State Recruiting
2002 Mississippi High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest Mississippi prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 40
- Committed Programs
- 8
- Blue-Chips
- 6
Destination programs
- 13 recruits
- Mississippi State12 recruits
- Southern Miss8 recruits
- Memphis2 recruits
- Vanderbilt2 recruits
Mississippi recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerious Norwood Brandon | RB | Mississippi State | 5★ | 0.991 |
| 2 | Darren Williams Clarksdale | S | Mississippi State | 5★ | 0.989 |
| 3 | Parys Haralson Madison Central | WDE | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.979 |
| 4 | Jeremy Ruffin Meridian | OLB | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 5 | Chris Herring South Panola | ILB | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 6 | Markell McKinley Weir Attendance Center | SDE | 4★ | 0.900 | |
| 7 | Jamal Pittman Columbia | RB | 3★ | 0.867 | |
| 8 | Jayme Mitchell Forest Hill | SDE | 3★ | 0.867 | |
| 9 | James McCoy Moss Point | OT | 3★ | 0.867 | |
| 10 | Jay Kirkland New Albany | OG | 3★ | 0.867 | |
| 11 | Richard Burch Brandon | OT | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 12 | Kenneth Kern Clarksdale | ILB | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 13 | Bryan Brown Corinth | ATH | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 14 | Aries Nelson East Side | DUAL | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 15 | Scott Shurden Neshoba Central | K | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 16 | Ken Topps Shannon | ATH | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 17 | Robby D'Angelo Harrison Central | OG | Southern Miss | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 18 | Otis Riddley Provine | DT | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 19 | Tee Milons Starkville | WR | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 20 | Will Prosser Starkville Academy | WR | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.800 |
| 21 | Michael Gibson Mooreville | K | Auburn | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 22 | Wes Smith Lafayette | S | Memphis | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 23 | Rusty Clayton Oak Grove | OG | Memphis | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 24 | Chris Booker Northwest Rankin | OLB | Vanderbilt | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 25 | Adam Dossett Parklane Academy | OG | Vanderbilt | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 26 | Shalder Manning Benton Academy | SDE | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 27 | Tavares Barnes Collins | DT | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 28 | Marcus Lampton Columbia | DT | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 29 | Wayne Hardy Lawrence County | OLB | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 30 | John Archie Madison Central | S | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 31 | Akeem Lockett Ripley | WDE | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 32 | Travis Cooley Wayne County | OG | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 33 | Corvelli Haynes East Side | ILB | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 34 | Kevin Dockery Hernando | CB | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 35 | Blake Pettit Olive Branch | TE | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 36 | Monte Collins Provine | OT | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 37 | David Heard Vicksburg | CB | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 38 | Brett Morgan Warren Central | DUAL | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 39 | Willie Evans Wayne County | DT | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 40 | Kingi McNair East Rankin Academy | ATH | Georgia Tech | 2★ | 0.767 |