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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Mississippi State
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  Mississippi State football players are making their own foray into the name, image and likeness space. What dozens of Bulldogs teased Tuesday on social media launched Wednesday afternoon: the new Starkville NIL Club, a player-led fan community aimed at generating money to be distributed evenly across MSU's roster. More than 95 players are participating in the club, according to a joint statement tweeted out by countless MSU players slightly before 2 p.m. Tuesday. Fans must give $5 or more per month for a subscription to the club. Those who subscribe are slated to receive exclusive chat rooms; message boards; player-recorded content on past games, upcoming matchups, practice updates, film breakdowns and more; and opportunities for digital meet-and-greets, Q&As and interviews with players. - The Dispatch

rSr/2023 DT Cameron Young, Mississippi State
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  2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State, Junior CB,...In 2021, Forbes started all 13 games for the Bulldogs and totaled 60 tackles on the season, including 46 solo stops. He tallied 5.0 tackles for loss with one sack and led the team with three interceptions returned for a total of 33 yards. As a sophomore, Forbes led the State defense with five pass breakups while he also forced one fumble on the campaign. - Mississippi State Football

Jr/2023 CB *Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
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  2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Andrew Osteen - University of Central Florida,...Osteen (6-1, 180) is an american-grown punter who also kicked PATs and field goals in high school. (Enterprise, Ala.). His 42.2 yards average is second in UCF history. As a redshirt junior last season(2021), Osteen appeared in all 13 games; punted 71 times for 2,919 yards, an average of 41.1 yards per punt, putting 18 inside the 20-yard line and had 12 punts of 50 yards or more. In 2020 he punted 40 times for 1,756 yards for an average of 43.9 yards. Nine punts were inside the 20-yard line and eight of 50 or more yards. In high school he made 13 of 20 field goal tries and was 55 of 57 on PATs as a junior. - UCF Football

rSr/2024 P Andrew Osteen, Mississippi State
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  2022 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCHLIST: CB Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State,...Forbes enters the season as the active leader in career interceptions returned for touchdowns among FBS players. His three career pick-6's are the most in school history and also has him ranked second nationally in overall defensive touchdowns entering 2022. The 6-foot, 180-pounder from Grenada, Mississippi has appeared in all 24 games during his Bulldog career and drawn 22 starts. He has racked up 104 tackles across his two seasons including 5.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble, eight interceptions and 19 pass breakups. Forbes started every contest last fall and stacked up 60 tackles - 46 of which were solo stops. He also added five tackles behind the line of scrimmage, one sack and led the team with three interceptions, eight pass deflections and forced a fumble. - Mississippi State Football

Jr/2023 CB *Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
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  2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Andrew Osteen - University of Central Florida,...From Enterprise, Alabama, Osteen averaged 41.1 yards per punt in 2021 (42.2 in his career). His career totals for punts (168) and punting yards (7,083) both rank fourth all-time at UCF--and his career average is second. In 2021 he had 12 punts of at least 50 yards. - Central Florida Football

rSr/2024 P Andrew Osteen, Mississippi State
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  2022 PRESEASON RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCHLIST: LaQuinston Sharp, Mississippi State,...Sharp received an extra year of eligibility from the NCAA last December and will return to MSU for a sixth season of college football. He made the switch to center last offseason and started every game for the Bulldogs in 2021. - Mississippi State Football

rSr/2023 C LaQuinston Sharp, Mississippi State
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  2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Keyvone Lee (So.), Penn State,...Listed as a 2022 sophomore, Penn State running back Keyvone Lee (6-0, 234) lists his major as DUS, which means Division of Undergraduate Studies, which basically means he has not declared a major, although Penn State offers more than 160 choices. While he sorts that out, Lee is working the Covid era system so he is going into his third season as a sophomore. The school lists 2020 as his "true freshman" year and he appeared in nine games with three starts. So 2021 is listed as his freshman season (would that be an untrue freshman season?) and he played in 13 games with four starts, finishing with 530 yards rushing. Good enough to put him on watch lists while he ponders which of the 160 majors he may declare. - Penn State Football

rSr/2025 RB Keyvone Lee, Mississippi State
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-OHIO VALLEY FOOTBALL (COACHES): P Zach Haynes, Southeast Missouri,...Haynes, from Potosi, Missouri, repeated as a First-Team All-OVC pick last season. He was a semifinalist for the FCS Punter of the Year Award after averaging 41.2 yards per punt. Haynes ranked third in the OVC in punting and had a 76-yard punt (longest in the OVC and sixth-longest in the FCS). - Southeast Missouri Football

rSr/2025 P Zach Haynes, Mississippi State
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  Mike Leach will hold court shortly after lunchtime at 2022 Southeastern Conference Media Days on July 19 in Atlanta. The third-year Mississippi State head coach is set to hold his main media session at the College Football Hall of Fame/Omni Hotel from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the event's second day. Alabama coach Nick Saban, Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea and South Carolina coach Shane Beamer are also slated to speak to media that day. Mississippi State will bring three players to speak from 1:55 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Defensive lineman Jaden Crumedy and linebacker Nathaniel Watson will make their first appearances at media days; wide receiver Austin Williams will return for the second straight year. - The Dispatch

rSr/2024 DT Jaden Crumedy, Mississippi State
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  For the first time in Big 12 history, defending champion Baylor is the preseason pick to win the conference football title. In media voting released Thursday, Baylor received 17 first-place votes and 365 points to edge perennial favorite Oklahoma, which had 12 first-place votes and 354 points. The Sooners were followed by Oklahoma State, Texas and Kansas State. Baylor is coming off a 12-2 finish that included a dramatic Big 12 championship game win over Oklahoma State and a Sugar Bowl victory over Mississippi. The Bears placed five players on the preseason all-Big 12 team but will have to replace standout running backs Abram Smith and Trestan Ebner and will have a new quarterback. Blake Shapen emerged as the No. 1 quarterback over 2021 starter Gerry Bohanon this spring. - Dallas Morning News

rSr/2025 QB Blake Shapen, Mississippi State
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  Stone Blanton was an absolute coup for Beamer and the Gamecocks. It's hard to overstate how rare it is to snag kids like Blanton out of Mississippi when Ole Miss and Mississippi State are both involved in the recruiting process. But here we are. Blanton is a bit of an old-school thumper at linebacker, yet versatile enough that he was a two-sport standout in baseball and football in high school. He's had some injury issues in recent years, and that's part of why his recruiting ranking dropped from the high-200s to the low-300s, though he's still a four-star recruit in the 247Sports Composite that factors in all network rankings.

South Carolina has some needs at linebacker given the thin depth behind Brad Johnson and Sherrod Greene. Mo Kaba should be a big piece this fall. Debo Williams, too, came on strong at the end of last year and should factor into the equation. Blanton may not be in the regular mix at linebacker immediately, but he's a good bet to make an impact on special teams. Emmanwori is an absolute freak of an athlete and one who could find his way into the lineup if only because he's such a unicorn. The Irmo product recorded roughly a million tackles during his high school career - OK, I'm exaggerating a bit - and could see time at just about any position from edge to safety at the college level. - Rock Hill Herald

Jr/2026 ILB Stone Blanton, Mississippi State
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  Kansas State linebacker transfer Branden Jennings has received a waiver from the NCAA for immediate eligibility to play this season at UCF, a team spokesperson confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel on Friday night. Jennings, who began his college career at Maryland, was a 4-star linebacker out of Sandalwood in Jacksonville during the 2021 recruiting cycle. While athletes are allowed to transfer without sitting out a season thanks to the one-time transfer rule approved by the NCAA in April 2021, Jennings needed special clearance because he had changed schools once before.

After a freshman season in the Big Ten with the Terrapins in which Jennings totaled 23 tackles (17 solo), 1 tackle for loss and forced a fumble in eight games, he entered the NCAA transfer portal in November. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound linebacker spent the spring semester at Kansas State before entering the portal a second time in April. Last month following a visit to campus, Jennings committed to the Knights and enrolled for the summer as UCF became his third college in less than two years. - Orlando Sentinel

rJr/2026 OLB Branden Jennings, Mississippi State
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  Mississippi State football added to its secondary Monday night when defensive back Jordan Morant announced his commitment. The Michigan transfer defensive back is headed to Starkville after two seasons with the Wolverines. He appeared in eight games last season and recorded one tackle. He redshirted his freshman season of 2020. Morant attended Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey. He was a four-star prospect, according to the 247Sports composite. - The Clarion Ledger

rSr/2025 SS Jordan Morant, Mississippi State
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  After going through the NCAA transfer portal process for a second time, Branden Jennings has finally settled on a destination. The linebacker announced he will be playing for head coach Gus Malzhan and the UCF Knights during the 2022 season. Jennings played last year with the Maryland Terrapins as a true freshman but left the program in favor of the Kansas State Wildcats. By the time mid-April came around, Jennings reentered his name in the transfer portal for the second time in the same cycle. Now, the Jacksonville, FL native will return to his home state of play for UCF. Jennings played in eight games last season with Maryland, having 23 tackles, a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble. He left the program after the year finished and went through spring practice with the Wildcats. - Orlando Sentinel and On3

rJr/2026 OLB Branden Jennings, Mississippi State
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  Poised for a 2022 standout season: Placekicker Massimo Biscardi is a transfer from Coastal Carolina at a position where the Bulldogs had significant issues. Biscardi was 46 of 57 in four seasons with Coastal Carolina and made at least one kick of 50-plus yards each year. - AP College Football

rSr/2023 K Massimo Biscardi, Mississippi State
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