State Recruiting
2012 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
- 62
- Committed Programs
- 11
- Blue-Chips
- 7
Destination programs
- 27 recruits
- Mississippi State13 recruits
- Southern Miss7 recruits
- Ole Miss4 recruits
- Louisiana Tech3 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 | Channing Ward Aberdeen | WDE | Ole Miss | 5★ | 0.984 |
| 2 | Anthony Alford Petal | DUAL | Southern Miss | 4★ | 0.950 |
| 3 | Quay Evans Morton | DT | Mississippi State | 4★ | 0.948 |
| 4 | Nick James Long Beach | DT | Mississippi State | 4★ | 0.927 |
| 5 | Jeremy Liggins Lafayette | ATH | LSU | 4★ | 0.909 |
| 6 | Isaac Gross South Panola | SDE | Ole Miss | 4★ | 0.895 |
| 7 | A.J. Jefferson North Pike | SDE | Mississippi State | 4★ | 0.891 |
| 8 | Richie Brown Long Beach | ILB | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.889 |
| 9 | D'Arthur Cowan Olive Branch | WR | Arkansas | 3★ | 0.883 |
| 10 | Xavier Grindle East Marion | RB | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.875 |
| 11 | Devon Desper Madison Central | OC | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.872 |
| 12 | D.J. Thompson Pearl | WR | 3★ | 0.861 | |
| 13 | Nelson Adams Brandon | SDE | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 14 | Cedric Jiles Clinton | CB | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.859 |
| 15 | Temario Strong South Panola | OLB | Ole Miss | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 16 | Adarrius Perkins Forrest County Agricultural | WR | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.851 |
| 17 | Deontay Evans McComb | WR | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.850 |
| 18 | Ledarious Clark Southeast | APB | 3★ | 0.849 | |
| 19 | Adairius Barnes Port Gibson | ATH | Louisiana Tech | 3★ | 0.848 |
| 20 | Fred Brown Jim Hill | WR | 3★ | 0.843 | |
| 21 | Cordarrly Gaines Provine | OT | 3★ | 0.843 | |
| 22 | Michael Gordon Velma Jackson | APB | 3★ | 0.841 | |
| 23 | Lelland Ducksworth North Forrest | OLB | Southern Miss | 3★ | 0.839 |
| 24 | Cole Carter Caledonia | OT | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.834 |
| 25 | Todd Mays Olive Branch | ATH | Arkansas State | 3★ | 0.827 |
| 26 | Devon Bell Warren Central | P | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 27 | Gus Walley Greene County | TE | Mississippi State | 3★ | 0.818 |
| 28 | Wil Freeman Northwest Rankin | WDE | Southern Miss | 3★ | 0.813 |
| 29 | Travon Travis Gulfport | WR | 3★ | 0.813 | |
| 30 | Shelton Cole Meridian | WR | 3★ | 0.810 | |
| 31 | Ty Northern Rosa Fort | S | 3★ | 0.810 | |
| 32 | Lawrence Brown New Hope | TE | 3★ | 0.804 | |
| 33 | Jerry McCorvey Vancleave | ILB | Southern Miss | 3★ | 0.797 |
| 34 | Maurice Bennett Madison Central | DT | 2★ | 0.797 | |
| 35 | Vernon Butler North Pike | SDE | Louisiana Tech | 2★ | 0.793 |
| 36 | Kel Thurman Raleigh | OT | 2★ | 0.792 | |
| 37 | Kirby Wixson Pearl | OG | 2★ | 0.791 | |
| 38 | Marlon Pope Blair Center Hattiesburg | TE | 2★ | 0.790 | |
| 39 | Demarkus Dennis Lafayette | RB | 2★ | 0.790 | |
| 40 | Quintavius Burdette Senatobia | RB | Ole Miss | 2★ | 0.788 |
| 41 | Herbert Harris Clinton | OLB | 2★ | 0.780 | |
| 42 | Avery Gennesy Southaven | OT | 2★ | 0.779 | |
| 43 | Devin Mondie Olive Branch | OG | Arkansas State | 2★ | 0.777 |
| 44 | Jocquell Johnson Callaway | OT | 2★ | 0.773 | |
| 45 | Jordan Woods Oak Grove | WR | 2★ | 0.773 | |
| 46 | C.J. Bates Louisville | S | Louisiana | 2★ | 0.773 |
| 47 | Co Wh Nettleton | RB | 2★ | 0.770 | |
| 48 | Travonte Fenton Oak Grove | S | 2★ | 0.768 | |
| 49 | Nigel Green Northwest Rankin | S | 2★ | 0.767 | |
| 50 | Tip McKenzie Trinity Episcopal Day School | APB | Vanderbilt | 2★ | 0.767 |
| 51 | Oliver Bates Tylertown | OT | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.761 |
| 52 | Leonard Pegues Olive Branch | OLB | Memphis | 2★ | 0.758 |
| 53 | Wynton McManis Olive Branch | OLB | Memphis | 2★ | 0.758 |
| 54 | Brandon Farmer Harrison Central | OG | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.758 |
| 55 | Jamison Goins Gulfport | DT | 2★ | 0.753 | |
| 56 | Travez Taylor North Pike | CB | Louisiana Tech | 2★ | 0.753 |
| 57 | Greg Sims Southaven | CB | 2★ | 0.750 | |
| 58 | Thomas Spiers Olive Branch | TE | 2★ | 0.740 | |
| 59 | Jarell Aaron Poplarville | WR | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.733 |
| 60 | Forest Williams Amory | PRO | 2★ | 0.700 | |
| 61 | Michael Mordecai Jackson Academy | P | 2★ | 0.700 | |
| 62 | Evan Sobiesk Oak Grove | K | 2★ | 0.700 |