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2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: QB K.J. Costello, Mississippi State,...Costello was a two-time captain at Stanford who started 25 games over the course of three seasons, prior to arriving in Starkville. He has gone 495-of-791 passing for 6,151 yards and 49 touchdowns during his career. In 2018, Costello earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors when he started all 13 games and passed for 3,540 yards, the second-highest single-season total in team history. He completed 65.1 percent of his passes with 29 touchdowns and led the Pac-12 in both pass efficiency (155) and yards per attempt (8.57). - Mississippi State Football

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QB K.J. Costello, Mississippi State
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07/27/20 - Kylin Hill, Sr/2021, Mississippi State, 5-11, 214 (DS#11 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State,...Behind an SEC-best eight 100-yard rushing games, Hill led the league in rushing yards during the 2019 regular season and finished the year with 1,350. He found the end zone on the ground 10 times and finished as one of just eight Power 5 running backs with 1,300-plus rushing yards and 10-plus rushing touchdowns. Hill was named First Team All-SEC by The Associated Press in 2019. Hill also earned a spot on the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll and became the SEC running back to earn both honors in the same season since 2016. - Mississippi State Football

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RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State
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07/27/20 - Kobe Jones, rSr/2021, Mississippi State, 6-3, 255 (DS#36 DE) + More +

2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Kobe Jones, Mississippi State, senior, defensive line,...Jones, a Starkville native, has been a leader on the field, in the classroom and in the community of his hometown during his time at MSU. A three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, Jones earned his bachelor's degree from MSU last December in business administration. He was the Bulldogs' nominee for the Wuerffel Trophy and Allstate AFCA Good Works Team in 2019.

Jones actively volunteers time to the Starkville Cowboys little league football and Starkville High School football programs. He currently represent MSU on the SEC Football Leadership Council and attended the Black Student Athlete Summit in Austin, Texas, last year. Jones enters his senior season in 2020 with 70 total tackles, 18.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks. He finished second on the squad with 4.0 sacks in 2019, and was dominant down the stretch, racking up 4.5 TFLs and 3.0 sacks over the last three games. - Mississippi State Football

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DE Kobe Jones, Mississippi State
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07/24/20 - Kylin Hill, Sr/2021, Mississippi State, 5-11, 214 (DS#11 RB) + More +

Sometimes what a college football player does off the field is just as rewarding as what he does on it. For Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill, that held true when he was presented with the key to his hometown Tuesday evening. Mayor Robert Smith awarded Hill the ceremonious key to Columbus during a city council meeting. Smith commended Hill for his heroism when he tweeted that he will not represent Mississippi as a college football player until the Confederate battle emblem was removed from the state flag. Five days after Hill's tweet, the Mississippi legislature voted to remove the emblem.

"We have all these big-time athletes who have a voice but won't speak on it," Hill said during the presentation. "I said, why not me? That's the thing - you can't be scared to speak up. Being scared to speak up, the situation will never get handled." Hill's tweet and pressure from the SEC and NCAA led to key college athletics figures from the state of Mississippi - including MSU athletic director John Cohen and football coach Mike Leach - to lobby legislators to change the state flag. Hill was also an active participant in a racial equality march that took place in the streets of Starkville on June 6, less than two weeks after the death of George Floyd. - The Clarion Ledger

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RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State
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07/23/20 - Erroll Thompson, rSr/2021, Mississippi State, 6-1, 239 (DS#10 ILB) + More +

2020 BUTKUS AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Erroll Thompson, Mississippi State,...Thompson is the only SEC defender to enter the 2020 season with 200 or more career tackles. He led Mississippi State with 84 total stops last fall, which ranks 11th in the conference among returning players. Thompson was also second on the team with 87 tackles as a sophomore. The Florence, Alabama, native and 2019 team captain recorded seven or more tackles eight times, including three games with double-digit stops. He led all SEC linebackers in quarterback hits with six. - Mississippi State Football

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ILB Erroll Thompson, Mississippi State
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07/23/20 - Kylin Hill, Sr/2021, Mississippi State, 5-11, 214 (DS#11 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Kylin Hill (Sr.), Mississippi State,...Behind an SEC-best eight 100-yard rushing games, Hill led the league in rushing yards during the 2019 regular season and finished the year with 1,350. He found the end zone on the ground 10 times and finished as one of just eight Power 5 running backs with 1,300-plus rushing yards and 10-plus rushing touchdowns. The Columbus, Mississippi, product finished the season with 1,530 yards from scrimmage and had the longest reception of the season by an SEC player (88-yard TD against Abilene Christian). - Mississippi State Football

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RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State
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07/16/20 - Jamar Chaney, rSr/2010, Mississippi State, 6-1, 242 (DS#5 ILB) + More +

Jamar Chaney is headed back to Mississippi State. A former Bulldog standout and seventh-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2010 NFL draft, MSU announced Wednesday that Chaney will join coach Mike Leach's staff as a senior defensive analyst. "Mississippi State means so much to me and my family, and I appreciate Coach Leach for the opportunity to return home to a place that I have so many great memories," Chaney said in a news release. "I am excited to be a part of an outstanding football staff and athletic department, and I can't wait to get to work." A Port St. Lucie, Florida native, Chaney spent the 2019 season as an assistant director of player personnel under former MSU coach Dan Mullen at Florida. During his time at MSU, Chaney notched 286 tackles and six sacks in 49 games played between 2005 and 2009. - The Dispatch

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ILB Jamar Chaney, Mississippi State
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05/23/20 - K.J. Costello, rSr/2021, Mississippi State, 6-5, 225 (DS#17 QB) + More +

In 2018 at Stanford, the 6-foot-5 pocket passer threw for 3,540 yards and 29 touchdowns. Now he heads to join forces with new Bulldog coach Mike Leach and bring his Air Raid to the SEC. That will be fascinating to watch. Is Mississippi State ready to compete with the big boys in the SEC in Year One under Leach? Probably not. But Costello is. The team opens with New Mexico, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Tulane and Texas A&M however and it is quite possible the Bulldogs are 5-0 after that stretch. If that happens, Costello will be in that early-season Heisman talk. Then they play at Alabama, at LSU and against Auburn. - Opelika-Auburn News

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QB K.J. Costello, Mississippi State
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05/13/20 - K.J. Costello, rSr/2021, Mississippi State, 6-5, 225 (DS#17 QB) + More +

In an offense predicated on the aerial attack, there's perhaps no position more crucial to Mike Leach's success at MSU than under center -- or, rather, in the shotgun. For Leach, his first few weeks in Starkville were busy devising a coaching staff while also scrounging the graduate transfer market for a potential quarterback to run the show this fall -- or whenever football does return. "It's a new resource nowadays," Leach said of the transfer portal at his introductory press conference Jan. 10. "It's both positive and negative, but it can be a resource. I don't think it can be ignored for any position. Football's a competitive sport, and you're always trying to upgrade. Of course, everybody, regardless of position, remembers somebody that played from whenever. But if you can upgrade, that's the point of a team game."

In response, the Bulldogs landed a commitment from Stanford quarterback K.J. Costello -- a two-time Pac-12 all-Academic honorable mention, a second team all-conference honoree in 2018 and a former Cardinal team captain. Costello is the most experienced option of the four scholarship quarterbacks MSU currently carries. In 28 career games at Stanford, he completed 495 of 791 passes for 6,151 yards and 49 touchdowns to just 18 interceptions. His best year in a Cardinal uniform came as a sophomore, throwing for 3,540 yards and 29 touchdowns while guiding his team to a 9-4 record. "He's one of those take-charge guys -- very dedicated, competitive," former Santa Margarita High School head coach Rick Curtis said of his one-time signal-caller. "One of the great things about him is he really could rally his teammates around him. He liked that role, and they kind of gravitated toward him." While Costello has yet to arrive on campus, there shouldn't be much competition from those already enrolled at MSU for the starting job. - The Dispatch

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QB K.J. Costello, Mississippi State
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05/07/20 - *Martin Emerson, Jr/2022, Mississippi State, 6-2, 203 (DS#14 CB) + More +

Replacing a two-year starter is never easy. Replacing one as productive as Cameron Dantzler is even more difficult. With Dantzler now off to the professional ranks after being selected in the third round of the NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, cornerbacks coach Darcel McBath will be tasked with replacing his production and leadership come fall, though he boasts a host of youthful options to do so. Most notably, sophomores Martin Emerson Jr. and Jarrian Jones will see increases in their playing time after standout freshman campaigns in coach Joe Moorhead's final year at the helm. Emerson profiles much the same way Dantzler did given his lanky 6-foot-2, 195-pound frame. - The Dispatch

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CB *Martin Emerson, Mississippi State
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05/03/20 - Tommy Stevens, rSr/2020, Mississippi State, 6-4, 237 (DS#33 QB) + More +

Without a selection to make during the final day of this year's NFL draft, the New Orleans Saints and coach Sean Payton began turning their attention to the incoming undrafted free agent pool they would have to move on the moment the draft ended. When one of their desired players had a deal lined up elsewhere, the team sprung into action, Payton told reporters Thursday. The Saints began a dialogue with Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens and his agent, Buddy Baker. They quickly discovered Stevens had a deal lined up with the Carolina Panthers. Letting Stevens go to a NFC South division rival wasn't going to sit well with Payton, although the quarterback's motivations made sense. He had worked with Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady, then a graduate assistant, at Penn State, where Stevens had started his collegiate career. "It became my project," Payton said, per ESPN. "There's no way I was going to lose this kid."

Payton informed Baker the Saints would match Carolina's offer, then dangled $144,000 guaranteed. Stevens didn't budge. He wanted to honor the verbal commitment he had made to the Panthers. So Payton pulled off a maneuver that took the situation out of Stevens' hands. The Saints dealt a sixth-round selection in next year's draft for the 240th overall pick. Payton said he texted Brady, his former assistant and former LSU passing game coordinator, "Not so fast." At No. 240, the Saints chose Stevens. He then texted Stevens. - The Clarion Ledger

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QB Tommy Stevens, Mississippi State
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03/28/20 - Darryl Williams, rSr/2020, Mississippi State, 6-2, 304 (DS#4 C) + More +

Darryl Williams was the biggest body in the room. With a red and white Cat in the Hat cap resting on his head and a rotation of Dr. Seuss books nestled in his hands, the former Mississippi State center sat in a chair and read aloud while a couple dozen intrigued pupils peered at him. The students of Westhills Elementary School in Bessemer, Alabama, wore hats they crafted themselves out of construction paper to match Williams. They silently sat on a mat on the classroom floor while Williams recited lines of Seuss' most famous rhymes. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

Williams, a Bessemer native and a 2019 graduate of Mississippi State, is never shy to give back to his community. He made sure to be a part of Read Across America Day on March 2 even though it came the Monday after Williams had spent an entire week in Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine. He got up early after a grueling week of tests and drills to make it to Westhills. "Just seeing the kids' smiles, it's a big deal to me," Williams said. "It's truly been a blessing to be able to do the things that we do for the children growing up in the same place I grew up in." He went to three other schools within two weeks before they shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. Williams could no longer lend a helping hand in that environment. He had to find another way to continue performing charitable acts. - The Clarion Ledger

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C Darryl Williams, Mississippi State
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03/01/20 - *Cameron Dantzler, rJr/2020, Mississippi State, 6-2, 188 (DS#12 CB) + More +

2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Cameron Dantzler, CB, Mississippi State,...Lockdown, lengthy cornerback who was a two-year starter for the Bulldogs...One of the team leaders on defense...Added weight throughout career and became more physical and explosive...Appeared in 35 career games with 22 starts...Opted to forgo final season of eligibility and entered the 2020 NFL Draft...All-SEC second team as a sophomore in 2018...Elite in coverage during his last two seasons, allowing just 36 catches for 459 yards on 568 coverage snaps...One of the top tackling and pass-rushing cornerbacks in the nation...Totaled 108 career tackles, including 6.0 for loss and 1.5 sacks. - Mississippi State Football

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CB *Cameron Dantzler, Mississippi State
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03/01/20 - Darryl Williams, rSr/2020, Mississippi State, 6-2, 304 (DS#4 C) + More +

2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Darryl Williams, C, Mississippi State,...An elite, versatile offensive lineman who was an unquestioned team leader during his career...Three-year starter who played in 45 games with 38 starts (25 at left guard, 13 at center)...Voted one of five team captains for the 2019 season...Moved from left guard to center during spring ball prior to senior year, replacing second-round NFL Draft pick and All-American Elgton Jenkins. - Mississippi State Football

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C Darryl Williams, Mississippi State
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03/01/20 - Stephen Guidry, Sr/2020, Mississippi State, 6-3, 201 (DS#46 WR) + More +

2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Stephen Guidry, WR, Mississippi State,...A big-play threat who can stretch the field and strong target at the X spot...Possesses the size and speed to go up and make plays...Highly touted junior college prospect out of Hinds CC prior to MSU...Played in 25 career games with 14 starts...Finished with 49 receptions for 827 yards and eight touchdowns. - Mississippi State Football

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WR Stephen Guidry, Mississippi State
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