Question about Ole Miss and State in-state recruiting

Mullen came in with the plan of building a team with mostly MS talent. Ole Miss stepped up their game for in-state talent to match that focus. Result A: Harder for out-of-state schools to swoop in and grab talent. Result B: USM collapse.

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our top talent went to either Alabama or LSU

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These two schools are more of a fad now and get what they want nationally more so than ever. Thanks to social sedia, the SEC and the south in general are better percieved than 10 years ago to people from across the country.

The epic fail of the Big 10, Miami, ND etc also fuels the Alabama LSU recruiting machine..


We are improving as a whole along with the rest of the SEC, but I don't thing the big schools are drawing as hard as they once did on Mississippi players who know they'll get immediate playing time / fandom at OM / MSU..

Percentage of four-star or greater Mississippi prospects to sign with in-state schools since 2009 (beginning of Moffan Era)
2009
Mississippi State - 6/11 (55%)
Alabama - 2/11 (18%)
Florida State - 1/11 (9%)
Ole Miss - 1/11 (9%)
Southern Miss - 1/11 (9%)
2010
Mississippi State - 4/9 (44%)
Ole Miss - 3/9 (33%)
Auburn - 1/9 (11%)
LSU - 1/9 (11%)
2011
Ole Miss - 6/10 (60%)
Alabama - 1/10 (10%)
Auburn - 1/10 (10%)
LSU - 1/10 (10%)
Mississippi State - 1/10 (10%)
2012
Mississippi State - 2/4 (50%)
Ole Miss - 1/4 (25%)
Southern Miss - 1/4 (25%)
2013
Ole Miss - 3/5 (60%)
Auburn - 1/5 (20%)
Mississippi State - 1/5 (20%)
2014
Ole Miss - 4/7 (57%)
Mississippi State - 2/7 (29%)
LSU - 1/7 (14%)

TOTALS
Ole Miss - 18/46 (39.1%)
Mississippi State - 16/46 (34.8%)
Alabama - 3/46 (6.5%)
Auburn - 3/46 (6.5%)
LSU - 3/46 (6.5%)
Southern Miss - 2/46 (4.4%)
Florida State - 1/46 (4.4%)







TL;DR version: tLandmass has signed 34/46 (73.9%) of our homegrown, four-star or greater recruits since 2009. While that figure is high, it must be higher if we want both programs to return to regional dominance.






For comparison purposes: Alabama
Alabama - 35/67 (52.2%)
Auburn - 21/67 (31.3%)
Florida State - 4/67 (6.0%)
Ole Miss - 2/67 (3.0%)
Clemson - 1/67 (1.5%)
Florida - 1/67 (1.5%)
Georgia Tech - 1/67 (1.5%)
LSU - 1/67 (1.5%)
Vanderbilt - 1/67 (1.5%)

The Alabama schools have signed 56/67 (83.6%) of their homegrown, four-star or greater talent since 2009.

I edited the post to provide some comparative figures, albeit with Alabama and Auburn.