The "Mississippi State roster is full of 2 and 3 stars" myth...

Most are ignorant when it comes to State, and think of them as the MSU of the 2000s, rather than a program that has gone to 8 bowl games in a row during a historically strong period for the SEC West.

The Mullen Playbook is to sign every blue chip Mississippi prospect we can get (Ole Mi$$ has made this difficult lately), grab the occasional out of state 4*, sprinkle in 4* MS JUCO guys, and fill the rest of the class in with overlooked high 3 star LA, Alabama, Florida, Texas, etc. guys.

Here is the MSU Defensive 2-deep, with their highest recruiting ranking and national positional ranking from the 3 recruiting services.

Defensive End:
1. Fletcher Adams (RS.S0)- 4* - #12 SDE
2. Kobe Jones (RS.FR)- 4* - #23 DT

Nose Tackle:
1. Jefferey Simmons (SO)- 5* - #2 SDE
2. Braxton Hoyett (RS.JR)- 3* - #65 DT

Defensive Tackle:
1. Cory Thomas (RS.JR)- 3* - #24 SDE
2. Tre Brown (RS.JR)- 3* - #8 DT(JC)

Outside Linebacker:
1. Marquiss Spencer (SO)- 4* - #19 WDE
2. Montez Sweat (JR)- 4* - #3 DE(JC)

Middle Linebacker:
1. Dez Harris (RS.SR)- 3* - #87 ATH
2. Erroll Thompson (RS.FR)- 4* - #15 ILB

Middle Outside Linebacker:
1. Leo Lewis (RS.SO)- 4* - #1 ILB
2. Willie Gay (FR)- 4* - #4 OLB

Outside Linebacker:
1. Gerri Green (RS.JR)- 4* - #20 OLB
2. Traver Jung (RS.SR)- 4* - #2 OLB(JC)

Cornerback:
1. Lashard Durr (SR)- 3* - #3 CB(JC)
2. Jamal Peters (JR)- 4* - #2 Safety

Safety:
1. Mark Mclaurin (JR)- 4* - #12 Safety
2. JT Gray (SR)- 3* - #47 ATH

Safety:
1. Brandon Bryant (RS.JR)- 3* - #47 Safety
2. Jonathan Abram (JR)- 4* - #2 Safety(JC)

Cornerback:
1. Tolando Cleveland (RS.SR)- 3* - #44 CB
2. Chris Rayford (RS.JR)- 3* - #38 CB


That's 13 Four-star plus guys on MSU's defensive two deep. 10 of our 14 front 7 two-deepers were 4-star plus guys.

This defense is not "made up of 2 and 3 star guys". Not to mention high 4 star guys Chauncey Rivers(Former UGA player) and Brian Cole(former Michigan player) that enrolled in December from Last Chance U(EMCC) only to be ruled academically ineligible last month, they will redshirt and be Juniors next year.

This defense can match up talent wise against any team in the country. It is no coincidence that MSU's has the #1 D as well as the #1 defensive efficiency in the country.

Gonna be a good game with LSU, between two of the top five SEC teams, winner will almost certainly have a 10 win regular season.