2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL GAME 1 NOTES Dan Mullen Era • Winningest 6-Year Stretch in MSU History • 6 Straight Bowl Games • 21 NFL Draft Picks • 11 All-Americans • 2 National Scholars September 3, 2016 GAME 1: MSU VS. SOUTH ALABAMA 11 a.m. CDT • SEC Network Mississippi State South Alabama Starkville, Miss. Record 9-4 (4-4 SEC, T5th SECW in ‘15) Record 5-7 (3-5 Sun Belt, T5th Sun Belt in ‘15) Davis Wade Stadium (61,337) Streak W1 Streak L3 Ranking NR Associated Press Ranking NR Associated Press SCHEDULE (0-0, 0-0 SEC) RV Amway Coaches NR Amway Coaches DATE OPPONENT TV TIME (CT) Head Coach Dan Mullen Head Coach Joey Jones SEPTEMBER (0-0) Career Record 55-35 (.611)/eighth year Career Record 45-22/ninth year 3 South Alabama SECN 11 a.m. MSU Record same USA Record 42-35/eighth year 10 South Carolina * ESPN/2 6 p.m. Mullen vs. USA 2-0 Jones vs. MSU 0-2 17 at LSU * ESPN/2 6 p.m. 24 at UMass (Foxborough) ESPN3 2:30 p.m. OCTOBER STORYLINES 8 Auburn * TBA TBA MSU Opens 117th Football Season At Home Against South Alabama 14 at BYU (Fri.) ESPN 9:15 p.m. MSU begins its 117th year of football as the Bulldogs host South Alabama at 11 a.m. CT Saturday in Davis 22 at Kentucky * TBA TBA Wade Stadium live on SEC Network, WatchESPN.com and the Watch ESPN app. 29 Samford TBA TBA Dan Mullen, the 2014 Maxwell Football National and SEC AP Coach of the Year, owns the highest NOVEMBER winning percentage (.611) at MSU since College Football Hall of Famer Allyn McKeen from 1939-48 5 Texas A&M * TBA TBA (.764, min. 3 seasons). Mullen enters 2016 as the third-longest tenured SEC coach at his current school 12 at Alabama * TBA TBA behind only Les Miles (12) and Nick Saban (10). Mullen has guided the Bulldogs to the winningest six-year 19 Arkansas * TBA TBA stretch in school history (50-28) and back-to-back seasons of at least nine victories for the first time. MSU 26 at Ole Miss * TBA TBA was 32-65 in the eight years prior to Mullen’s arrival. He is the third-longest tenured MSU coach all-time. COACHING STAFF MSU is 82-32-2 all-time in season-openers, 51-15-1 in openers at home and 6-1 under Dan Mullen. Since the start of 2014, MSU is the SEC’s third-winningest team with a 19-7 mark (Alabama 1, UGA 2). On the Sideline (Year at MSU) MSU leads the all-time series with USA, 2-0. The two teams last met in Mobile on Sept. 13, 2014 (35-3). Dan Mullen, head coach (8th) State returns 41 letterwinners (16 offense, 22 defense, 3 specialists). The Bulldogs return a combined Brian Baker, defensive line (1st) 168 career starts (91 on offense, 77 on defense), including 59 on the offensive line. Terrell Buckley, cornerbacks (1st) Six of MSU’s top seven tacklers from a year ago and 70 percent of the Bulldogs’ tackle production from Billy Gonzales, co-offensive coordinator/WRs (4th) last year returns. That includes preseason All-SEC Sr. LB Richie Brown, who is the first 100-tackle player John Hevesy, co-offensive coordinator/OL (8th) to return for MSU since now NFL standout Benardrick McKinney in 2013. Greg Knox, running backs/special teams (8th) Sr. WR Fred Ross, a Biletnikoff Award candidate and first-team All-SEC recipient, has recorded at Peter Sirmon, defensive coordinator/LBs (1st) least 100 yards receiving in four out of his last five games dating back to last season. Ross is one 100-yard game shy of tying the MSU career record of David Smith, who had eight from 1968-70. Ross broke the In Th e Booth (Year at MSU) MSU single-season record for catches last year with 88. For his career, he has hauled in 127 passes (sixth Brian Johnson, quarterbacks (3rd) in MSU history) for 1,611 yards (10th in MSU history) and 10 touchdowns (10th in MSU history). Maurice Linguist, safeties (1st) MSU will have a new starter under center for the first time since the 2013 season. Dak Prescott, now Scott Sallach, tight ends (8th) the starting QB for the Dallas Cowboys, started the last 27 games for MSU dating back to ‘13 Liberty Bowl. Four new assistant coaches will make their MSU debut, including new defensive coordinator Peter RETURNING STAT LEADERS Sirmon. Sirmon comes to MSU after serving as the associate head coach/linebackers coach at USC. Passing: Fitzgerald (11-14, 235 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT) Sr. DE A.J. Jefferson, a Ted Hendricks Award candidate, anchors the defensive line. Jefferson has Rushing: Holloway (92 att., 413 yds, 0 TD) started 13 career games and has recorded 24.5 tackles for loss, which is ninth in MSU history. Receiving: Ross (88 rec.*, 1007 yds, 5 TD) MSU was picked to finish seventh in the SEC West in the media poll. The Bulldogs have finished Tackles: Ri. Brown (109 tackles, 13 TFL, 6.5 sacks) higher than where the media poll picked them in four straight years. * - denotes school record So. S Brandon Bryant, preseason All-SEC, is back after a team-high three interceptions last year. AIRWAVES BY THE NUMBERS MSU Sports Radio Network 127 35-16 Jim Ellis, play-by-play Career catches by Fred Ross, which leads all active Dan Mullen’s record in Davis Wade Stadium, Matt Wyatt, analyst SEC players (next closest: Reynolds, A&M 103) including 17 straight wins over non-conference John Correro, sideline teams at home 11 Satellite Radio Consecutive wins over non-conference teams by 14 Sirius Channel 113, XM Channel 190 MSU during the regular season 100-yard receiving games by MSU players in the last three years, including school-record 7 in ‘15 SEC Network Dave Neal, play-by-play 5 Matt Stinchcomb, analyst MSU is one of five SEC teams who have been to a 3 Olivia Harlan, analyst bowl every season this decade (Alabama, Georgia, Players on the roster who have graduated (Richie LSU and Texas A&M the others) Brown, Justin Senior, Devon Desper)
Facebook.com/HailStateFB @HailStateFB HAILSTATE.COM @HailStateFB Hail State Snap FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES Coach Dan Mullen MSU Players/Assistant Coaches Monday Press Conference Monday Post Practice Coach Dan Mullen will conduct his weekly press conference at 1 p.m. Offensive players and offensive assistant coaches are available by request Monday in the media room at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex (third following Monday’s practice in the media room at the Seal Football floor). The press conference can also be seen live on SEC Network+ via Complex. Please email all player/assistant coach requests to Bill Martin WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app. Open week Monday (Sept. 26), ([email protected]) and Andrew Piper (APiper@athletics. there will not be a press conference. On-demand video (FTP) and quotes msstate.edu) 24 hours in advance. will be available later that afternoon. Tuesday Post Practice SEC Teleconference Defensive players and defensive assistant coaches, including defensive Coach Dan Mullen will join the league’s other 13 coaches on the SEC’s coordinator Peter Sirmon, are available by request following Tuesday’s weekly Wednesday teleconference. Mullen’s 10-minute segment is sched- practice in the media room at the Seal Football Complex. Please email uled from 11:50 a.m.-12 p.m. CT. The teleconference phone number can all player/assistant coach requests to Bill Martin (BMartin@athletics. be obtained by contacting the SEC or the MSU Media Relations Office. msstate.edu) and Andrew Piper ([email protected]) 24 hours in advance. Postgame Coach Dan Mullen’s postgame press conference for home games will be Postgame held on the second floor of the Seal M-Club Center at the south end of Player requests for postgame interviews will be taken in the fourth Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mullen’s press conference may also quarter. For home games, players will be available following Coach Dan be viewed in the press box on the MSU TV Center channel on press box Mullen’s press conference in the Seal M-Club Center. For road games, television monitors. For road games, Mullen’s postgame press conferences players will available after Mullen’s press conference outside the locker will be held in the visiting interview room or outside the locker room. room. The locker room is off limits to the media. MSU players may not be approached on the field following games for interviews. MSU DawgTalk Coach Dan Mullen’s weekly, one-hour call-in radio show airs live at 7 p.m. CT each Thursday during the season from The Veranda in Starkville. It can be heard on 100.9 FM in Starkville, for free at HailState.com or via the TuneIn app.
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@HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB DAN MULLEN 2014 NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR • 2014 AP SEC COACH OF THE YEAR EIGHTH SEASON • @COACHDANMULLEN No one has had more of a profound impact Prescott became the highest drafted MSU quar- on shaping Mississippi State football into a terback in modern NFL Draft history, going in national contender than Dan Mullen. The 2014 the 2016 fourth round to the Dallas Cowboys. National and Southeastern Conference Coach He joined a long line of Mullen developed sig- of the Year, Mullen begins his eighth season nal callers to be selected in the NFL Draft: Josh in Starkville after guiding the Bulldogs into Harris (Bowling Green), Omar Jacobs (Bowling unprecedented territory. That includes the fast- Green), Alex Smith (Utah) and Tim Tebow est ascent from unranked to No. 1 in college (Florida). football history and the winningest two-year MSU’s five draft picks in 2015 were the stretch at State ever. most through the first six rounds of a draft in In an era of coaching transactions, Mullen school history and the most overall in a draft has created stability and success at MSU while since a school-record five went in 1995. In the playing in college football’s toughest division. last six NFL Drafts, the Bulldogs have produced He enters the 2016 season as the SEC’s third- seven first- or second-round picks. In the eight longest tenured current head coach behind only drafts prior to Mullen’s arrival, MSU did not LSU’s Les Miles (12th year) and Alabama’s Nick have any. PERSONAL Saban (10th year). In 2015, the Bulldogs celebrated another Birthdate: April 27, 1972 Mullen has produced three seasons of at nine-win season highlighted by four road victo- Age: 44 least nine victories in the last six years, includ- ries, a first since 1994. MSU put up a Belk Bowl Hometown: Manchester, N.H. ing the school’s first back-to-back nine-win record 569 yards of total offense to cap the year seasons in 2014 and 2015. To put in perspective, with a 51-28 win over NC State. For the first Education: 1994 – Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise there were only four nine-win seasons at State time since 1978, MSU produced a first-team and Sport Science from Ursinus College; 1996 – in the 109 years prior to Mullen’s arrival. All-SEC quarterback and wide receiver in the Master’s Degree in Education from Wagner Bowl games have become the norm at State same season. College under Mullen’s guidance. Prior to his arrival, The 2014 season was arguably the best in Wife: Megan the school record for consecutive bowl game school history as Mullen’s group won 10 regular Children: Canon and Breelyn Elisabeth appearances was three from 1998-2000. MSU season games for the first time and 10 overall is currently on a stretch of a school-record six for just the third time. The Bulldogs claimed COACHING EXPERIENCE straight bowl appearances with its most recent six SEC wins -- the most by MSU since 1999 2009-p Mississippi State (Head Coach) triumph coming against NC State in the 2015 -- while finishing second in the difficult SEC 2005-08 Florida (Offensive Coordinator/ Belk Bowl. No one has been to more bowl West. Mullen developed a team that went from games (six) or won more bowl games (four) at unranked to No. 1 quicker than any in college Quarterbacks) MSU than Mullen. football history (five weeks; Ohio State made 2003-04 Utah (Quarterbacks) No coach in school history had ever been a the move in six weeks in 1964). The Bulldogs 2001-02 Bowling Green (Quarterbacks) finalist for a national coach of the year honor entered Sept. 20 at eighth-ranked LSU just out- 1999-00 Notre Dame (Graduate Assistant until Mullen won the Maxwell Football Club’s side the polls. Following a dazzling display by Offense) National Coach of the Year award in 2014. He Prescott, MSU recorded its first victory in Tiger 1998 Syracuse (Graduate Assistant also claimed the Associated Press SEC Coach of Stadium since 1991. Offense) the Year award that same fall. On top of that, The Mullen’s created the Mullen Family 1996-97 Columbia (Wide Receivers) Mullen has shined in the Egg Bowl, owning a 36 Foundation, raising more than $325,000 for 1994-95 Wagner (Wide Receivers) 4-3 record against rival Ole Miss. The Bulldogs charity in the last four years. The foundation have shattered 100 individual and team sin- has impacted the lives of 36 different children’s BY THE NUMBERS gle-game, single-season and career statistical charities throughout the state of Mississippi records under Mullen. MSU has also produced and annually chooses a deserving student a col- 55 Overall wins (3rd in MSU history) a first-team All-America selection in five out of lege scholarship. Mullen crossed a bucket list 4 Bowl game victories (school record) the last six years. Meanwhile, the top six total item off in April 2016. Two days after coach- 6 Straight bowl games (school record) offensive seasons in school history have all ing in the Bulldogs’ spring game, he received a 4 Egg Bowl wins (3rd in MSU history) occurred in the Mullen era. sponsorship exemption through Adidas to run 21 NFL Draft picks since 2010 Player development has been key in the 120th Boston Marathon, which he com- 100 Statistical Records set in Mullen era Mullen’s seven previous seasons. Twenty-one pleted in 4:28:35. In the process, the Mullen 36 3 Wins over Top 10 teams (MSU record) Bulldogs have been chosen in the NFL Draft Family Foundation raised over $60,000 through 10 Weeks ranked in Top 10 (MSU record) under Mullen’s watch since 2010, including race donations. a combined eight in the last two years. Dak MSU WINNING PCT. (Min. 6 Yrs.) Coach Rec. Pct. MULLEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD 1. ^Allyn McKeen (1939-48) 65-19-3 .764 Year School Overall Record SEC Record Noteable 2. Dan Mullen (2009-p) 55-35 .611 2009 Mississippi State 5-7 3-5 def. #20 Ole Miss, 41-27 2010 Mississippi State 9-4 4-4 Gator Bowl champs, def. Mich. MSU WINNING PCT. SINCE 1938 2011 Mississippi State 7-6 2-6 Music City Bowl champs Coach Rec. Pct. 2012 Mississippi State 8-5 4-4 won fi rst seven games 1. ^Allyn McKeen (1939-48) 65-19-3 .764 2013 Mississippi State 7-6 3-5 Liberty Bowl champs, def. UM 2. Dan Mullen (2009-p) 55-35 .611 2014 Mississippi State 10-3 6-2 First No. 1 ranking, No. 11 Final AP 3. Murray Warmath (1952-53) 10-6-3 .605 2015 Mississippi State 9-4 4-4 Belk Bowl victory over NC State 4. ^Darrell Royal (1954-55) 12-8 .600 2016 Mississippi State 0-0 0-0 ^ - College Football Hall of Famer TOTALS 55-35 (.611) 26-30 (.464) @HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB SERIES HISTORY THE SERIES: MSU VS. SOUTH ALABAMA MSU leads, 2-0 State and South Alabama meet for the third time with all three meetings having occured in 9/22/2012: MSU, 30-10 at Starkville the Dan Mullen era ... The Bulldogs have won the previous two contests by a combined score 9/13/2014: MSU, 35-3 at Mobile, Ala. of 65-13 ... The two last met in Mobile, in the third game of the memorable 2014 campaign ... MSU is 28-3-2 all-time against current Sun Belt Conference squads: Arkansas State (15-0-1), at Starkville: MSU, 1-0 UL-Lafayette (3-1), UL-Monroe (4-1-1) and Troy (4-1) ... The Bulldogs have won six in a row at Mobile: MSU, 1-0 over the Sun Belt with their last loss coming on Oct. 13, 2001 against Troy in Starkville (21-9) ... Dan Mullen owns a 5-0 mark against the Sun Belt and MSU has outscored the Sun Belt 202-61 in that stretch ... 222 miles seperate the two campuses. THE LAST MEETING MSU 35 Sept. 13, 2014 • Ladd-Peebles Stadium South Alabama 3 Mobile, Ala. • 38,129
Billed as the biggest college football game ever played in Mobile, Dak Prescott scored two touch- downs -- one rushing, one receiving -- and threw for another to lead MSU past an upstart South Alabama team, 35-3, in the Bulldogs’ fi rst road game of the season. MSU was the fi rst SEC team to play in Mobile since 1968. Prescott threw for 201 yards and one score, connecting with Malcolm Johnson on a 15-yard strike for the game’s fi rst points. For the third time in his career, Prescott caught a touchdown pass as Jameon Lewis found him for a 24-yard touchdown on a trick play with 4:27 to go in the fi rst half. Prescott added a game-high 139 yards rushing, including a 40-yard touchdown in the third quarter to seal it. Josh Robinson added two touchdowns and 77 yards on the ground. Th e MSU defense put pressure on USA all game, racking up 10 tackles for loss and six sacks. Preston Smith continued his hot early season start with two sacks, a forced fumble and his second blocked fi eld goal of the year. Th e MSU defense forced three punts and three turnovers in the second stanza. Tolando Cleveland and Will Redmond registered interceptions, while Matt Wells and Benardrick McKinney tallied a team-high fi ve tackles apiece. McKinney recorded 1.5 tackles for loss and recovered the fumble forced by Smith. THE NOTEBOOK MORE NOTABLES • Spreading the wealth: In 10 of the 13 games last season and 19 of the 26 games in the last two seasons, MSU has had at least eight players catch a pass in a game. QUICK FACTS • Under Dan Mullen (since 2009), State is 50-1 when leading at the half and 50-1 when leading at the end of the third quarter. They have won 39 in a row when leading at the half. Location Starkville, Miss. • The Bulldogs have won 15 straight games when scoring first. The last loss in that scenario was Founded February 28, 1878 at South Carolina on Nov. 2, 2013. Nickname Bulldogs • MSU has put up at least 330 yards of total offense in 27 straight games, a streak that began in Enrollment 20,873 the 2014 Liberty Bowl against Rice. President Dr. Mark Keenum Athletics Director Scott Stricklin SEASON OPENERS Faculty Rep Dr. Steven Turner MSU is 82-32-2 all-time in season-openers and 51-15-1 in season-openers at home. Under Dan Conference Southeastern (West) Mullen, the Bulldogs are 6-1 in season-openers with the only setback to No. 13 Oklahoma State Colors Maroon and White to open 2013 in Houston. Under his direction, MSU is averaging 42.1 points in season-openers. Stadium Davis Wade Stadium The Bulldogs opened on the road last season at Southern Miss and won by a score of 34-16. MSU at Scott Field has won four home season-openers in a row. State is scheduled to open the 2017 season at home Capacity 61,337 against Charleston Southern on Sept. 2 next year. Constructed 1914 Playing Surface Hybrid Bermuda First Year Football 1895 MSU ONE OF THE SEC’S BEST SINCE 2014 Years of Football 117th Mississippi State is tied for third in the SEC for the best record since 2014 with a 19-7 mark. It’s All-Time Record 540-562-39 the winningest two-year stretch in program history and it occured during an era with the SEC All-Time SEC Record 185-352-12 West as college football’s most dominant division. All-Time Bowl Record 11-8 Top Records by SEC teams since start of 2014 season: Alabama - 26-3 Georgia - 20-6 Mississippi State - 19-7 Ole Miss - 19-7 LSU - 17-8 Florida - 17-9 Missouri - 16-10 Tennessee 16-10 Texas A&M - 16-10
@HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB MSU IS 29-5 IN NON-CONFERENCE GAMES UNDER MULLEN 2016 PLAYER HONORS The Bulldogs are 29-5 in all non-SEC games under Dan Mullen, including a 25-3 mark in the Richie Brown, Sr. LB regular season. The Bulldogs have won 11 consecutive regular season contests against non-confer- • Nagurski Trophy Watch List ence foes dating back to their Sept. 7, 2013, win against Troy. MSU’s last non-conference regular • Butkus Award Watch List season loss was to No. 13 Oklahoma State on Aug. 31, 2013. Under Mullen, the Bulldogs are 18-2 • Senior Bowl Watch List against non-SEC foes at home with both losses coming in his first season of 2009 (Georgia Tech, • All-SEC – Coaches (Third Team), Media Houston). State has won its last five games against non-conference opponents by at least 18 points. (Third Team), Athlon Sports (Third Team), Phil Steele (Fourth Team) MULLEN ERA: SUSTAINED SUCCESS, WINNINGEST STRETCH Dan Mullen enters the 2016 season as the SEC’s third-longest current tenured head coach and Brandon Bryant, So. S the third-longest tenured coach in MSU history. Mullen has guided the Bulldogs to the win- • All-SEC – Athlon Sports (Fourth Team), ningest six-year and two-year stretches in school history and he’s done it while playing in college Phil Steele (Fourth Team) football’s toughest division. Mullen is just 10 wins shy of College Football Hall of Famer Allyn McKeen, who won 65 games in nine years. Mullen enters year eight. Jamaal Clayborn, Sr. C Top 10 Winningest MSU Coaches (in terms of victories) • Rimington Trophy Watch List Head Coach Years Tenure Record Pct. • Senior Bowl Watch List 1. Jackie Sherrill 13 1991-2003 75-75-2 .500 • All-SEC – Athlon Sports (Fourth Team) 2. Allyn McKeen 9 1939-48 65-19-3 .764 3. Dan Mullen 7 2009-Present 55-35 .611 Brandon Holloway, RB/RS 4. Emory Bellard 7 1979-85 37-42 .468 • Paul Hornung Award Watch List 5. W.D. Chadwick 5 1909-13 29-12-2 .698 6. Wade Walker 6 1956-61 22-32-2 .411 • Doak Walker Award Candidate 7. Rockey Felker 5 1986-90 21-34 .382 • Wuerffel Trophy Watch List Sylvester Croom 4 2004-08 21-38 .356 • Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee Bob Tyler* 6 1973-78 21-44-2 .328 • All-SEC – Phil Steele (Second Team), 10. Ralph Sasse 3 1935-37 20-10-2 .656 Coaches (Third Team – as running back and Paul Davis 5 1962-66 20-28-2 .420 return specialist), Athlon Sports (Third Team)
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU? A.J. Jefferson, Sr. DE Senior linebacker Richie Brown is three tackles shy of 200 for his career. Last season, he was the • Ted Hendricks Award Watch List Bulldogs’ leading tackler with 109, becoming the first MSU player to collect 100 tackles since • Senior Bowl Watch List Cam Lawrence in 2012. That total ranked fifth in the SEC. The Long Beach, Miss., native is a • All-SEC – Coaches (Third Team), Media candidate for three national awards this season. He earned his undergraduate degree in industrial (Third Team), Athlon Sports (Fourth Team), technology in May 2016 with a 3.52 GPA and is currently pursuing his MBA. Phil Steele (Fourth Team)
“THE BOSS” FRED ROSS BREAKING RECORDS Fred Ross, Sr. WR Wide receiver Fred Ross elected to return for his senior year and is on the cusp of many MSU • Biletnikoff Award Watch List records. Ross, who missed the spring after undergoing groin surgery on March 9, shattered three • Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List school single-season records last year, including catches (88), 100-yard receiving games (5) and • Senior Bowl Watch List consecutive 100-yard games (4). • All-SEC – ESPN.com (First Team), Phil • Ross, who led the SEC in receptions per game last season (6.8), is tops among all active SEC Steele (First Team), Coaches (Second Team), players in career receptions: Media (Second Team), Athlon Sports (Second 1. Fred Ross, MSU - 127 Team) 2. Josh Reynolds, A&M - 103 3. Ricky Seals-Jones, A&M - 97 4. Calvin Ridley, Bama - 89 5. Ryan Timmons, UK - 89 6. Keon Hatcher, Ark - 86 7. Christian Kirk, A&M - 80 14 First-Team All-SEC honors produced by MSU MSU Career Receptions in the Dan Mullen era (since 2009; 8 offense, Player Rec. Years Yds. Avg. 6 defense) 1. David Smith 162 1968-70 2168 13.4 2. Chad Bumphis 159 2009-12 2270 14.3 3. Sammy Milner 146 1968-70 1806 12.4 4. Justin Jenkins 139 2000-03 1974 14.2 5. De’Runnya Wilson 133 2013-15 1758 13.2 6. Fred Ross 127 2013-p 1611 12.7 7. Terrell Grindle 119 1999-02 1724 14.5 2 8. Eric Moulds 118 1993-95 2022 17.1 National Football Foundation National- 9. Mardye McDole 116 1977-80 2214 19.1 Scholar Athletes produced by MSU in the Dan 10. Chris Smith 109 2009-12 1180 10.8 Mullen era ... Since 2010, MSU is tied for the SEC lead in number of NFF National Scholar- Athletes produced
@HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB BULLDOG TRENDS MSU Career Receiving Yards Player Yds. Years Rec. 2016 Mullen Streak 1. Chad Bumphis 2270 2009-12 159 August 0-0 1-1 L1 2. Mardye McDole 2214 1977-80 116 September 0-0 18-8 W2 3. David Smith 2168 1968-70 162 October 0-0 20-8 W3 4. Eric Moulds 2022 1993-95 118 November 0-0 12-16 L1 5. Justin Jenkins 1974 2000-03 139 6. Sammy Milner 1806 1968-70 146 December-January 0-0 4-2 W1 7. Danny Knight 1773 1980-83 81 8. Terrell Grindle 1724 1999-02 119 MSU’s Conference Record... 9. Bill Buckley 1632 1971-73 102 at home 0-0 15-14 L1 10. Fred Ross 1611 2013-p 127 on the road 0-0 11-16 W2 MSU Career 100-Yard Receiving Games MSU’s Non-Conference Record... Player Games Years at home 0-0 18-2 W17 1. David Smith 8 1968-70 2. Fred Ross 7 2013-p on the road 0-0 7-0 W7 Chad Bumphis 7 2009-12 neutral 0-0 4-3 W1 Mardye McDole 7 1977-80 5. Justin Jenkins 6 2000-03 MSU vs. Ranked Opponents... Bill Buckley 6 1971-73 overall 0-0 6-29 L3 at home 0-0 3-15 L3 MSU Career Receiving Touchdowns on the road 0-0 3-11 L1 Player TDs Years Rec. 1. Chad Bumphis 24 2009-12 159 neutral 0-0 0-3 L3 2. De’Runnya Wilson 22 2013-15 133 vs. Top 10 0-0 3-13 L3 3. Justin Jenkins 17 2000-03 139 Eric Moulds 17 1993-95 118 MSU’s Record in Games... 5. Bill Buckley 14 1971-73 102 decided by 7 pts or less 0-0 14-9 W1 6. Jerry Bouldin 13 1987-90 78 decided by 3 pts or less 0-0 3-1 W1 Mardye McDole 13 1977-80 116 8. David Smith 12 1968-70 162 Road during the day 0-0 6-8 L2 9. Sammy Milner 11 1968-70 146 Road at night 0-0 12-8 W2 10. Fred Ross 10 2013-p 127 Home during the day 0-0 13-5 L1 Marcus Green 10 2007-12 60 Home at night 0-0 19-11 L1 Danny Knight 10 1980-83 81 Harper Davis 10 1945-48 46 MSU’s Record When Scoring... less than 20 points 0-0 5-20 L2 SPEEDSTER BRANDON HOLLOWAY BACK AT RUNNING BACK 20+ points 0-0 24-9 W1 Senior running back Brandon Holloway is back as the Bulldogs’ starting running back for the sec- 25+ points 0-0 44-8 W1 ond straight year. Holloway is one of only two FBS players returning in 2016 who registered at least 400 rushing yards, 300 receiving yards and 500 kickoff return yards a season ago, joining Stanford’s MSU’s Record When Allowing... Christian McCaffrey. For his career, Holloway has rushed for 745 yards on 145 carries with one 14 or fewer points 0-0 27-1 W18 rushing touchdown. 24 or fewer points 0-0 47-9 W6 25+ points 0-0 8-26 W1 QUARTERBACK BREAKDOWN MSU’s Record When... Three quarterbacks will see action in 2016, taking over for arguably the greatest player in program MSU scores first 0-0 38-8 W15 history in Dak Prescott. Prescott, who broke 38 school records, was the starter behind center for the Opponent scores first 0-0 17-27 L1 last three years. Leading after the 1st qtr 0-0 39-5 W19 • Damian Williams, a 6-foot-1, 229-pound senior, is MSU’s most experienced QB as he begins his Trailing after the 1st qtr 0-0 9-23 L1 fourth year with the program. Williams redshirted last season, played in six games as Dak’s backup Leading at halftime 0-0 50-1 W39 in 2014 and started one game as a true freshman when Dak was injured. Trailing at halftime 0-0 4-31 L7 • Nick Fitzgerald, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound sophomore, is the only QB to see action last season for Leading after the 3rd qtr 0-0 50-1 W22 State. Fitzgerald accounted for six touchdowns -- three passing and three rushing -- in a backup Trailing after the 3rd qtr 0-0 3-32 L1 role to Prescott last season. Fitzgerald was offered by only two schools coming out of Richmond Tied going into the 4th qtr 0-0 2-2 W3 Hill (Ga.) High School, MSU and Middle Tennessee State. Richmond Hill was an option style offense. MSU’s Record With... • Nick Tiano, a 6-foot-4, 239-pound redshirt freshman, will see his first career action in 2016. less than 300 yards 0-0 5-12 W1 Tiano was offered by Chattanooga and Miami (Fla.) coming out of Baylor School in Chattanooga, 400+ yards total offense 0-0 26-10 W1 Tenn. 500+ yards total offense 0-0 21-5 W4 600+ yards total offense 0-0 3-2 W2 NEW DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF less than 100 yards rush 0-0 4-8 L1 MSU welcomes a new defensive staff to the program led by defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon. 100+ yards rushing 0-0 21-11 W1 Sirmon arrived on campus earlier this year and went through a spring with the Bulldogs after two 150+ yards rushing 0-0 19-9 W2 seasons as the associate head coach and linebackers coach at USC. Sirmon is no stranger to the SEC. 200+ yards rushing 0-0 25-4 W13 250+ yards rushing 0-0 17-6 W8 His first full-time FBS job was as the linebackers coach at Tennessee in 2011. Longtime NFL veteran less than 200 yards pass 0-0 20-18 W1 assistant Brian Baker joins the staff as defensive line coach. He spent 19 years in the league, coaching 300+ yards passing 0-0 13-5 W2 eight Pro Bowlers. Baker returns to the college game for the first time since 1995 when he was the 350+ yards passing 0-0 5-1 W4 defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Georgia Tech. Mississippi native Terrell Buckley 400+ yards passing 0-0 1-1 W1 returns to his home state as the Bulldogs’ cornerbacks coach. Buckley, a Super Bowl champion, spent 450+ yards passing 0-0 1-1 W1 the past two seasons as the cornerbacks coach at Louisville. Maurice Linguist will serve as MSU’s safeties coach. Linguist was the defensive passing game coordinator at Iowa State from 2014-15.
@HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB RANKINGS USA TODAY COACHES BULLDOGS WEEK-BY-WEEK ASSOCIATED PRESS WK. AP COACHES RK. TEAM REC. POINTS RK. TEAM REC. POINTS Preseason NR RV 1 Alabama (33) 0-0 1469 1 Alabama (55) 0-0 1585 Week 2 (9/6) 2 Clemson (16) 0-0 1443 2 Clemson (7) 0-0 1524 3 Oklahoma (4) 0-0 1352 3 Oklahoma 0-0 1398 4 Florida State (4) 0-0 1325 4 Florida State (1) 0-0 1351 5 LSU (1) 0-0 1269 5 Ohio State 0-0 1321 6 Ohio State (1) 0-0 1224 6 LSU 0-0 1241 7 Michigan (1) 0-0 1147 7 Stanford 0-0 1149 8 Stanford 0-0 1029 8 Michigan 0-0 1062 9 Tennessee 0-0 1021 9 Notre Dame 0-0 1034 10 Notre Dame 0-0 1006 10 Tennessee 0-0 960 11 Ole Miss 0-0 718 11 Michigan State 0-0 901 12 Michigan State 0-0 710 12 Ole Miss 0-0 792 13 TCU 0-0 707 13 Houston 0-0 668 14 Washington 0-0 651 14 TCU 0-0 649 15 Houston 0-0 644 15 Iowa 0-0 579 16 UCLA 0-0 496 16 Georgia 0-0 525 17 Iowa 0-0 484 17 USC 0-0 468 18 Georgia 0-0 448 18 Washington 0-0 454 19 Louisville 0-0 447 19 Oklahoma State 0-0 426 20 USC 0-0 344 20 North Carolina 0-0 422 21 Oklahoma State 0-0 316 21 Baylor 0-0 383 22 North Carolina 0-0 283 22 Oregon 0-0 361 23 Baylor 0-0 280 23 Louisville 0-0 331 24 Oregon 0-0 218 24 UCLA 0-0 296 25 Florida 0-0 180 25 Florida 0-0 245 RV: Miami 159, Texas A&M 81, Utah 74, Washington St. RV: Miami (Fla.) 120; Wisconsin 82; Utah 73; Boise St. 68, Boise St. 49, San Diego St. 46, Wisconsin 42, Auburn 73; Wash. St. 47; Texas A&M 37; Texas 34; Arkansas 34; 22, Pittsburgh 15, Arkansas 14, Texas 12, Nebraska 11. Northwestern 31; Navy 30; Mississippi State 19. MISCELLANEOUS STATS TURNOVER CHART Forced by MSU Forced By Opponent Opponent Fum Int Tot Pts Off Margin Fum Int Tot Pts Off USA USC at LSU at UMass Auburn at BYU at Kentucky Samford Texas A&M at Alabama Arkansas at Ole Miss TOTALS REDZONE CHART
MSU Opponents Inside Run/ Score Inside Run/ Score Opponent 20 TD Pass TD Pct. FG Pct. Opponent 20 TD Pass TD Pct. FG Pct. USA USA USC USC at LSU at LSU at UMass at UMass Auburn Auburn at BYU at BYU at Kentucky at Kentucky Samford Samford Texas A&M Texas A&M at Alabama at Alabama Arkansas Arkansas at Ole Miss at Ole Miss TOTALS TOTALS @HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB REWRITING THE MISSISSIPPI STATE RECORD BOOKS IN THE DAN MULLEN ERA (2009-PRESENT)
individual and team single-game, single-season and career 100 statistical records have been broken in the Dan Mullen era.
Individual Single-Game (15 overall) Yards Per Kickoff Return – Leon Berry; 26.8 (2010) Rushing Yards – Anthony Dixon; 252 vs. Kentucky (2009) Interceptions – Corey Broomfi eld; 6 (2009) Yards Per Rush - Anthony Dixon; 7.6 vs. Kentucky (2009) Return Yards Per Interception – Johnthan Banks; 36.2 (2009) Total Off ense - Dak Prescott; 554 at Arkansas (2015) Interceptions Return Yards – Johnthan Banks; 145 (2009) Total Plays - Dak Prescott; 70 at Alabama (2014) Interceptions Returned for a Touchdowns – Johnthan Banks & Corey Broom- Touchdowns Responsible For - Dak Prescott; 7 at Arkansas (2015) fi eld; 2 (2009) Completions - Dak Prescott; 38 at Arkansas (2015) Completion Percentage - Dak Prescott; .769 vs. Texas A&M (2014) Team Single-Season (17 overall) Passing Yards - Dak Prescott; 508 at Arkansas (2015) Total Off ensive Yards – 6,679 (2014) Passing Touchdowns - Dak Prescott; 5 at Arkansas (2015) Total Plays – 1,001 (2014) Consecutive Attempts Without an INT - Dak Prescott; 52 vs. LSU (2015) Yards Per Play - 6.7 (2014) Receiving Yards - Jameon Lewis; 220 vs. Rice (2013) Per Game Off ense – 513.8 (2014) Receiving Touchdowns - Chad Bumphis; 3 vs. Troy (2012) Points Scored – 480 (2014) Interceptions - Richie Brown; 3 vs. Texas A&M (2014) Points Per Game - 36.9 (2014) Interception Return Yards - Johnthan Banks; 120 vs. Florida (2009) Most Off ensive Touchdowns – 60 (2014) Interception Touchdowns - Johnthan Banks; 2 vs. Florida (2009) Total First Downs – 334 (2014) Passing Yardage – 4,113 (2015) Team Single-Game (7 overall) Passing Yards Per Game – 316.4 (2015) Passing Attempts - 54 vs. LSU (2015) Completion Percentage – .662 (2015) Passing Completions - 34 vs. LSU (2015) Completions – 331 (2015) Completion Percentage - .800 vs. Memphis (2010) Passing Touchdowns – 31 (2014) Passing Yards - 508 at Arkansas (2015) Blocked Kicks – 4 (2014, 2015) Touchdown Passes - 5 at Arkansas (2015); vs. Georgia Tech (2014) Most PAT Kicks Made – 60 (2014) Total Plays - 100 vs. Arkansas (2010) 100-Yard Receiving Games - 8 (2015) Total Off ense - 645 at Memphis (2011) Tackles For Loss - 98 (2015) Individual Career (27) Individual Single-Season (34 overall) Rushing Attempts – Anthony Dixon; 910 (2nd in SEC history) Rushing Yards – Anthony Dixon; 1,391 (2009) Rushing Yards – Anthony Dixon; 3,994 (8th in SEC history) Rushing Yards by a Quarterback – Dak Prescott; 986 (2014) Rushing Yards by a Quarterback - Dak Prescott; 2,521 (3rd in SEC history) Rushing Yards Per Game – Anthony Dixon; 126.5 (2009) 100-Yard Rushing Games – Anthony Dixon; 17 100-Yard Rushing Games – Anthony Dixon; 8 (2009) Rushing Touchdowns – Anthony Dixon; 42 (7th in SEC history) Rushing Touchdowns – Vick Ballard; 19 (2010) All-Purpose Yards – Anthony Dixon; 4,443 Total Off ense – Dak Prescott; 4,435 (2014) Total Plays – Dak Prescott; 1,709 (4th in SEC history) Total Off ense Yards Per Game – Dak Prescott; 341.2 (2014) Total Off ense - Dak Prescott; 11,897 (3rd in SEC history) Touchdowns Responsible For – Dak Prescott; 41 (2014) Touchdowns Responsible - Dak Prescott; 114 (4th in SEC history) Passing Attempts – Dak Prescott; 477 (2015) Passing Attempts - Dak Prescott; 1,169 (19th in SEC history) Passing Completions – Dak Prescott; 316 (2015) Completions - Dak Prescott; 734 (12th in SEC history) Completion Percentage – Dak Prescott; .662 (2015) Completion Percentage – Dak Prescott; .628 (12th in SEC history) Passing Yards – Dak Prescott; 3,793 (2015) Consecutive Attempts Without an INT - Dak Prescott; 288 (3rd in SEC history) Passing Yards Per Game – Dak Prescott; 291.8 (2015) Passing Touchdowns – Dak Prescott; 70 (16th in SEC history) 200-Yard Passing Games – Dak Prescott; 12 (2014, 2015) Passing Yards - Dak Prescott; 9,376 (11th in SEC history) 300-Yard Passing Games - Dak Prescott; 7 (2015) 200-Yard Passing Games - Dak Prescott; 29 Passing Touchdowns – Dak Prescott; 29 (2015) 300-Yard Passing Games - Dak Prescott; 9 Passing Effi ciency – Dak Prescott; 151.7 (2014) 400-Yard Passing Games - Dak Prescott; 2 Consecutive Attempts Without an INT – Dak Prescott; 239 (2015) Passing Effi ciency – Dak Prescott, 146.1 (12th in SEC history) Consecutive Games with a Touchdown Pass - Dak Prescott; 13 (2014) Interception Percentage – Dak Prescott; .0196 (4th in SEC history) Receiving Touchdowns – Chad Bumphis; 12 (2012) Receiving Yards – Chad Bumphis; 2,270 Receptions - Fred Ross; 88 (2015) Receiving Touchdowns – Chad Bumphis; 24 (15th in SEC history) 100-Yard Receiving Games - Fred Ross; 5 (2015) Points – Anthony Dixon; 276 Points Scored – Vick Ballard; 120 (2010) Touchdowns Scored – Anthony Dixon; 46 (6th in SEC history) Touchdowns Scored – Vick Ballard; 20 (2010) Yards Per Kickoff Return – Leon Berry; 26.7 (6th in SEC history) PAT Kicks Attempted – Evan Sobiesk, 59 (2014) Kickoff Return Yards Per Game – Leon Berry; 84.6 PAT Kicks Made – Evan Sobiesk; 56 (2014) Kickoff Return Touchdowns – Leon Berry; 2 Most Kickoff Returns – Leon Berry; 38 (2009) Kickoff Return Yardage – Leon Berry; 1,015 (2009) Kickoff Return Touchdowns – Jameon Lewis; 1 (2012)
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OFFENSE Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Notable WR (X) 6 Donald Gray 5-10 204 Jr.-1L Played in 13 games (0 starts) in his first season ... Averaged a team-best 18.4 yards per catch 86 Jesse Jackson 6-2 211 So.-1L Third year with program ... Played in 12 games as a redshirt freshman ... Former 4-star recruit WR (H) 8 Fred Ross 6-2 205 Sr.-3L ‘16 Preseason First-Team All-SEC, ‘15 First-Team All-SEC ... School-record 88 catches last year 22 Malik Dear 5-9 220 So.-1L Contributed significantly as a true freshman with 327 total yards offense and 3 TDs 23 Keith Mixon 5-8 175 Fr.-RS Speedy redshirt freshman out of Birmingham ... Nickname “pocket rocket” by Fred Ross WR (Z) 5 Gabe Myles 6-0 195 Jr.-2L Local standout who has accounted for 3 TDs and 353 yds in his career ... 2x Academic All-SEC 18 Deddrick Thomas 5-9 188 Fr.-RS Set to see first action of his career after redshirting in ‘15 ... Memphis native who enrolled Dec. ‘14 LT 74 Elgton Jenkins 6-4 305 So.-1L Saw action in 11 games with three career starts - 2 at left tackle and 1 at right tackle -or- 55 Martinas Rankin 6-5 307 Jr.-RS Former JUCO All-American who redshirted in ‘15 ... Will see first career action LG 62 Devon Desper 6-4 305 Sr.-2L Accounting graduate who has started 15 games ... Moved from RG to LG in Belk Bowl 67 Michael Story 6-4 295 Fr.-RS Ripley, Miss., native who redshirted in his first season on campus last year C 60 Jamaal Clayborn 6-4 315 Sr.-2L Rimington Trophy candidate ... Owns 12 starts ... Led the squad in reg. season snaps last yr (848) 64 Jocquell Johnson 6-4 301 Sr.-SQ Saw action in 12 games as a backup center during his first season on the field in 2015 RG 61 Deion Calhoun 6-3 308 So.-1L Played in 13 games with one start as a redshirt freshman ... First start was in Belk Bowl (RG) 73 Darryl Williams 6-2 303 Fr.-RS Redshirt freshman who see his first action in 2015 ... 4-star recruit out of Bessemer City HS RT 58 Justin Senior 6-5 310 Sr.-3L Canadian native who is MSU’s most experienced OL with 26 career starts (25 RT, 1 LT) 75 Harrison Moon 6-4 290 Fr.-RS Redshirted as a true freshman ... Hails from Chattanooga, Tenn. (Signal Mountain HS) TE 81 Justin Johnson 6-3 239 So.-1L Played in 11 games as a true freshman ... Caught 5 passes for 41 yds & 1 TD ... Hoover HS star 82 Farrod Green 6-3 232 Fr.-RS Will make his collegiate debut ... First player at Wesson HS to be offered D1 scholarship in 35 yrs RB 10 Brandon Holloway 5-8 165 Sr.-3L Started final 8 games of 2015 at RB ... Rushed for 413 yds on 92 carries, 0 rush TD in ‘15 32 Ashton Shumpert 6-2 218 Sr.-3L Bruising RB who enters his 4th year ... For his career, 692 rush yards and 6 TDs ... 5 starts in ‘15 27 Aeris Williams 6-1 217 So.-1L Local product who was 4th on team in rushing in ‘15 ... Season-long 33 yard run in Belk Bowl QB 11 Damian Williams 6-1 229 Jr.-2L Veteran QB who has started 1 game - Egg Bowl as a true freshman in 2013 ... redshirted in 2015 -or- 7 Nick Fitzgerald 6-5 230 So.-1L Georgia native who was primary backup to Dak ... 11-of-14, 235 yds, 3 TD and 0 INT last year -or- 14 Nick Tiano 6-4 239 Fr.-RS Redshirted as true freshman in 2015 ... Top QB recruit in Tennessee for Class of 2015
DEFENSE STAR 12 J.T. Gray 6-0 197 Jr.-2L One of the strongest on the team ... Ranked 4th on team in tackles in ‘15 (74) ... 0 starts 28 DeAndre Ward 6-1 219 Sr.-2L Walk-on turn scholarship player ... Played in 28 career games ... Had 17 tackles last season 3 Traver Jung 6-3 229 Jr.-RS Redshirted last season ... 4-star JUCO recruit ... Former HS teammate with Gerri Green DT 49 Torrey Dale 6-6 277 Sr.-2L Fifth-year senior who has played in 26 games with no starts ... Notched nine tackles in 2015 -or- 34 Cory Thomas 6-5 313 So.-1L Strong preseason camp ... Played in eight games with no starts ... Collected three tackles NT 94 Nelson Adams 6-3 305 Sr.-3L Played in 39 games with three starts ... In 2015, had 25 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 fumble recovery TD 95 Braxton Hoyett 6-3 305 So.-SQ Saw action in 7 games during his redshirt season last year ... Owns four tackles DE 47 A.J. Jefferson 6-3 280 Sr.-3L Ted Hendricks Award Watch List ... Ranks 9th in MSU career TFL (24.5) ... Forced 5 career TOs 43 Fletcher Adams 6-2 274 Fr.-RS Younger brother of Nelson, who is set to make his collegiate debut after redshirting last year VIPER 16 Johnathan Calvin 6-3 272 Sr.-1L In just one year with the program, was imposing force with 27 tackles, 5.5 TFL and 1.5 sacks 42 Marquiss Spencer 6-3 270 Fr.-HS Promising true freshman who was a 4-star recruit at Greenwood ... Top 300 HS player MLB 39 Richie Brown 6-2 240 Sr.-3L Leading tackler in 2015 (109, 6th in SEC) ... Graduate who is pursuing MBA ... 3.52 undergrad GPA 46 Dez Harris 6-4 236 Jr.-2L Had at least 1 tackle in all 7 games he played in ‘15 ... Returns from torn ACL in left knee WLB 4 Gerri Green 6-4 248 So.-1L 2015 SEC All-Freshman Team ... Led all SEC Fr. LB in INTs (2) ... 5th among SEC Fr. in tackles -or- 44 Leo Lewis 6-2 230 Fr.-RS Making anticipated debut after redshirting ... Top inside LB recruit in 2015 ... Top 50 overall prospect CB 9 Jamoral Graham 5-10 183 Jr.-2L Converted from WR to CB in spring 2015 ... Had 21 tackles in 2015 ... Nickname is “Smokey” 30 Chris Stamps 6-0 179 Fr.-RS Redshirted as a true freshman last season ... Former 4-star recruit out of Warren Central HS FS 11 Kivon Coman 6-3 205 Sr.-3L Second straight year as starter at S ... Ranked third on squad in tackles last season (76) 2 Jamal Peters 6-2 217 So.-1L 25 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack as a true freshman ... Former No. 1 HS player in Miss. -or- 31 Maurice Smitherman 5-9 185 Fr.-RS Will see first career action after redshirting last year ... 3-star recruit from Adamsville, Ala. SS 1 Brandon Bryant 6-0 215 So.-1L Named to multiple “freaks” lists with 4.24 40 dash ... 3rd among all SEC Fr. in tackles last yr (63) 41 Mark McLaurin 6-2 218 So.-1L Registered 20 tackles as a true freshman ... Played in 12 games ... Former 4-star recruit CB 25 Lashard Durr 5-11 197 Jr.-JC Co-Lin JUCO prospect who enrolled in January ... Notched 63 tackles in two seasons at Co-Lin -or- 24 Chris Rayford 6-0 199 So.-1L Played in 13 games as a RS freshman, mostly on special teams ... Collected five tackles
SPECIAL TEAMS PK 25 Westin Graves 6-0 163 Jr.-1L Walk-on who earned scholarship ... Engineering major ... SEC’s 2nd-most accurate kicker (.789) 43 Logan Cooke 6-5 224 Jr.-2L Has not attempted a FG or PAT at college level KO 43 Logan Cooke 6-5 224 Jr.-2L Served as KO specialist as true freshman in 2014 ... Averaged 61.7 yards per kickoff, 15 touchbacks P 43 Logan Cooke 6-5 224 Jr.-2L Second straight year as No. 1 punter ... Averages 42.0 yards per punt for career, 13 over 50 yds 25 Westin Graves 6-0 163 Jr.-1L Has not punted at collegiate level yet KR 10 Brandon Holloway 5-8 165 Sr.-3L Hornung Award candidate ... Owns 1 KO return TD (100 yards in season-opener last yr at USM) 22 Malik Dear 5-9 220 So.-1L Had 5 returns for 99 yards (19.8 average) as a true freshman ... Long was 34 vs. LA Tech PR 8 Fred Ross 6-2 205 Sr.-3L Third straight year as primary PR ... 1 PR TD vs. Troy last year (77 yds) ... 10.5 ypr career avg 5 Gabe Myles 6-0 195 Jr.-2L Versatile threat from Starkville ... Has not returned a punt at collegiate level yet LS 53 Hunter Bradley 6-3 245 Sr.-1L Second straight year as primary snapper ... Played in 15 career games with all successful snaps H 43 Logan Cooke 6-5 224 Jr.-2L Second straight year as the holder 14 Nick Tiano 6-4 239 Fr.-RS Will serve as backup holder ... Redshirted as a true freshman last season
BOLD - denotes primary starter last year - denotes MSU graduate @HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB CAREER STARTS OFFENSE DEFENSE
LT WR DE S Elgton Jenkins - 2 Fred Ross - 15 A.J. Jefferson - 13 Kivon Coman - 13 Justin Senior - 1 Gabe Myles - 3 Johnathan Calvin - 1 Brandon Bryant - 8 Jamal Peters - 2 LG RB DT Devon Desper - 1 Brandon Holloway - 8 Nick James - 10 CB Ashton Shumpert - 5 Nelson Adams - 3 Tolando Cleveland - 10 C Cedric Jiles - 3 Jamaal Clayborn - 12 QB LB Damian Williams - 1 Richie Brown - 13 RG Gerri Green - 1 Devon Desper - 15 Deion Calhoun - 1
RT Justin Senior - 26 Elgton Jenkins - 1
TE none
OFFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Game WR WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE RB QB USA USC at LSU at UMass Auburn at BYU at Kentucky Samford Texas A&M at Alabama Arkansas at Ole Miss
DEFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Game DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB SS FS CB USA USC at LSU at UMass Auburn at BYU at Kentucky Samford Texas A&M at Alabama Arkansas at Ole Miss
@HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB PLAYER CAREER HIGHS RUSHING Player Carries Opponent Yards Opponent TDs Opponent Long Opponent Malik Dear 3 Twice 52 Texas A&M, ‘15 1 Texas A&M, ‘15 52 Texas A&M, ‘15 Nick Fitzgerald 8 Troy, ‘15 38 Troy, ‘15 2 Northwestern State, ‘15 21 Southern Miss, ‘15 Brandon Holloway 14 Arkansas, ‘15 98 Kentucky, ‘15 1 UT Martin, ‘14 51 Texas A&M, ‘14 Dontavian Lee 5 Troy, ‘15 44 Troy, ‘15 None 23 Troy, ‘15 Ashton Shumpert 22 Alcorn State, ‘13 98 Alcorn State, ‘13 2 Alcorn State, ‘13 82 UT Martin, ‘14 Aeris Williams 8 Kentucky, ‘15 46 Missouri, ‘15 1 Th ree Times 15 Missouri, ‘15 Damian Williams 13 Ole Miss, ‘13 40 Arkansas, ‘13 1 Arkansas, ‘13 29 Southern Miss, ‘14 PASSING Player Attempts Opponent Completions Opponent Yards Opponent TDs Opponent Nick Fitzgerald 7 Troy, ‘15 6 Troy, ‘15 141 Troy, ‘15 2 Troy, ‘15 Damian Williams 18 Ole Miss, ‘13 8 Twice 105 Alcorn State, ‘13 1 Th ree Times RECEIVING Player Receptions Opponent Yards Opponent TDs Opponent Long Opponent Fred Brown 4 Auburn, ‘15 69 Texas A&M, ‘14 1 Five Times 51 Texas A&M, ‘14 Malik Dear 6 LA Tech, ‘15 70 LA Tech, ‘15 2 Ole Miss, ‘15 27 LA Tech, ‘15 Donald Gray 5 Kentucky, ‘15 140 Northwestern State, ‘15 1 Twice 54 Alabama, ‘15 Brandon Holloway 5 Twice 101 Arkansas, ‘15 2 NC State, ‘15 63 Kentucky, ‘15 Justin Johnson 2 Southern Miss, ‘15 17 Southern Miss, ‘15 1 Southern Miss, ‘15 12 Southern Miss, ‘15 Dontavian Lee 1 Twice 11 LA Tech, ‘15 None 11 LA Tech, ‘15 Gabe Myles 5 UT Martin, ‘14 69 Arkansas, ‘15 1 Twice 49 Northwestern State, ‘15 Fred Ross 12 Ole Miss, ‘15 154 Arkansas, ‘15 2 Twice 69 Arkansas, ‘14 Ashton Shumpert 4 Southern Miss, ‘15 37 LSU, ‘15 None 18 Auburn, ‘15 Aeris Williams 2 LA Tech, ‘15 9 Kentucky, ‘15 None 9 Kentucky, ‘15 PUNTING Player No. Opponent Yards Opponent Inside 20 Opponent Long Opponent Logan Cooke 6 Alabama, ‘15 266 Alabama, ‘15 3 Auburn, ‘15 65 Troy, ‘15 KICKING Player PAT Opponent FGs Opponent Long Opponent Points Opponent Westin Graves 6 Th ree Times 2 Four Times 44 Auburn, ‘15 10 Southern Miss, ‘15
TACKLES TACKLES FOR LOSS SACKS Player Tackles Opponent Player TFL Opponent Player Sacks Opponent Nelson Adams 4 Twice Nelson Adams 1.0 Twice, both in ‘14 Nelson Adams 1.0 Southern Miss, ‘14 Hunter Bradley 1 Twice Richie Brown 3.0 Auburn, ‘15 Richie Brown 2.0 Twice Richie Brown 13 Auburn, ‘15 Brandon Bryant 1.0 Troy, ‘15 Brandon Bryant 1.0 Troy, ‘15 Brandon Bryant 10 Ole Miss, ‘15 Johnathan Calvin 1.5 Troy, ‘15 Johnathan Calvin 1.0 Texas A&M, ‘15 Johnathan Calvin 6 Texas A&M, ‘15 Kelan Chairs 0.5 Troy, ‘15 Tolando Cleveland 1.0 Troy, ‘15 Kelan Chairs 4 UT Martin, ‘14 Tolando Cleveland 1.5 Twice Kivon Coman 0.5 Troy, ‘15 Tolando Cleveland 7 Twice Will Coleman 1.0 Twice Torrey Dale 1.0 UT Martin, ‘14 Will Coleman 3 Twice Kivon Coman 1.0 Twice J.T. Gray 1.0 NC State, ‘15 Kivon Coman 9 Twice Torrey Dale 1.0 UT Martin, ‘14 A.J. Jeff erson 2.0 Southern Miss, ‘15 Torrey Dale 2 Th ree Times Jamoral Graham 1.0 Troy, ‘15 Jamal Peters 1.0 Northwestern State, ‘15 Jamoral Graham 7 Troy, ‘15 J.T. Gray 1.0 Th ree Times DeAndre Ward 1.0 Northwestern State, ‘15 J.T. Gray 10 LA Tech, ‘15 Gerri Green 1.5 Northwestern State, ‘15 Gerri Green 11 Troy, ‘15 Dezmond Harris 1.5 UAB, ‘14 INTERCEPTIONS Dezmond Harris 4 Southern Miss, ‘14 Braxton Hoyett 0.5 Troy, ‘15 Player INT Opponent Grant Harris 2 Troy, ‘15 Nick James 1.0 Twice Richie Brown 3 Texas A&M, ‘14 Braxton Hoyett 2 Troy, ‘15 A.J. Jeff erson 2.0 Four Times Brandon Bryant 1 Th ree Times Nick James 5 Twice Jamal Peters 1.5 Northwestern State, ‘15 Taveze Calhoun 2 Kentucky, ‘15 A.J. Jeff erson 8 LSU, ‘15 Cory Th omas 1.0 NC State, ‘15 Tolando Cleveland 1 Twice Cedric Jiles 6 Oklahoma State, ‘13 DeAndre Ward 1.0 Northwestern State, ‘15 Kivon Coman 1 Missouri, ‘15 Mark McLaurin 3 Four Times Gerri Green 1 Twice Jamal Peters 5 Missouri, ‘15 Cory Th omas 1 Kentucky, ‘15 Josiah Phillips 1 Northwestern State, ‘15 Chris Rayford 3 NC State, ‘15 Cory Th omas 1 Th ree Times DeAndre Ward 5 Kentucky, ‘15
@HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB THE LAST TIME MSU ... RUSHING TURNOVERS Had 400+ yards rushing: ...... at Houston, 2010 (409) Committed eight+ turnovers: ...... at Arkansas, 2003 (8) Had 300+ yards rushing: ...... at Kentucky 2014 (326) Committed seven+ turnovers:...... vs. LSU, 2007 (7) Had 250+ yards rushing: ...... vs. Northwestern State, 2015 (275) Had five+ fumbles: ...... vs. Georgia Tech, 2009 (5) Had 200+ yards rushing: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2015 (204) Lost four+ fumbles:...... vs. Georgia Tech, 2009 (4) Had 70+ rushing attempts: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2010 (70) Lost three+ fumbles: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2010 (3) Had 60+ rushing attempts: ...... at Auburn, 2011 (63) Did not commit a turnover: ...... vs. Troy, 2015 Had 50+ rushing attempts: ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2014 (51) Did not cause a turnover: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2015 Had seven+ rushing TDs: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) Recorded six+ takeaways: ...... at Kentucky, 2007 (6) Had six+ rushing TDs: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) Recorded five+ takeaways:...... vs. Arkansas, 2012 (5) Had five+ rushing TDs: ...... vs. Northwestern State, 2015 (5) Returned three+ interceptions for TDs:...... vs. Arkansas State, 1994 Had four+ rushing TDs:...... vs. Northwestern State, 2015 (5) (Walt Harris - 41; Jimmy Lipscomb - 28; Dwayne Curry - 29) Had three+ rushing TDs:...... vs. NC State, 2015 (3) Returned two+ interceptions for TDs:...... vs. Jackson State, 2012 (Darius Slay - 52, Matthew Had two+ players with 100 yards rushing: ...... at LSU, 2014 (Robinson, 197, Prescott 105) Wells - 22) Had three+ players with 100 yards rushing: ...... vs. NE Louisiana, 1996 (Tony Buckhalter 119, Returned one interception for a TD: ...... vs. LA Tech, 2015 (73 yards by Brandon Bryant) Nakia Greer 110, Robert Isaac 103) Returned a fumble for a TD: ...... vs. Troy, 2015 (0 yards by Nelson Adams) Two players had 2+ interceptions. . .at Middle Tennessee, 2009 (Corey Broomfield - 2; Johnthan PASSING Banks - 2) Had 450+ yards passing: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (508) Had 400+ yards passing: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (508) DEFENSE Had 300+ yards passing: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (380) Held opponent to 10 or fewer first downs: ...... vs. Rice, 2013 (7) Had 200+ yards passing: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (380) Held opponent to 0 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (-78 yds, 22 att.) Had 40+ pass attempts: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (42) Held opponent to 25 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2001 (2 yds, 17 att.) Had 30+ pass attempts: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (42) Held opponent to 50 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2014 (49 yds, 27 att.) Had 25+ pass completions: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (25) Held opponent to 50 or fewer yards passing: ...... vs. ETSU, 1998 (27) Had 20+ pass completions: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (25) Held opponent to 100 or fewer yards rushing: ...... at LSU, 2014 (89) Had five+ passing TDs: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (5) Held opponent to 100 or fewer yards passing: ...... vs. LSU, 2015 (71) Had four+ passing TDs: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (4) Held opponent to 200 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. Rice, 2013 (145) Had three+ passing TDs: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (4) Held opponent to 250 or fewer yards total offense:...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2014 (228) Had four+ passes intercepted:...... at LSU, 2010 (5) Held opponent to 300 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. Troy, 2015 (254) Had three+ passes intercepted: ...... at Alabama, 2014 (4) Intercepted five+ passes: ...... at Memphis, 2002 (5) Intercepted four+ passes: ...... at Middle Tennessee, 2009 (4) RECEIVING Intercepted three+ passes: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2015 (3) Had two players with 100 yards receiving: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 Scored a safety: ...... vs. South Carolina, 2011 (Team) (Fred Ross, 154; Brandon Holloway, 101) Scored two+ safeties:...... vs. Florida, 2000 (2) Had 10+ different receivers catch a pass ...... vs. Kentucky, 2015 (10) Recorded nine+ sacks: ...... at Ole Miss, 1996 (9.0) Had eight+ different receivers catch a pass ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (9) Recorded eight+ sacks:...... vs. Oklahoma State, 1999 (8.0) Recorded six+ sacks:...... at Kentucky, 2014 (7) COMBINATION OFFENSE Recorded five+ sacks: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (5) Had one 300-yard passer and one 100-yard rusher in a game: ...... vs. Brigham Young, 2001 Recorded four+ sacks: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (5) (Kevin Fant 346 pass & Dicenzo Miller 119 rush) Did not record a sack:...... vs. Ole Miss, 2015 Had one 100-yard receiver and one 100-yard rusher in a game:...... at LSU, 2014 Had four players record 10+ tackles:vs. Texas A&M, 2012 (B. McKinney, C. Lawrence, N. Whitley, (Jameon Lewis 116 receiving & Josh Robinson 197 rush, Dak Prescott 105 rush) M. Wells) Had three players record 10+ tackles:vs. Texas A&M, 2012 (B. McKinney, C. Lawrence, N. Whitley, TOTAL OFFENSE M. Wells) Had 600+ yards total offense...... at Arkansas, 2015 (631) Had two players record 10+ tackles:...... vs. Ole Miss, 2015 (R. Brown, B. Bryant) Had 550+ yards total offense: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (569) Had 500+ yards total offense: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (569) SPECIAL TEAMS Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (569) Returned a punt for a TD: ...... vs. vs. Troy, 2015 (Fred Ross - 77) Had 85+ plays total offense:...... at Arkansas, 2015 (86) Returned a blocked punt for a TD:...... at Auburn, 2009 (Robert Elliott - 10) Had 80+ plays total offense: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (86) Returned a kickoff for a TD: ...... at Southern Miss, 2015 (Brandon Holloway - 100) Had 75+ plays total offense: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (77) Returned a blocked FG for a TD: ...... vs. Southern Miss, 2014 (Jay Hughes - 70) Blocked one punt: ...... vs. LA Tech, 2015 (Donald Gray) SCORING Blocked two punts: ...... vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) Scored 60+ points:...... vs. Northwestern State, 2015 (62) Blocked three punts: ...... vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) Scored 50+ points:...... vs. NC State, 2015 (51) Punted 10+ times: ...... at Ole Miss, 2008 (10) Scored 40+ points:...... vs. NC State, 2015 (51) Did not punt: ...... vs. Troy, 2013 Scored 30+ points: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (51) Blocked a field goal...... at Arkansas, 2015 (Beniquez Brown) Allowed 60+ points: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1995 (65) Had a punt blocked: ...... at Missouri, 2015 (Kentrell Brothers) Allowed 50+ points: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (50) Had a field goal blocked: ...... at Arkansas, 2013 (Devon Bell 28-yard attempt) Allowed 40+ points: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (50) Blocked a PAT kick: ...... vs. UT Martin, 2014 Allowed 30+ points: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2015 (38) Scored on a blocked PAT kick: ...... vs. Texas A&M, 2000 (Julius Griffith) Was held scoreless: ...... at Ole Miss, 2008 (0-45) Missed a kicking PAT: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 Was held scoreless at Scott Field: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (0-45) Had a kicking PAT blocked: ...... vs. Texas A&M, 2014 Was held scoreless on the road:...... at Ole Miss, 2008 (0-45) Recovered an onside kick: ...... at Kentucky, 2014 Was held scoreless at a non-campus site:...... vs. Florida, 1989 (21-0 in Tampa, Fla.) Held opponent scoreless: ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2014 (51-0) MISCELLANEOUS Held opponent scoreless at Scott Field: ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2014 (51-0) Had 30+ first downs: ...... at Arkansas, 2015 (32) Held opponent scoreless on the road: ...... at South Carolina, 1998 (38-0) Had 20+ first downs: ...... vs. NC State, 2015 (26) Held opponent scoreless at neutral site:...... vs. Kansas, 1981 Hall of Fame Bowl (10-0) Had 20+ penalties: ...... vs. Clemson, 1999 (21) Held opponent without a touchdown: ...... at Auburn, 2015 (17-9) Had 10+ penalties: ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2014 (11) Held opponent without an offensive touchdown: ...... at Auburn, 2015 (17-9) Had 100+ yards in penalties: ...... vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (102) Held two opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 2014 Had 35 minutes+ of possession time: ...... vs. Rice, 2013 (35:18) Held three opponents scoreless in one season:...... 1963 Was involved in a tie game: ...... vs. Arkansas, 1993 (13-13) Held an SEC opponent scoreless: ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2014 (51-0) Was involved in an overtime game: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (W, 17-10) Held two SEC opponents scoreless in one season:...... 1998 Scored a two-point conversion passing: . . . . . at Tennessee, 2003 (Brent Smith to Nick Signaigo) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: ...... at Texas A&M, 2013 (Dak Prescott rush) Attempted a 2-point conversion: ...... vs. LSU, 2015 (pass failed)
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RUSHING DEFENSE Rushed 40+ times:...... Michael Davis vs. Ole Miss, 1993 (40) Intercepted three+ passes: ...... Richie Brown vs. Texas A&M, 2014 (3) Rushed 35+ times:...... James Johnson vs. Alabama, 1998 (36) Intercepted two+ passes: ...... Taveze Calhoun vs. Kentucky, 2015 (2) Rushed 30+ times:...... Vick Ballard vs. Arkansas, 2010 (33) Intercepted a pass ...... Brandon Bryant & Gerri Green vs. NC State, 2015 (1) Rushed 25+ times: ...... Dak Prescott at Alabama, 2015 (26) Recovered three+ fumbles: ...... Chris Correro vs. Memphis, 1987 (3) Rushed for 250+ yards:...... Anthony Dixon at Kentucky, 2009 (252) Recovered two+ fumbles:...... Kamau Jackson vs. Tennessee, 2002 (2) Rushed for 200+ yards:...... Anthony Dixon at Kentucky, 2009 (252) Recovered a fumble ...... Nelson Adams vs. Troy, 2015 (1) Rushed for 175+ yards:...... Josh Robinson at Kentucky, 2014 (198) Forced two+ fumbles: ...... Demario Bobo vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (2) Rushed for 150+ yards:...... Josh Robinson at Kentucky, 2014 (198) Forced a fumble ...... Brandon Bryant vs. Troy, 2015 (1) Rushed for 125+ yards: ...... Josh Robinson at Kentucky, 2014 (198) Recorded five+ sacks: ...... Greg Favors at Ole Miss, 1996 (5.5) Rushed for 100+ yards:...... Josh Robinson at Kentucky, 2014 (198) Recorded three+ sacks:...... Willie Evans vs. Tulane, 2005 (3.0) Rushed for 100+ yards (quarterback): ...... Dak Prescott vs. Kentucky, 2015 (117) Recorded two+ sacks: ...... Beniquez Brown vs. NC State, 2015 (2.0) Rushed for four+ touchdowns: ...... James Johnson vs. Central Florida, 1997 (4) Recorded five+ tackles for loss:...... Deljuan Robinson vs. Auburn, 2006 (5.0) Rushed for three+ touchdowns: ...... Dak Prescott vs. Kentucky, 2015 (3) Recorded three+ tackles for loss ...... Richie Brown at Auburn, 2015 (3.0) Rushed for two+ touchdowns: ...... Dak Prescott at Arkansas, 2015 (2) Recorded 20+ tackles:...... Mario Haggan vs. Arkansas, 2000 (20) Had a run of 80+ yards: ...... James Johnson at Alabama, 1997 (83) Recorded 10+ tackles: ...... Richie Brown vs. Ole Miss, 2015 (12) Had a run of 70+ yards: ...... Josh Robinson at Kentucky, 2014 (73) Recorded 10+ tackles in back-to-back games: ...... Beniquez, 2015 (Two Straight) Had a run of 60+ yards: ...... Josh Robinson at Kentucky, 2014 (73) vs. Alabama (11), at Arkansas (12) Had a run of 50+ yards: ...... Malik Dear at Texas A&M, 2015 (52) Returned an interception for a touchdown: ...... Brandon Bryant (73) vs. LA Tech, 2015
PASSING SPECIAL TEAMS Passed for 450+ yards: ...... Dak Prescott at Arkansas, 2015 (508) Scored 10+ points kicking:...... Westin Graves at Southern Miss, 2015 (10) Passed for 400+ yards: ...... Dak Prescott at Arkansas, 2015 (508) Kicked five+ field goals: ...... Derek DePasquale vs. UAB, 2010 (5) Passed for 300+ yards: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (380) Kicked four+ field goals: ...... Derek DePasquale vs. UAB, 2010 (5) Passed for 250+ yards ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (380) Kicked two field goals of 50+ yards:...... Brian Hazelwood vs. Memphis, 1997 (51, 53) Passed for 200+ yards: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (380) Kicked one field goal of 50+ yards: ...... Devon Bell vs. LSU, 2015 (52) Attempted 45+ passes: ...... Dak Prescott at Arkansas, 2015 (50) Kicked a punt of 70+ yards:...... Devon Bell at South Alabama, 2014 (70) Attempted 35+ passes: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (42) Kicked a punt of 60+ yards:...... Devon Bell at South Alabama, 2014 (70) Completed 30+ passes ...... Dak Prescott vs. Ole Miss, 2015 (31) Punted 10+ times ...... Blake McAdams at Ole Miss, 2008 (12) Completed 25+ passes ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (25) Totaled 175+ kick return yards: ...... Jameon Lewis at Ole Miss, 2012 (183, 5 ret.) Completed 20+ passes: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (25) Totaled 150+ kick return yards: ...... Jameon Lewis at Ole Miss, 2012 (183, 5 ret.) Threw four+ touchdown passes:...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (4) Totaled 100+ kick return yards: ...... Brandon Holloway at Missouri, 2015 (104, 3 ret.) Threw three+ touchdown passes: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (4) Totaled 50+ punt return yards: ...... Fred Ross vs. Troy, 2015 (75, 3 ret.) Threw five+ interceptions:...... Michael Henig vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Threw four+ interceptions: ...... Tyler Russell vs. Northwestern, 2012 (4) Threw three+ interceptions: ...... Dak Prescott at Alabama, 2014 (3) Completed pass for 90+ yards: ...... Kevin Fant to Terrell Grindle vs. Kentucky, 2002 (91) Completed pass for 80+ yards: ...... Tyler Russell to Jameon Lewis at Memphis, 2011 (80) Completed pass for 70+ yards: ...... Dak Prescott to Jameon Lewis at LSU, 2014 (74) Completed pass for 60+ yards: . . . . .Dak Prescott to De’Runnya Wilson at Missouri, 2015 (63) Completed pass for 50+ yards: . . . . Dak Prescott to Brandon Holloway vs. NC State, 2015 (55)
RECEIVING Caught 15+ passes: ...... Eric Moulds at Tennessee, 1995 (15) Caught 10+ passes: ...... Fred Ross vs. Ole Miss, 2015 (12) Caught seven+ passes: ...... Fred Ross vs. NC State, 2015 (7) Had 200+ yards receiving: ...... Jameon Lewis, vs. Rice, 2013 (220) Had 175+ yards receiving: ...... Jameon Lewis, vs. Rice, 2013 (220) Had 150+ yards receiving: ...... Fred Ross at Arkansas, 2015 (154) Had 100+ yards receiving: ...... Fred Ross vs. Ole Miss, 2015 (117) Caught three+ TD passes: ...... Chad Bumphis at Troy, 2012 (3) Caught two+ TD passes: ...... Brandon Holloway vs. NC State, 2015 (2)
TOTAL OFFENSE Had 450+ yards total offense: ...... Dak Prescott at Arkansas, 2015 (554) Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (427) Had 350 yards+ total offense: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (427) Had 300 yards+ total offense: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (427) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: Dak Prescott vs. Kentucky, 2015 (117 rush, 348 pass)
SCORING Accounted for five+ touchdowns ...... Dak Prescott at Arkansas, 2015 (5 pass, 2 rush) Accounted for four+ touchdowns: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (4 pass) Accounted for three+ touchdowns: ...... Dak Prescott vs. NC State, 2015 (4 pass) Scored four+ touchdowns:...... Jerious Norwood vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (3 rush, 1 rec.) Scored three+ touchdowns: ...... Dak Prescott vs. Texas A&M, 2014 (3 rush) Scored two+ touchdowns: ...... Malik Dear vs. Ole Miss, 2015 (2 rec.) Scored two+ non-offensive TDs: ...... Johnthan Banks (2 IR) vs. Florida, 2009
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Arkansas, 2013 Had two players with 100 yds rushing: ...... Georgia Tech, 2014 (Days 171, Thomas 121) Blocked a punt: ...... Missouri, 2015 PASSING MISCELLANEOUS Had 400+ yards passing: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (406) Had 30+ first downs: ...... Kentucky, 2015 (30) Had 300+ yards passing: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (406) Had 10+ penalties: ...... Texas A&M, 2013 (10) Had 200+ yards passing: ...... NC State, 2015 (214) Had 100+ yards in penalties: ...... Texas A&M, 2013 (105) Had 60+ pass attempts: ...... Texas A&M, 2014 (62) Had 35 minutes+ of possession time: ...... Troy, 2015 (40:25) Had 50+ pass attempts: ...... Kentucky, 2015 (52) Had two 100-yard rushers and one 100-yard receiver: ...... Georgia Tech, 2014 Had 40+ pass attempts: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (43) (Days 171 rush, Thomas 121 rush, Waller 114 rec.) Had 30+ pass attempts: ...... Ole Miss, 2015 (30) Had one 100-yard rusher and one 100-yard receiver: ...... Georgia Tech, 2014 Had 40+ pass completions: ...... Kentucky, 1997 (40) (Days 171 rush, Thomas 121 rush, Waller 114 rec.) Had 30+ pass completions: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (30) Had 25+ pass completions: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (30) INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Had 20+ pass completions: ...... Ole Miss, 2015 (21) Rushed 40+ times:...... Deuce McAllister (Ole Miss), 1998 (40) Had five+ passing TDs: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (7) Rushed 35+ times:...... Kevin Smith (UCF), 2007 (35) Had four+ passing TDs: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (7) Rushed for 200+ yards:...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (204) Had three+ passing TDs: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (7) Rushed for 175+ yards:...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (204) Rushed for 150+ yards:...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (204) RECEIVING Rushed for 125+ yards:...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (204) Had two players with 100 yards receiving in a game: ...... UAB, 2014 (JJ Nelson 144 and Rushed for 100+ yards:...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (204) Josh Magee 100) Rushed for five+ touchdowns:...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Had four+ players catch five+ passes: ...... Arkansas, 2015 (5) Rushed for four+ touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Had three+ players catch five+ passes:...... Arkansas, 2015 (5) Had a run of 80+ yards: ...... Jonathan Dwyer (Georgia Tech), 2008 (88) Had 12+ players catch a pass...... Troy, 2013 (12) Had a run of 70+ yards: ...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (74) Had eight+ players catch a pass ...... Kentucky, 2015 (11) Had a run of 60+ yards: ...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (74) Had a run of 50+ yards: ...... Derrick Henry (Alabama), 2015 (74) TOTAL OFFENSE Had 650+ yards total offense: ...... Texas A&M, 2012 (693) INDIVIDUAL PASSING Had 600+ yards total offense: ...... Texas A&M, 2012 (693) Passed for 450+ yards: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (473) Had 550+ yards total offense: ...... Georgia Tech, 2014 (577) Passed for 400+ yards: ...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (406) Had 500+ yards total offense: ...... Texas A&M, 2015 (516) Passed for 300+ yards: ...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (406) Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... NC State, 2015 (424) Attempted 60+ passes: ...... Kenny Hill (Texas A&M), 2014 (62) Had 80+ plays total offense:...... Kentucky, 2015 (85) Attempted 50+ passes: ...... Kenny Hill (Texas A&M), 2014 (62) Had 75+ plays total offense:...... NC State, 2015 (79) Completed 30+ passes: ...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (30) Completed 20+ passes: ...... Chad Kelly (Ole Miss), 2015 (21) SCORING Threw five+ touchdown passes: ...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (7) Scored 60+ points:...... South Carolina, 1995 (65) Threw four+ touchdown passes:...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (7) Scored 50+ points:...... Arkansas, 2015 (51) Completed a pass for 80+ yards:...... Jacoby Brisett to Pharoah McKever (NC State), 2015 (82) Scored 40+ points:...... Arkansas, 2015 (51) Completed a pass for 70+ yards:...... Jacoby Brisett to Pharoah McKever (NC State), 2015 (82) Scored 30+ points: ...... Ole Miss, 2015 (38) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: ...... Auburn, 2004 INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Scored a two-point conversion passing: ...... Arkansas, 2015 Caught 10+ passes: ...... Trent Taylor (LA Tech), 2014 (10) Failed on a two-point conversion attempt...... Alabama, 2014 Caught seven+ passes: ...... Hunter Henry and Drew Morgan (Arkansas), 2015 (7) Had 150+ yards receiving: ...... Evan Engram (Ole Miss), 2014 (176) TURNOVERS Had 100+ yards receiving: ...... Hunter Henry (Arkansas), 2015 (129) Had five+ fumbles: ...... Ole Miss, 2011 (6) Caught three+ TD passes: ...... Jeremy Sprinkle (Arkansas), 2015 (3) Had four+ fumbles lost: ...... LSU, 2004 (4) Caught two+ TD passes: ...... D. Stringfellow (Ole Miss), 2015 (2) Had three+ fumbles lost: ...... Arkansas, 2012 (3) Committed five+ turnovers: ...... Arkansas, 2012 (5) INDIVIDUAL TOTAL OFFENSE Did not commit a turnover: ...... Texas A&M, 2015 Had 500+ yards total offense: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (512) Intercepted five+ MSU passes: ...... LSU, 2010 (5) Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (411) Intercepted four+ MSU passes: ...... Northwestern, 2012 (4) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: . . Justin Thomas (Georgia Tech), 2014, (125 pass/121 rush) Intercepted three+ MSU passes: ...... Alabama, 2014 (3) Returned an interception for a TD: ...... Ole Miss, 2015 (Tony Bridges) INDIVIDUAL SCORING Returned a fumble for a TD: ...... LSU, 2014 (Danielle Hunter 25-yd fumble recovery) Accounted for six+ touchdowns: ...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (7 pass) Accounted for five+ touchdowns:...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (7 pass) DEFENSE Accounted for four+ touchdowns: ...... Brandon Allen (Arkansas), 2015 (7 pass) Held MSU to 10 or fewer first downs: ...... Alabama, 2013 (10) Scored four+ touchdowns:...... Jeremy Sprinkle (Arkansas), 2015 (3 rec.) Recorded 10+ sacks: ...... Ole Miss, 2008 (11) Scored three+ touchdowns: ...... Chad Kelly (Ole Miss), 2015 (2 pass, 1 rush) Recorded seven+ sacks: ...... Ole Miss, 2015 (7) Scored a safety: ...... Texas A&M, 2013 INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Scored two safeties:...... Florida, 2005 Intercepted three+ passes: ...... Craig Steltz (LSU), 2007 (3) Held MSU to 25 or fewer yards rushing:...... Alabama, 2011 (12) Intercepted two+ passes: ...... Robert Lester (Alabama), 2010 (2) Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards passing: ...... Ole Miss, 2011 (70) Recorded three+ sacks:...... Jonathan Allen (Alabama), 2015 (3, 17) Held MSU to 50 or fewer yards passing: ...... Florida, 2010 (33) Recorded two+ sacks: ...... A’Shawn Robinson (Alabama), 2015 (2.5, 13) Held MSU to 300 or less yards total offense: ...... Ole Miss, 2013 (296) Held MSU to 200 or less yards total offense: ...... Alabama, 2013 (197) SPECIAL TEAMS Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards both rushing & passing: ...... Ole Miss, 2008 (-51 rush, 88 pass) Scored 10+ points kicking:...... Austin MacGinnis (Kentucky), 2015 (10) Kicked five+ field goals: ...... Josh Jasper (LSU), 2010 (5) Kicked four field goals:...... Austin MacGinnis (Kentucky), 2015 (4)
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Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Sep 05, 2015 at Southern Miss W 34-16 36641 All games 9-4 4-3 4-1 1-0 * Sep 12, 2015 #14 LSU L 19-21 62531 Conference 4-4 1-3 3-1 0-0 Sep 19, 2015 NORTHWESTERN STATE W 62-13 61574 Non-Conference 5-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 * Sep 26, 2015 at #25 Auburn W 17-9 87451 * Oct 03, 2015 at #14 Texas A&M L 17-30 104455 Team Statistics MS OPP Oct 10, 2015 TROY W 45-17 60866 FIRST DOWNS 302 273 Oct 17, 2015 LOUISIANA TECH W 45-20 61651 R u s h i n g 118 124 * Oct 24, 2015 KENTUCKY W 42-16 61168 P a s s i n g 172 132 * Nov 05, 2015 at Missouri W 31-13 58878 P e n a l t y 12 17 * Nov 14, 2015 #2 ALABAMA L 6-31 62435 RUSHING YARDAGE 1873 2270 * Nov 21, 2015 at Arkansas W 51-50 71936 Rushing Attempts 427 531 * Nov 28, 2015 #18 OLE MISS L 27-38 62265 Average Per Rush 4.4 4.3 Dec 30, 2015 vs NC State W 51-28 46423 Average Per Game 144.1 174.6 TDs Rushing 21 16 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g PASSING YARDAGE 4113 2815 Dak Prescott 13 160 790 202 588 3.7 10 49 45.2 C o m p - A t t - I n t 331-500-5 257-424-13 Brandon Holloway 13 92 428 15 413 4.5 0 35 31.8 Average Per Pass 8.2 6.6 Ashton Shumpert 12 59 247 19 228 3.9 1 20 19.0 Average Per Catch 12.4 11.0 Aeris Williams 13 40 216 10 206 5.2 3 33 15.8 Average Per Game 316.4 216.5 Dontavian Lee 10 22 138 1 137 6.2 0 24 13.7 TDs Passing 33 16 Nick Fitzgerald 8 23 137 10 127 5.5 3 21 15.9 TOTAL OFFENSE 5986 5085 Malik Dear 11 11 113 3 110 10.0 1 52 10.0 Average Per Play 6.5 5.3 Fred Ross 13 2 42 0 42 21.0 1 33 3.2 Average Per Game 460.5 391.2 Elijah Staley 2 3 18 0 18 6.0 0 11 9.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 36-773 47-857 Gabe Myles 10 7 20 9 11 1.6 1 9 1.1 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-214 10-125 Logan Cooke 13 1 11 0 11 11.0 0 11 0.8 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-130 5-74 Justin Malone 13 0 3 0 3 0.0 1 0 0.2 FUMBLES-LOST 23-13 13-1 Total 13 427 2163 290 1873 4.4 21 52 144.1 PENALTIES-Yards 53-506 59-516 Opponents 13 531 2675 405 2270 4.3 16 74 174.6 PUNTS-AVG 54-41.2 72-39.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 6 : 1 7 3 3 : 4 3 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g 3RD-DOWN Conversions 75/175 71/200 Dak Prescott 13 151.01 316-477-5 66.2 3793 29 63 291.8 4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/22 12/23 Nick Fitzgerald 8 290.29 11-14-0 78.6 235 3 49 29.4 Elijah Staley 2 211.68 3-5-0 60.0 51 1 37 25.5 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Team 5 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Brandon Bryant 3 73 24.3 1 73 Gabe Myles 10 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Will Redmond 2 43 21.5 0 24 Fred Ross 13 385.60 1-1-0 100.0 34 0 34 2.6 Taveze Calhoun 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 Total 13 155.08 331-500-5 66.2 4113 33 63 316.4 Gerri Green 2 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 13 122.70 257-424-13 60.6 2815 16 82 216.5 Cory Thomas 1 12 12.0 0 12 Richie Brown 1 3 3.0 0 3 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Beniquez Brown 1 2 2.0 0 2 Fred Ross 13 88 1007 11.4 5 59 77.5 Kivon Coman 1 0 0.0 0 0 De'Runnya Wilson 13 60 918 15.3 10 63 70.6 Brandon Holloway 13 33 396 12.0 5 63 30.5 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Fred Brown 13 27 412 15.3 3 48 31.7 Logan Cooke 44 1856 42.2 65 7 20 16 12 0 Malik Dear 11 22 217 9.9 2 27 19.7 Devon Bell 9 370 41.1 54 14210 Donald Gray 13 21 386 18.4 2 54 29.7 Team 1 0 0.0 000001 Gus Walley 8 19 146 7.7 1 19 18.2 Darrion Hutcherson 13 16 164 10.2 1 24 12.6 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Ashton Shumpert 12 14 118 8.4 0 18 9.8 Fred Ross 15 157 10.5 1 77 Gabe Myles 10 12 175 14.6 2 49 17.5 Donald Gray 1 21 21.0 0 0 Joe Morrow 11 6 100 16.7 1 37 9.1 Beniquez Brown 1 31 31.0 0 0 Aeris Williams 13 6 18 3.0 0 9 1.4 Fred Brown 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Justin Johnson 11 5 41 8.2 1 12 3.7 Malik Dear 1 7 7.0 0 7 Dontavian Lee 10 2 15 7.5 0 11 1.5 Total 19 214 11.3 1 77 Total 13 331 4113 12.4 33 63 316.4 Opponents 10 125 12.5 1 69 Opponents 13 257 2815 11.0 16 82 216.5 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Brandon Holloway 24 567 23.6 1 100 Westin Graves 15-18 83.3 0-0 5-6 7-7 3-4 0-1 44 0 Malik Dear 5 99 19.8 0 34 Devon Bell 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 Gabe Myles 2 44 22.0 0 38 Gerri Green 1 -15 -15.0 0 0 PAT Fred Brown 1 18 18.0 0 18 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Darrion Hutcherson 1 12 12.0 0 12 Westin Graves - 15-18 52-54 - - - - - 97 Donald Gray 1 33 33.0 0 33 Dak Prescott 10 - - - - 0-1 - - 60 Kelan Chairs 1 15 15.0 0 15 De'Runnya Wilson 10 ------60 Total 36 773 21.5 1 100 Fred Ross 7 ------42 Opponents 47 857 18.2 0 44 Brandon Holloway 6 ------36 Nick Fitzgerald 3 ------18 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Fred Brown 3 ------18 Brandon Hollowa 13 413 396 0 567 0 1376 105.8 Malik Dear 3 ------18 Fred Ross 13 42 1007 157 0 0 1206 92.8 Aeris Williams 3 ------18 De'Runnya Wilso 13 0 918 0 0 0 918 70.6 Gabe Myles 3 ------18 Dak Prescott 13 588 000058845.2 Donald Gray 2 ------12 Donald Gray 13 0 386 21 33 0 440 33.8 Justin Johnson 1 ------6 Total 13 1873 4113 214 773 130 7103 546.4 Justin Malone 1 ------6 Opponents 13 2270 2815 125 857 74 6141 472.4 Gus Walley 1 ------6 Joe Morrow 1 6 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Game Results (as of Dec 30, 2015) All games
Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Sep 05, 2015 at Southern Miss W 34-16 1-0 0-0 3:25 36641 * Sep 12, 2015 #14 LSU L 19-21 1-1 0-1 3:30 62531 Sep 19, 2015 NORTHWESTERN STATE W 62-13 2-1 0-1 3:00 61574 * Sep 26, 2015 at #25 Auburn W 17-9 3-1 1-1 3:07 87451 * Oct 03, 2015 at #14 Texas A&M L 17-30 3-2 1-2 3:22 104455 Oct 10, 2015 TROY W 45-17 4-2 1-2 3:04 60866 Oct 17, 2015 LOUISIANA TECH W 45-20 5-2 1-2 3:16 61651 * Oct 24, 2015 KENTUCKY W 42-16 6-2 2-2 3:49 61168 * Nov 05, 2015 at Missouri W 31-13 7-2 3-2 3:12 58878 * Nov 14, 2015 #2 ALABAMA L 6-31 7-3 3-3 3:27 62435 * Nov 21, 2015 at Arkansas W 51-50 8-3 4-3 3:40 71936 * Nov 28, 2015 #18 OLE MISS L 27-38 8-4 4-4 3:10 62265 Dec 30, 2015 vs NC State W 51-28 9-4 4-4 3:36 46423 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 30, 2015) All games
Team Statistics MS OPP SCORING 447 302 Points Per Game 34.4 23.2 Points Off Turnovers 48 57 FIRST DOWNS 302 273 R u s h in g 118 124 P a s s in g 172 132 P e n a lt y1217 RUSHING YARDAGE 1873 2270 Yards gained rushing 2163 2675 Yards lost rushing 290 405 Rushing Attempts 427 531 Average Per Rush 4.4 4.3 Average Per Game 144.1 174.6 TDs Rushing 21 16 PASSING YARDAGE 4113 2815 C o m p - A t t - I n t 331-500-5 257-424-13 Average Per Pass 8.2 6.6 Average Per Catch 12.4 11.0 Average Per Game 316.4 216.5 TDs Passing 33 16 TOTAL OFFENSE 5986 5085 Total Plays 927 955 Average Per Play 6.5 5.3 Average Per Game 460.5 391.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 36-773 47-857 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-214 10-125 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-130 5-74 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.5 18.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 11.3 12.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.0 14.8 FUMBLES-LOST 23-13 13-1 PENALTIES-Yards 53-506 59-516 Average Per Game 38.9 39.7 PUNTS-Yards 54-2226 72-2830 Average Per Punt 41.2 39.3 Net punt average 35.9 35.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 85-5216 63-3810 Average Per Kick 61.4 60.5 Net kick average 41.0 39.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 6 : 1 7 3 3 : 4 3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 75/175 71/200 3rd-Down Pct 43% 36% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/22 12/23 4th-Down Pct 50% 52% SACKS BY-Yards 30-209 32-193 MISC YARDS -13 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 58 34 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 15-19 21-28 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 2-5 RED-ZONE SCORES (48-53) 91% (33-45) 73% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (38-53) 72% (19-45) 42% PAT-ATTEMPTS (54-56) 96% (33-33) 100% ATTENDANCE 432490 359361 Games/Avg Per Game 7/61784 5/71872 Neutral Site Games 1/46423
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Mississippi State 107 140 90 110 0 447 Opponents 93 88 80 41 0 302 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 30, 2015) All games
Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Dak Prescott 13 160 790 202 588 3.7 10 49 45.2 Fred Ross 15 157 10.5 1 77 Brandon Holloway 13 92 428 15 413 4.5 0 35 31.8 Fred Brown 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Ashton Shumpert 12 59 247 19 228 3.9 1 20 19.0 Donald Gray 1 21 21.0 0 0 Aeris Williams 13 40 216 10 206 5.2 3 33 15.8 Malik Dear 1 7 7.0 0 7 Dontavian Lee 10 22 138 1 137 6.2 0 24 13.7 Beniquez Brown 1 31 31.0 0 0 Nick Fitzgerald 8 23 137 10 127 5.5 3 21 15.9 Total 19 214 11.3 1 77 Malik Dear 11 11 113 3 110 10.0 1 52 10.0 Opponents 10 125 12.5 1 69 Fred Ross 13 2 42 0 42 21.0 1 33 3.2 Elijah Staley 2 3 18 0 18 6.0 0 11 9.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Gabe Myles 10 7 20 9 11 1.6 1 9 1.1 Brandon Bryant 3 73 24.3 1 73 Logan Cooke 13 1 11 0 11 11.0 0 11 0.8 Taveze Calhoun 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 Justin Malone 13 0 3 0 3 0.0 1 0 0.2 Will Redmond 2 43 21.5 0 24 Team 5 7 0 21 -21 -3.0 0 0 -4.2 Gerri Green 2 0 0.0 0 0 Total 13 427 2163 290 1873 4.4 21 52 144.1 Cory Thomas 1 12 12.0 0 12 Opponents 13 531 2675 405 2270 4.3 16 74 174.6 Richie Brown 1 3 3.0 0 3 Beniquez Brown 1 2 2.0 0 2 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kivon Coman 1 0 0.0 0 0 Dak Prescott 13 151.01 316-477-5 66.2 3793 29 63 291.8 Total 13 130 10.0 1 73 Nick Fitzgerald 8 290.29 11-14-0 78.6 235 3 49 29.4 Opponents 5 74 14.8 1 45 Elijah Staley 2 211.68 3-5-0 60.0 51 1 37 25.5 Team 5 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Gabe Myles 10 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Brandon Holloway 24 567 23.6 1 100 Fred Ross 13 385.60 1-1-0 100.0 34 0 34 2.6 Malik Dear 5 99 19.8 0 34 Total 13 155.08 331-500-5 66.2 4113 33 63 316.4 Gabe Myles 2 44 22.0 0 38 Opponents 13 122.70 257-424-13 60.6 2815 16 82 216.5 Kelan Chairs 1 15 15.0 0 15 Gerri Green 1 -15 -15.0 0 0 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Donald Gray 1 33 33.0 0 33 Fred Ross 13 88 1007 11.4 5 59 77.5 Fred Brown 1 18 18.0 0 18 De'Runnya Wilson 13 60 918 15.3 10 63 70.6 Darrion Hutcherson 1 12 12.0 0 12 Brandon Holloway 13 33 396 12.0 5 63 30.5 Total 36 773 21.5 1 100 Fred Brown 13 27 412 15.3 3 48 31.7 Opponents 47 857 18.2 0 44 Malik Dear 11 22 217 9.9 2 27 19.7 Donald Gray 13 21 386 18.4 2 54 29.7 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Gus Walley 8 19 146 7.7 1 19 18.2 Nelson Adams 0 0 0.0 1 0 Darrion Hutcherson 13 16 164 10.2 1 24 12.6 Total 0 0 0.0 1 0 Ashton Shumpert 12 14 118 8.4 0 18 9.8 Opponents 1 15 15.0 0 15 Gabe Myles 10 12 175 14.6 2 49 17.5 Joe Morrow 11 6 100 16.7 1 37 9.1 Aeris Williams 13 6 18 3.0 0 9 1.4 Justin Johnson 11 5 41 8.2 1 12 3.7 Dontavian Lee 10 2 15 7.5 0 11 1.5 Total 13 331 4113 12.4 33 63 316.4 Opponents 13 257 2815 11.0 16 82 216.5 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 30, 2015) All games
PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Westin Graves - 15-18 52-54 - - - - - 97 Dak Prescott 13 637 588 3793 4381 337.0 De'Runnya Wilson 10 ------60 Brandon Holloway 13 92 413 0 413 31.8 Dak Prescott 10 - - - - 0-1 - - 60 Nick Fitzgerald 8 37 127 235 362 45.2 Fred Ross 7 ------42 Ashton Shumpert 12 59 228 0 228 19.0 Brandon Holloway 6 ------36 Aeris Williams 13 40 206 0 206 15.8 Malik Dear 3 ------18 Dontavian Lee 10 22 137 0 137 13.7 Aeris Williams 3 ------18 Malik Dear 11 11 110 0 110 10.0 Nick Fitzgerald 3 ------18 Fred Ross 13 3 42 34 76 5.8 Fred Brown 3 ------18 Elijah Staley 2 8 18 51 69 34.5 Gabe Myles 3 ------18 Logan Cooke 13 1 11 0 11 0.8 Donald Gray 2 ------12 Gabe Myles 10 8 11 0 11 1.1 Nelson Adams 1 ------6 Justin Malone 13 0 3 0 3 0.2 Justin Malone 1 ------6 Team 5 9 -21 0 -21 -4.2 Gus Walley 1 ------6 Total 13 927 1873 4113 5986 460.5 Joe Morrow 1 ------6 Opponents 13 955 2270 2815 5085 391.2 Ashton Shumpert 1 ------6 Darrion Hutcherson 1 ------6 Justin Johnson 1 ------6 Brandon Bryant 1 ------6 Devon Bell - 0-1 2-2 - - - - - 2 Logan Cooke - - - - - 0-1 - - 0 Total 58 15-19 54-56 - - 0-2 - - 447 Opponents 34 21-28 33-33 - 1 1-1 - - 302
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Westin Graves 15-18 83.3 0-0 5-6 7-7 3-4 0-1 44 0 Logan Cooke 44 1856 42.2 65 7 20 16 12 0 Devon Bell 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 Devon Bell 9 370 41.1 54 1 4 2 1 0 Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG Sequence Mississippi State Opponents Total 54 2226 41.2 65 8 24 18 13 1 Southern Miss (38),(37) (31),(27),(27) Opponents 72 2830 39.3 58 3 28 16 9 2 LSU (43),(24),52 - Northwestern State - (52),(26) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Auburn (44) 26,(30),(25),(51) Devon Bell 80 4969 62.1 33 2 Texas A&M (38) (55),49,(24),(30) Logan Cooke 4 197 49.2 2 0 Troy (42) (21) Westin Graves 1 50 50.0 0 0 Louisiana Tech (26) (33),(27) Total 85 5216 61.4 35 2 18.2 41.0 24 Kentucky 26 (44),48,(48),(32) Opponents 63 3810 60.5 22 3 21.5 39.5 25 Missouri (36),49 (31),(35) Alabama 50,(31),(39) (42),32 Arkansas (21) 29 Ole Miss (22),(27) 38,33,(48) NC State (39) -
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Dec 30, 2015) All games
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 39 Richie Brown 13 51 58 109 13.0-61 6.5-45 1-3 2 3 . . . . 42 Beniquez Brown 13 48 51 99 11.0-38 4.0-22 1-2 2 4 . . 2 . 11 Kivon Coman 13 39 37 76 4.0-17 0.5-3 1-0 7 1 . . . . 45 J.T. Gray 13 27 38 65 3.5-14 1.5-9 ...... 20 Brandon Bryant 13 46 17 63 2.0-19 1.5-17 3-73 3 . . 1 . . 4 Gerri Green 13 20 29 49 2.5-9 . 2-0 1 1 . . . . 47 A.J. Jefferson 13 27 20 47 13.5-65 5.0-43 . 3 7 . 1 . . 98 Chris Jones 13 16 28 44 7.5-21 2.5-16 . 4 5 . . . . 14 Zach Jackson 11 20 24 44 4.0-12 1.0-6 . 2 1 . . . . 7 Tolando Cleveland 13 27 15 42 4.5-22 1.0-5 . 3 1 . 1 1 . 48 Ryan Brown 12 13 26 39 8.0-55 2.5-25 . 5 10 . . . . 23 Taveze Calhoun 12 24 15 39 6.5-22 . 2--3 8 1 . . . . 17 Deontay Evans 13 20 13 33 . . . 2 . . . . . 97 Johnathan Calvin 13 12 15 27 5.5-14 1.5-5 . . 5 . . . . 88 Nick James 13 9 17 26 3.0-7 . . . 3 . 1 . . 12 Jamal Peters 12 12 13 25 1.5-7 1.0-5 . 2 . . . . . 94 Nelson Adams 13 6 19 25 1.0-3 . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 2 Will Redmond 7 18 7 25 . . 2-43 1 1 . . . . 26 Kendrick Market 4 13 10 23 ...... 9 Jamoral Graham 12 18 3 21 1.0-1 . . . 1 . . . . 41 Mark McLaurin 12 10 10 20 . . . 3 . . . . . 28 DeAndre Ward 13 5 12 17 1.0-5 0.5-4 . . 1 . . . . 5J Cedric Jiles 12 8 7 15 . . . 4 . . . . . 57 Will Coleman 13 7 8 15 2.5-3 . . 1 2 . . . . 49 Torrey Dale 13 6 3 9 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 46 Dezmond Harris 7 3 6 9 ...... 24 Chris Rayford 13 3 2 5 ...... 33 Dontavian Lee 10 2 2 4 ...... 27 Aeris Williams 13 . 4 4 ...... 95 Braxton Hoyett 7 . 4 4 0.5-2 ...... 53 Hunter Bradley 12 3 . 3 ...... 34 Cory Thomas 8 1 2 3 1.0-4 1.0-4 1-12 ...... 90 Grant Harris 5 . 3 3 ...... 51 Kelan Chairs 12 1 2 3 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 40 Devon Bell 13 1 1 2 ...... 32 Ashton Shumpert 12 1 1 2 ...... 1 . . 5 Fred Brown 13 1 . 1 ...... 38 Brandon Davis 3 1 . 1 ...... 3C Winston Chapman 2 . 1 1 ...... 1 De'Runnya Wilson 13 1 . 1 ...... 43 Logan Cooke 13 1 . 1 ...... 29 Josiah Phillips 1 . 1 1 ...... 8 Fred Ross 13 1 . 1 ...... 35 Gabe Myles 10 . 1 1 ...... 6 Donald Gray 13 ...... 1 . Total 13 522 525 1047 98-403 30-209 13-130 55 48 1-0 5 4 . Opponents 13 486 491 977 71-281 32-193 5-74 65 41 13-15 20 1 . The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game (as of Dec 30, 2015) All games
TEAM STATISTICS
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 05 at Southern Miss 28 205 1 49 22 237 2 44 22-38-0 237 2 44 3 91 1 100 2 6 0 0 442 Sep 12 LSU 26 43 1 11 34 335 1 33 34-54-0 335 1 33 2 47 0 26 1 21 0 21 378 Sep 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 37 275 5 42 16 372 4 49 16-18-0 372 4 49 2 50 0 38 3 33 0 22 647 Sep 26 at Auburn 21 56 0 14 29 270 2 32 29-41-0 270 2 32 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 326 Oct 03 at Texas A&M 34 196 2 52 20 210 0 21 20-34-0 210 0 21 3 39 0 18 1 7 0 7 406 Oct 10 TROY 33 125 1 23 10 211 3 59 10-15-0 211 3 59 3 53 0 21 3 75 1 77 336 Oct 17 LOUISIANA TECH 30 93 2 15 30 347 3 45 30-43-0 347 3 45 3 56 0 34 2 28 0 7 440 Oct 24 KENTUCKY 36 204 3 21 26 382 3 63 26-36-1 382 3 63 2 38 0 22 1 0 0 0 586 Nov 05 at Missouri 36 127 0 17 27 303 4 63 27-41-0 303 4 63 3 104 0 69 1 17 0 17 430 Nov 14 ALABAMA 42 89 0 19 23 304 0 54 23-45-1 304 0 54 4 57 0 16 1 3 0 3 393 Nov 21 at Arkansas 35 123 2 12 38 508 5 55 38-51-1 508 5 55 5 100 0 26 1 7 0 7 631 Nov 28 OLE MISS 34 148 1 35 31 254 2 28 31-42-1 254 2 28 3 69 0 33 1 15 0 15 402 Dec 30 vs NC State 35 189 3 33 25 380 4 55 25-42-1 380 4 55 3 69 0 26 1 -2 0 0 569 Mississippi State 427 1873 21 52 331 4113 33 63 331-500-5 4113 33 63 36 773 1 100 19 214 1 77 5986 Opponents 531 2270 16 74 257 2815 16 82 257-424-13 2815 16 82 47 857 0 44 10 125 1 69 5085
Games: 13 • Avg/rush: 4.4 • Avg/catch: 12.4 • Pass effic: 155.08 • KR avg: 21.5 • PR avg: 11.3 • All purpose avg/game: 546.4 • Total offense avg/gm: 460.5
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 05 at Southern Miss 57 24 81 3.0-26 3.0-26 0 0-0 2-27 4 4 1 4-4 0 0 0 3 34 Sep 12 LSU 24 66 90 6.0-17 1.0-5 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 19 Sep 19 NORTHWESTERN STAT 32 58 90 13.0-56 4.0-26 0 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 8-8 0 0 0 0 62 Sep 26 at Auburn 55 30 85 8.0-55 4.0-37 1 0-0 1-19 8 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 17 Oct 03 at Texas A&M 44 45 89 4.0-9 1.0-2 0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17 Oct 10 TROY 26 78 104 15.0-82 4.0-36 1 1-0 1-2 3 9 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 45 Oct 17 LOUISIANA TECH 41 34 75 4.0-11 2.0-9 0 0-0 1-73 5 4 1 6-6 0 0 0 7 45 Oct 24 KENTUCKY 53 24 77 10.0-27 1.0-6 0 0-0 3-9 5 7 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 42 Nov 05 at Missouri 49 16 65 11.0-52 5.0-35 1 0-0 2-0 3 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 3 31 Nov 14 ALABAMA 26 34 60 4.0-5 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 7 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 Nov 21 at Arkansas 40 32 72 7.0-15 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 1 7 1 6-7 0 0 0 0 51 Nov 28 OLE MISS 39 34 73 7.0-19 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 27 Dec 30 vs NC State 36 50 86 6.0-29 5.0-27 0 0-0 2-0 8 3 0 6-7 0 0 0 14 51 Mississippi State 522 525 1047 98.0-403 30.0-209 5 1-0 13-130 48 55 4 54-56 0 0 0 48 447 Opponents 486 491 977 71.0-281 32.0-193 20 13-15 5-74 41 65 1 33-33 0 1 0 57 302
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 05 at Southern Miss 4 168 42.0 51 01112 2-2380743061.4 0 0 Sep 12 LSU 8 297 37.1 54 0 1 5 1 2 2-3 43 0 5 263 52.6 1 0 Sep 19 NORTHWESTERN STAT 1 44 44.0 44 00101 0-0001063863.8 7 0 Sep 26 at Auburn 5 209 41.8 54 0 1 3 2 3 1-1 44 0 4 260 65.0 2 0 Oct 03 at Texas A&M 5 197 39.4 49 00100 1-1380423558.8 2 0 Oct 10 TROY 5 243 48.6 65 0 1 3 3 1 1-1 42 0 8 504 63.0 5 0 Oct 17 LOUISIANA TECH 4 186 46.5 55 01222 1-1260848861.0 3 0 Oct 24 KENTUCKY 3 112 37.3 50 0 0 3 1 2 0-1 0 0 7 427 61.0 3 0 Nov 05 at Missouri 5 167 33.4 49 11102 1-2360636260.3 2 0 Nov 14 ALABAMA 6 266 44.3 59 0 1 1 2 2 2-3 39 0 3 192 64.0 2 1 Nov 21 at Arkansas 1 35 35.0 35 00100 1-1210954860.9 2 1 Nov 28 OLE MISS 3 148 49.3 50 0 0 1 1 0 2-2 27 0 5 319 63.8 4 0 Dec 30 vs NC State 4 154 38.5 48 01101 1-1390955061.1 2 0 Mississippi State 54 2226 41.2 65 1 8 24 13 18 15-19 44 0 85 5216 61.4 35 2 Opponents 72 2830 39.3 58 2 3 28 9 16 21-28 55 2 63 3810 60.5 22 3 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Dec 30, 2015) All games
OPPONENT STATISTICS
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 05 at Southern Miss 36 102 0 44 30 311 1 44 30-44-2 311 1 44 7 166 0 37 0 0 0 0 413 Sep 12 LSU 47 266 3 26 9 71 0 23 9-14-0 71 0 23 4 49 0 21 1 2 0 2 337 Sep 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 50 146 1 19 9 111 0 24 9-16-0 111 0 24 3 52 0 28 0 0 0 0 257 Sep 26 at Auburn 50 201 0 31 20 188 0 22 20-28-1 188 0 22 2 46 0 24 1 4 0 4 389 Oct 03 at Texas A&M 45 194 1 21 25 322 2 49 25-41-0 322 2 49 1 18 0 18 3 41 0 26 516 Oct 10 TROY 46 112 2 74 20 142 0 22 20-36-1 142 0 22 3 62 0 44 0 0 0 0 254 Oct 17 LOUISIANA TECH 32 110 0 11 25 303 2 31 25-41-1 303 2 31 5 58 0 21 1 1 0 1 413 Oct 24 KENTUCKY 33 163 1 25 30 260 0 22 30-52-3 260 0 22 4 70 0 23 0 0 0 0 423 Nov 05 at Missouri 45 215 1 72 11 107 0 35 11-26-2 107 0 35 4 61 0 25 1 8 0 0 322 Nov 14 ALABAMA 30 235 2 74 15 144 1 60 15-25-1 144 1 60 0 0 0 0 1 69 1 69 379 Nov 21 at Arkansas 29 73 0 9 30 406 7 52 30-43-0 406 7 52 6 119 0 35 0 0 0 0 479 Nov 28 OLE MISS 37 243 2 38 21 236 2 36 21-30-0 236 2 36 1 9 0 9 2 0 0 1 479 Dec 30 vs NC State 51 210 3 48 12 214 1 82 12-28-2 214 1 82 7 147 0 35 0 0 0 0 424 Opponents 531 2270 16 74 257 2815 16 82 257-424-13 2815 16 82 47 857 0 44 10 125 1 69 5085 Mississippi State 427 1873 21 52 331 4113 33 63 331-500-5 4113 33 63 36 773 1 100 19 214 1 77 5986
Games: 13 • Avg/rush: 4.3 • Avg/catch: 11.0 • Pass effic: 122.70 • KR avg: 18.2 • PR avg: 12.5 • All purpose avg/game: 472.4 • Total offense avg/gm: 391.2
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 05 at Southern Miss 41 14 55 5.0-16 1.0-5 1 2-0 0-0 1 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 3 16 Sep 12 LSU 35 52 87 5.0-34 3.0-28 0 0-0 0-0 8 8 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Sep 19 NORTHWESTERN STAT 27 44 71 2.0-6 1.0-5 2 2-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 3 13 Sep 26 at Auburn 32 24 56 3.0-7 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 6 6 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 9 Oct 03 at Texas A&M 35 40 75 4.0-15 2.0-12 2 2-0 0-0 3 8 0 3-3 0 0 0 3 30 Oct 10 TROY 20 48 68 4.0-10 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17 Oct 17 LOUISIANA TECH 36 40 76 8.0-34 2.0-16 2 0-0 0-0 3 6 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 20 Oct 24 KENTUCKY 47 28 75 3.0-5 1.0-3 0 0-0 1-0 1 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 16 Nov 05 at Missouri 42 32 74 11.0-41 3.0-22 3 2-0 0-0 8 5 1 1-1 0 0 0 3 13 Nov 14 ALABAMA 46 47 93 12.0-58 9.0-55 3 1-0 1-29 4 7 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 31 Nov 21 at Arkansas 40 50 90 2.0-4 2.0-4 2 2-15 1-0 0 6 0 6-6 0 1 0 21 50 Nov 28 OLE MISS 52 28 80 9.0-47 7.0-41 1 1-0 1-45 1 5 0 5-5 0 0 0 14 38 Dec 30 vs NC State 33 44 77 3.0-4 1.0-2 2 0-0 1-0 2 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 28 Opponents 486 491 977 71.0-281 32.0-193 20 13-15 5-74 41 65 1 33-33 0 1 0 57 302 Mississippi State 522 525 1047 98.0-403 30.0-209 5 1-0 13-130 48 55 4 54-56 0 0 0 48 447
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 05 at Southern Miss 6 208 34.7 48 10203 3-3310315351.0 0 0 Sep 12 LSU 9 351 39.0 58 0 0 5 1 5 0-0 0 0 4 257 64.2 2 0 Sep 19 NORTHWESTERN STAT 7 309 44.1 51 00320 2-2520421052.5 1 1 Sep 26 at Auburn 5 207 41.4 49 0 0 4 0 1 3-4 51 0 3 192 64.0 2 1 Oct 03 at Texas A&M 4 196 49.0 57 02021 3-4550743161.6 3 0 Oct 10 TROY 8 326 40.8 53 0 1 0 1 0 1-1 21 0 3 159 53.0 0 0 Oct 17 LOUISIANA TECH 5 167 33.4 55 10011 2-2330531362.6 2 0 Oct 24 KENTUCKY 4 153 38.2 47 0 0 2 0 2 3-4 48 0 5 301 60.2 3 0 Nov 05 at Missouri 7 278 39.7 56 00311 2-2350425363.2 1 0 Nov 14 ALABAMA 5 200 40.0 47 0 0 2 0 1 1-2 42 1 6 377 62.8 2 0 Nov 21 at Arkansas 4 183 45.8 51 00310 0-101847559.4 1 1 Nov 28 OLE MISS 3 68 22.7 37 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 48 0 7 440 62.9 4 0 Dec 30 vs NC State 5 184 36.8 40 00401 0-000424962.2 1 0 Opponents 72 2830 39.3 58 2 3 28 9 16 21-28 55 2 63 3810 60.5 22 3 Mississippi State 54 2226 41.2 65 1 8 24 13 18 15-19 44 0 85 5216 61.4 35 2 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Brandon Bryant DB 6-0 215 So. 1L Tunica, Miss. (Rosa Fort) 2 Jamal Peters DB 6-2 217 So. 1L Bassfield, Miss. (Bassfield) 3 Traver Jung LB 6-3 229 Jr. RS Greenville, Miss. (Holmes CC) 4 Gerri Green LB 6-4 248 So. 1L Greenville, Miss. (Greenville Weston) 5 Cedric Jiles DB 5-10 186 Sr. 1L Clinton, Miss. (Clinton) 5 Gabe Myles WR 6-0 195 Jr. 2L Starkville, Miss. (Starkville) 6 Donald Gray WR 5-10 204 Jr. 1L Memphis, Tenn. (Copiah-Lincoln CC) 7 Tolando Cleveland DB 6-0 190 Sr. 3L Powder Springs, Ga. (Hillgrove) 7 Nick Fitzgerald QB 6-5 230 So. 1L Richmond Hill, Ga. (Richmond Hill) 8 Fred Ross WR 6-2 205 Sr. 3L Tyler, Texas (John Tyler) 9 Jamoral Graham DB 5-10 183 Jr. 2L Decatur, Miss. (Newton County) 10 Brandon Holloway RB 5-8 165 Sr. 3L Tampa, Fla. (Alonso) 11 Kivon Coman DB 6-3 205 Sr. 3L Sheffield, Ala. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy) 11 Damian Williams QB 6-1 229 Jr. 2L Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel) 12 J.T. Gray LB 6-0 197 Jr. 2L Clarksdale, Miss. (Clarksdale) 13 Cameron Dantzler DB 6-2 165 Fr. HS Hammond, La. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 13 Wyatt Roberts ATH 6-0 195 Jr. JC Louisville, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) 14 Nick Tiano QB 6-4 239 RFr. RS Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor School) 16 Johnathan Calvin DL 6-3 272 Sr. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln CC) 16 Korey Charles DB 5-10 175 Fr. HS Miami, Fla. (North Florida Christian) 17 Jamal Couch WR 6-4 223 Fr. HS Phenix City, Ala. (Central) 18 Deddrick Thomas WR 5-9 188 RFr. RS Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis Central) 19 Zak Neary ATH 6-1 197 So. SQ Adamsville, Tenn. (Adamsville) 20 Jace Christman ATH 6-1 185 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Memorial) 20 Reginald Todd WR 6-4 192 Fr. HS Mobile, Ala. (Blount) 21 Nick Gibson RB 5-11 204 RFr. RS Birmingham, Ala. (Pinson Valley) 22 Malik Dear WR 5-9 220 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Murrah) 23 Keith Mixon WR 5-8 175 RFr. RS Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley School) 23 Allen Perkins ATH 6-0 230 RFr. RS Pelham, Ala. (Oak Mountain) 24 Chris Rayford DB 6-0 199 So. 1L Byhalia, Miss. (Byhalia) 25 Lashard Durr DB 5-11 197 Jr. JC Gulfport, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln CC) 25 Westin Graves K 6-0 163 Jr. 1L Flowood, Miss. (Jackson Prep) 26 Alec Murphy RB 6-0 230 RFr. RS Nixa, Mo. (Nixa) 27 Kody Schexnayder ATH 5-10 185 Fr. HS River Ridge, La. (John Curtis) 27 Aeris Williams RB 6-1 217 So. 1L West Point, Miss. (West Point) 28 DeAndre Ward LB 6-1 219 Sr. 2L Wetumpka, Ala. (Wetumpka) 29 C.J. Morgan DB 6-0 197 Fr. HS Bossier City, La. (Parkway) 30 Chris Stamps DB 6-0 179 RFr. RS Vicksburg, Miss. (Warren Central) 31 Maurice Smitherman DB 5-9 185 RFr. RS Adamsville, Ala. (Minor) 32 Ashton Shumpert RB 6-2 218 Sr. 3L Fulton, Miss. (Itawamba) 33 Dontavian Lee RB 6-1 230 So. 1L Hattiesburg, Miss. (Forrest County Agricultural) 34 Cory Thomas DL 6-5 313 So. 1L Bessemer, Ala. (McAdory) 34 Alan Worsham ATH 5-10 199 RFr. RS Martinez, Ga. (Augusta Christian) 35 John Michael Hankerson DB 6-1 170 Fr. HS South Bend, Ind. 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(Yazoo City) 51 Kelan Chairs LB 6-0 218 Jr. 1L Harvey, La. (St. Augustine)
@HAILSTATEFB HAILSTATE.COM FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEFB No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 51 Stewart Reese OL 6-5 340 Fr. HS Fort Pierce, Fla. (Fort Pierce Central) 52 Kobe Jones DL 6-3 278 Fr. HS Starkville, Miss. (Starkville) 53 Hunter Bradley SN 6-3 245 Sr. 1L Collierville, Tenn. (Collierville) 54 Greg Eiland OL 6-7 304 Fr. HS Philadelphia, Miss. (Philadelphia) 54 Cameron Miller ATH 6-1 210 Fr. HS Odessa, Fla. (Sickles) 55 Martinas Rankin OL 6-5 307 Jr. RS Mendenhall, Miss. (Miss. Gulf Coast CC) 56 Dareuan Parker OL 6-4 325 Fr. HS Olive Branch, Miss. (DeSoto Central) 57 Will Coleman DL 6-5 250 Sr. 1L Tyler, Texas (Tyler JC) 58 Justin Senior OL 6-5 310 Sr. 3L Montreal, Quebec (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy) 59 Darren May ATH 6-2 220 Fr. HS Jackson, Miss. (Terry) 60 Jamaal Clayborn OL 6-4 315 Sr. 2L Jackson, Miss. (Jackson Academy) 61 Deion Calhoun OL 6-3 308 So. 1L Pleasant Grove, Ala. (Restoration Academy) 62 Devon Desper OL 6-4 305 Sr. 2L Madison, Miss. (Madison Central) 63 Lawrence Brown ATH 6-4 300 Sr. SQ Columbus, Miss. (Belhaven University) 64 Jocquell Johnson OL 6-4 301 Sr. SQ Jackson, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC) 65 Brett Armour ATH 6-1 262 RFr. RS Brighton, Tenn. (Brighton) 66 Joel Baldwin SN 6-3 220 So. SQ Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo) 67 Michael Story OL 6-4 295 RFr. RS Ripley, Miss. (Ripley) 71 Ben Wilson ATH 6-4 315 Fr. HS Columbia, S.C. (Heathwood Hall) 72 Ronald Cochran OL 6-4 308 So. SQ Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch) 73 Darryl Williams OL 6-2 303 RFr. RS Bessemer, Ala. (Bessemer City) 74 Elgton Jenkins OL 6-4 305 So. 1L Clarksdale, Miss. (Clarksdale) 75 Harrison Moon OL 6-4 290 RFr. RS Chattanooga, Tenn. (Signal Mountain) 76 Blake Mitchell ATH 6-0 300 Fr. HS Brentwood, Tenn. (Ensworth) 77 Jawon Johnson ATH 6-2 305 Jr. JC Crawford, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) 79 Evans Wilkerson OL 6-5 304 RFr. RS Ridgeland, Miss. (Jackson Academy) 80 Christian Roberson TE 6-5 239 Fr. HS Atlanta, Ga. (McEachern) 81 Justin Johnson TE 6-3 239 So. 1L Birmingham, Ala. (Hoover) 82 Farrod Green TE 6-3 232 RFr. RS Wesson, Miss. (Wesson Attendance Center) 83 Jordan Thomas TE 6-5 295 Jr. JC Sumrall, Miss. (East Central CC) 84 Dontea Jones TE 6-4 254 Fr. HS McCool, Miss. (Jireh (N.C.) Prep) 85 Jonnas Spivey WR 6-0 200 RFr. RS Louin, Miss. (Bay Springs) 86 Jesse Jackson WR 6-2 211 So. 1L Petal, Miss. (Petal) 87 Osirus Mitchell WR 6-4 190 Fr. HS Sarasota, Fla. (Booker) 87 Wyatt Powell ATH 5-9 189 RFr. RS Ridgeland, Miss. (Jackson Academy) 88 Aaron Hamaker ATH 6-4 272 So. SQ Little Rock, Ark. (Catholic) 88 Nick James DL 6-5 320 Sr. 2L Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach) 90 Grant Harris DL 6-3 290 So. SQ Bolton, Miss. (Clinton) 91 Anfernee Mullins DL 6-3 261 RFr. RS Aliceville, Ala. (Aliceville) 92 Kendell Jones DL 6-4 280 RFr. RS Pinson, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville) 94 Nelson Adams DL 6-3 305 Sr. 3L Brandon, Miss. (Brandon) 95 Braxton Hoyett DL 6-3 305 So. SQ Pelham, Ala. (Pelham) 96 Tre Brown DL 6-4 309 Jr. JC Ackerman, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln CC) 98 Jeffery Simmons DL 6-4 310 Fr. HS Macon, Miss. (Noxubee County) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COACHING STAFF 3 Traver Jung TREV-er Dan Mullen, Head Coach • Eighth Season 4 Gerri Green GAIR-ee Brian Baker, Defensive Line • First Season 9 Jamoral Graham JUH-more-ul Terrell Buckley, Cornerbacks • First Season 11 Kivon Coman KEY-von Billy Gonzales, Co-off ensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers • Fourth Season 14 Nick Tiano TEE-ano John Hevesy, Co-off ensive Coordinator/Off ensive Line • Eighth Season 18 Deddrick Th omas rhymes with dead * Brian Johnson, Quarterbacks • Th ird Season 22 Malik Dear muh-LEEK 27 Aeris Williams AIR-ris Greg Knox, Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs • Eighth Season 54 Greg Eiland pronounced Island * Maurice Linguist, Safeties • First Season 55 Martinas Rankin Mar-TEE-nus * Scott Sallach, Tight Ends • Eighth Season 62 Devon Desper DEH-vuhn Peter Sirmon, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers • First Season 63 Jocquell Johnson rhymes with jock 74 Elgton Jenkins ELG-tuhn * - indicates in the press box 80 Christian Roberson ROH-ber-suhn 82 Farrod Green FUH-rahd 87 Osirus Mitchell O-sye-rus
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