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Mississippi ranks No. 1 in producing male pro athletes

Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:22 pm
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
11017 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:22 pm
We good
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Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
111633 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:33 pm to
Yall certainly have a lot of championships to show for it.
Posted by crimsoncoded94
Georgiana
Member since Aug 2025
3290 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:35 pm to
Hungry. Coming from nothing still matters.
Posted by Pipes9870slu
Member since Jul 2026
81 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:36 pm to
Damn. I meam i guess you need to get a coach or athletic director who can start retaining talent?
Posted by ManBearSharkReb
Member since Dec 2018
8282 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:38 pm to
We need to combine schools and dunk on lsu even harder.
Posted by Hailstate8
Member since Aug 2014
364 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:40 pm to
This is honestly true. Having two SEC teams that despise each other in the same small state is killer. If there was just one, it would be a really dominate team.
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
11017 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:41 pm to
quote:

We need to combine schools and dunk on lsu even harder.

To be honest we should've listened to Bilbo in the 1920's, and his "Wisconsin Plsn" which wanted to put one big university in Jackson(could've found somewhere better). State and Ole Miss alums in the legislature shot it down, but from a sports view we'd be dominant in all three sports if this would've happened.
Posted by vidtiger23
Member since Feb 2012
10670 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:11 pm to
Eh don’t get crazy now. MS produced athletes fine based on demographics, but this is on a per capita basis. They still don’t produce tremendously when looking at the top states. Louisiana who’s not exactly way at the top had almost double the nfl guys last year.
Posted by cyarrr
Prairieville
Member since Jun 2017
4392 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

We need to combine schools and dunk on lsu even harder.


Ole Miss/MSU’s 76-143 record against LSU







Posted by BebeLudwig7
Denham Springs
Member since Mar 2026
590 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:30 pm to
We pissed them boys off so bad by taking their coach that they’re willing to make a truce with their in state rival lmao
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Member since Dec 2019
76058 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:30 pm to
Looking at the top 10 (per 247) from last year:

#1 and #2 went to Tennessee.

#3 and #10 went to State.

#4 and #8 went to Alabama

#5 and #6 went to Ole Miss.

#7 went to Auburn.

#9 went to A&M.

So only 4 of their top 10 recruits went to Ole Miss or State.

Looking at 2027, 3 are committed to Ole Miss and 1 to State.
Posted by KingSooner2026
Member since Jun 2026
88 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:13 pm to
Good article, had no idea
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
10527 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:19 pm to
The state with the most black folks per capita has the most professional athletes per capita, imagine that.
Posted by KingSooner2026
Member since Jun 2026
88 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:20 pm to
True, but still kind of amazing. If they only had the money to keep them in-state
Posted by Tenn grad LSU fan
Woulhuntdn't you like to know spazz
Member since Apr 2023
1461 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:23 pm to
You friends and boys boyfriends
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
10527 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

True, but still kind of amazing. If they only had the money to keep them in-state



In terms of total number of black people, Mississippi has the eighth-most black people in the SEC footprint.

UGA is the one that should really be racking up. Three times as many black people as Missisippi and no real in-state competition.
Posted by Lucado
Member since Nov 2023
5336 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 9:59 pm to
quote:

So only 4 of their top 10 recruits went to Ole Miss or State.

Looking at 2027, 3 are committed to Ole Miss and 1 to State.


Posted by RaginAstros
Member since Apr 2017
1744 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 10:02 pm to
Per Capita, Louisiana produces a lot more....FACTS.....
Posted by KingSooner2026
Member since Jun 2026
88 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 10:11 pm to
True about Georgia, at least you got that back-2-back
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
3131 posts
Posted on 7/16/26 at 10:12 pm to
quote:

#1 and #2 went to Tennessee.


Mississippi is just land Tennessee didnt want. Louisiana is land no one wanted
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