are Scandinavian.

 

[57stratdawg]

Yeah, it’s about bodies at this point. All signs point to McDowell signing with UF.

 

[maroonmania]

We are going to have to expand way beyond Mississippi for quality OL... we just don't have the high school coaching to produce more than a 1 or 2 SEC caliber OL a year...

Problem lately is that we aren't getting the MS OL that we should be. Its a travesty that neither Scott Lashley nor Cole Smith signed with us. Both should have basically been slam dunks for MSU. Thank goodness for Dolla Bill.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

At least we’ve seen Moorheads offense can work around a bad OL. Bad thing is the BIG10 doesn’t have DLs like we have week in and week out in the SEC

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Problem lately is that we aren't getting the MS OL that we should be. Its a travesty that neither Scott Lashley nor Cole Smith signed with us. Both should have basically been slam dunks for MSU. Thank goodness for Dolla Bill.

We Hevesy'd both Smith and Lashley......it's pretty bad when your supposedly future position coach couldn't make it to Pontotoc or West Point from Starkville but both Saban and Ed O could find time.....

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

We are going to have to expand way beyond Mississippi for quality OL... we just don't have the high school coaching to produce more than a 1 or 2 SEC caliber OL a year...

This may not be a popular opinion, but OL is one of those positions we should recruit anywhere and everywhere we can. We need to go outside for some so we aren't battling Bama, LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, etc, etc for each OL prospect.