State Recruiting
2005 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
- 33
- Committed Programs
- 15
- Blue-Chips
- 5
Destination programs
- Mississippi State6 recruits
- 4 recruits
- Memphis4 recruits
- Southern Miss4 recruits
- Ole Miss3 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 | Jerrell Powe Wayne County | DT | Ole Miss | 5★ | 0.989 |
| 2 | Derek Pegues South Panola | CB | Mississippi State | 5★ | 0.985 |
| 3 | Josh McNeil Collins | OC | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.969 |
| 4 | Calvin Wilson Hattiesburg | OT | Mississippi State | 4★ | 0.922 |
| 5 | Louis Ellis Lanier | DT | Mississippi State | 4★ | 0.922 |
| 6 | Jimmy Johns Brookhaven | DUAL | 3★ | 0.878 | |
| 7 | Tim Holloway Seminary | ATH | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 8 | Charles Burns Hattiesburg | ILB | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 9 | Archie Sims West Jones | OLB | 3★ | 0.833 | |
| 10 | Reid Neely Jackson Academy | OT | Ole Miss | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 11 | Jeremy Rockette Olive Branch | OLB | Memphis | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 12 | Austin Divinity Hinds County Agricultural Sch | WR | Southern Miss | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 13 | Chris Spencer Meridian | OG | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 14 | Craig Jenkins Pearl | OG | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 15 | Lance Lee Oxford | OT | Ole Miss | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 16 | Eddie Hicks Clarkdale Attendance Center | CB | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 17 | Wesley Beardain Winona | PRO | Marshall | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 18 | J.P. Lewis Lawrence County | ATH | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.778 |
| 19 | Corey McGee Jackson Academy | RB | Ball State | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 20 | Melvin Ellis Port Gibson | CB | Louisiana Tech | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 21 | LaKeitharun Ford West Bolivar Dist | CB | Memphis | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 22 | John Welch Gautier | WR | Rice | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 23 | Donald Thornton Horn Lake | ILB | Memphis | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 24 | Jack Hayes Mendenhall | OG | legacy_name_hudsonvalley | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 25 | Stacy Jones Columbus | TE | Memphis | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 26 | Alaric Coleman Southaven | ILB | UL Monroe | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 27 | Cornelius McGee Clarksdale | CB | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 28 | Jessie Bowman Brookhaven | DT | Mississippi State | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 29 | Swayze Waters Jackson Prep | K | UAB | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 30 | Patrick Swoopes Starkville | OG | UAB | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 31 | Tobias Shanks Port Gibson | WR | San Diego State | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 32 | Jordan Ellis St Stanislaus | ILB | Tulane | 2★ | 0.700 |
| 33 | Brian Leggett Meridian | OG | Marshall | 2★ | 0.700 |