Some recruitments move fast. Some feel like a race to beat the next offer. And then there are the ones like Jaiwon Williams’ process, where a talented player is in no rush and wants to actually think through what comes next.
No. 6 Mississippi State may have its weekend rotation set for the rest of the season. Once again, the Bulldogs will send out Ryan McPherson, Tomas Valincius and Duke Stone to start each game of the weekend series against Vanderbilt.
Some nights are about style points. Wednesday was not one of those nights. Mississippi State just needed to win, settle in and move forward. The Bulldogs did exactly that with a 4-0 shutout of UAB, and the fact that Alyssa Faircloth turned in one of the best outings of her career was more of a pleasant extra than the main storyline.
Mississippi State’s roster for spring practices is set, but more players might be added before the 2026 season’s roster is finalized. Bulldogs’ coach Jeff Lebby certainly left the door open for a few more players to be added before next August at his first spring press conference.
Ask any Mississippi State fan what’s the one position group that needs the most improvement and they’ll all have the same answer: the offensive line. Bulldog quarterbacks were sacked 45 times last season, third-most in the entire nation.
No. 11 Mississippi State closes out its homestand on Wednesday night with a familiar midweek opponent rolling back into town. UAB is in for a 7 p.m. first pitch on SEC Network, and the Bulldogs are looking to keep things steady before heading back into SEC play this weekend.
Mississippi State will get one of its biggest 2027 targets back on campus this summer. Poplarville defensive lineman Sam LeJeune has locked in an official visit with the Bulldogs for June 19-21, giving Jeff Lebby’s staff a prime window to make its case before the season arrives.
Recruiting junior college players is always a little different. You’re dealing with guys who have already played against grown men, already taken real snaps, already figured out how to survive in a game that moves a whole lot faster than high school ball.
Midweek games aren’t supposed to tell you much, but they can remind a team of who it is. After Mississippi State dropped its first SEC series of the season at Arkansas, a clean, low‑stress night at the park wasn’t the worst thing to have on the schedule.
No. 6 Mississippi State finally returns to Dudy Noble Field on Tuesday at 4 p.m. to start a five game homestand and Jackson State is up first. With it being St.
If you thought golfing with golf recruits on an official golf visit is okay with the NCAA, think again. Because a round of golf cost $150, Mississippi State recruits who played for free on an official visit were required to donate $90, the amount exceeding the NCAA’s $60 entertainment limit, to charity.
In a move that could reshape recruiting for Mississippi universities, state lawmakers have passed legislation that would exempt NIL earnings from state income taxes.