Ok. How about most under-rated dogs thread

Dogariffic

Redshirt
Aug 21, 2012
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0
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We have had a lot of 2 stars do well so the list could be long.
I vote for Chris Relf to get it started...heck he might have been a 1 Star..
 

57stratdawg

Heisman
Dec 1, 2004
148,780
24,661
113
Jeffrey Simmons. I think he's the best DL I've ever seen at MSU. I think he's more dominate than Fletcher Cox.
 

missouridawg

Junior
Oct 6, 2009
9,407
309
83
Darius Slay deserves a mention here. Was completely dominant his last 1.5 years and has turned into one of the best CBS in the league.
 

8dog

All-American
Feb 23, 2008
15,298
7,721
113
Charls rhodes. Still the best offensive post player in the modern era of state hoops
 

Faustdog

All-Conference
Jun 4, 2007
4,198
2,768
113
Markell Patterson developed into a really solid college player who doesn’t get a bunch of mentions anymore.
 
Sep 9, 2012
2,803
0
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For baseball, Cody Brown. Played every position on the field, was very good at the plate and savy on the bases, and made significant contributions all four year. He was basically a super-utility/glue player who brought it every day his entire career.

He will be missed more than we realize this year- one of my all time favorite diamond dogs.
 

tcdog70

Junior
Sep 24, 2012
1,409
269
83
No doubt " The Chairman of the Boards" he was the second best Player on His high school team. Became All Sec and. First round draft choice. The great Wiley Peck.
 

Palos verdes

Redshirt
Aug 22, 2012
1,839
36
48
Vick Ballard had a 2* ranking when we got him, which was ludicrous. He ran a sub 4.5 40 in Juco at around 195 pounds. He had the most rushing touchdowns of any RB in the SEC in 2010...more than Mark Ingram, yet he's routinely forgotten about. He also averaged nearly 6 ypc during his 2 years at State which is unusual for an MSU RB.
 

mcdawg22

Heisman
Sep 18, 2004
13,773
12,421
113
Michael Gholar. Most underrated two sport athlete te Mississippi State.
 

diggidydog

Redshirt
Mar 3, 2008
267
0
0
Willie Evans, Taveze Calhoun was a last minute offer after we whiffed on somebody if I remember right. He wa solid and a good dude.
 

Maroon Eagle

All-American
May 24, 2006
18,668
8,695
102
I was going to disagree with you on Willie Evans because I had thought he was named a Dandy Dozen but he wasn’t. Link: Here.

He should have been named one though.
 

Drewbowski

Redshirt
Sep 2, 2012
810
0
0
Probably my all-time favorite State athlete. I always heard Gholar would have been an NFL player if he had played 4 years of football.
 

gasdawg

Sophomore
Apr 11, 2011
300
165
43
Corey Broomfield
Nickoe Whitley (haven't had that ball hawking head hunting safety play since he left)
 

UpTheMiddlex3Punt

All-Conference
May 28, 2007
18,204
4,347
113
Old skillet hands, KJ Wright. He didn't get much attention coming out of high school and was never the marquee name, but he's quietly had a pretty successful NFL career.
 

Maroon Eagle

All-American
May 24, 2006
18,668
8,695
102
I was thinking he was more highly regarded so I checked his Wikipedia page & saw two things I didn’t know... one of his aunts integrated Alabama (Wallace’s Stand at the Schoolhouse Door) and former US Attorney General Eric Holder is his uncle (by marriage - Holder is married to another of Jeff Malone’s aunts).
 
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