State Recruiting

2016 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.

2016 National Rankings2016 Defensive Linemen
Ranked Recruits
71
Committed Programs
16
Blue-Chips
11

State recruiting summary

Mississippi has 71 ranked recruits in 2016, including 11 blue-chip prospects.

National rankingsTop position board

Top destinations

  • Southern Miss7
  • Ole Miss6
  • Mississippi State5
  • Alabama3

Destination programs

Mississippi recruit board

Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.

RankRecruitPositionTeamStarsRating
1Jeffery Simmons
Noxubee County
SDEMississippi State5★0.988
2Benito Jones
Wayne County
DTOle Miss5★0.984
3A.J. Brown
Starkville
WROle Miss4★0.980
4Nigel Knott
Germantown
CBAlabama4★0.968
5Raekwon Davis
Meridian
DTAlabama4★0.959
6DK Metcalf
Oxford
WROle Miss4★0.949
7Octavious Cooley
Laurel
TEOle Miss4★0.929
8Scott Lashley
West Point
OTAlabama4★0.922
9Marquiss Spencer
Greenwood
WDEMississippi State4★0.908
10Kobe Jones
Starkville
DTMississippi State4★0.906
11Justin Connor
North Panola
RBOle Miss4★0.896
12Jordan Duncan
Oak Grove
WRCalifornia3★0.881
13Nero Nelson
Simmons
ATHMississippi State3★0.875
14Eli Johnson
Lafayette
OCOle Miss3★0.874
15Drelan Porter
South Panola
WDE—3★0.873
16Daniel Crowell
Meridian
WR—3★0.873
17Zaire Jones
Meridian
S—3★0.870
18Jaquelle Green
D'Iberville
S—3★0.869
19Lamarques Thomas
Clinton
S—3★0.867
20Damion Dickens
Holmes County
WDE—3★0.865
21Quincy Lenton
Meridian
S—3★0.865
22Greg Eiland
Philadelphia
OTMississippi State3★0.856
23Jeriko Morris
Crystal Springs
ATH—3★0.855
24Keon Howard
Laurel
PROSouthern Miss3★0.855
25KaDerrion Mason
McComb
SDELouisiana Tech3★0.847
26Javious Bardney
Callaway
OG—3★0.845
27Dareuan Parker
DeSoto Central
OT—3★0.844
28Korbin Harmon
Oxford
WDE—3★0.842
29Dan Ellington
Center Hill
ATH—3★0.840
30Jerome Johnson
Bassfield
DT—3★0.836
31Grayson Gunter
Madison Central
TE—3★0.834
32Jack Abraham
Oxford
PRO—3★0.834
33Daquan Smith
McComb
WR—3★0.830
34Jerrick Orr
Aberdeen
ATH—3★0.826
35Jacques Turner
D'Iberville
WDESouthern Miss3★0.822
36Juwan Adams
North Pike
DUAL—3★0.821
37Zach Cousar
Oxford
TELouisiana Tech3★0.819
38Gentle Williams
Florence
OGCalifornia3★0.817
39Taury Dixon
Germantown
CB—3★0.811
40Jermarquis Stimage
Shaw
ATH—3★0.811
41Hal Northern
Rosa Fort
DT—3★0.809
42Maleke Bell
Starkville
SDE—3★0.803
43Sanchez Blake
Olive Branch
CBMemphis3★0.801
44Tyler Polk
St. Martin
RB—3★0.800
45Demetrius Market
South Panola
CBSouthern Miss3★0.799
46Lorenzo Dantzler
Starkville
WDESouthern Miss3★0.798
47Chance Purvis
Lamar School
OLBEast Carolina2★0.793
48Julius Turner
Meridian
DTRutgers2★0.793
49Robert Miller
Olive Branch
S—2★0.789
50Jordan Jamison
Lafayette
OTUAB2★0.788
51Jordan Beaton
Harrison Central
DT—2★0.788
52Josh Oatis
West Harrison
OTUTSA2★0.786
53Alan Lamar
DeSoto Central
APB—2★0.782
54Ty Peters
D'Iberville
S—2★0.780
55James Allen Coley
Cathedral
ILB—2★0.779
56T.J. McGinnis
Pisgah
ATHSouthern Miss2★0.779
57Phabion Woodard
Gentry
OTTulane2★0.773
58Tavarus Fairley
Oak Grove
RB—2★0.770
59Jordan Mims
Pascagoula
CB—2★0.768
60Demarrio Smith
Canton
DTSouthern Miss2★0.768
61Melvin Stevenson
Clarksdale
ATH—2★0.767
62Arvin Fletcher
Germantown
OG—2★0.767
63Jordon Beaton
Gulfport
WDE—2★0.767
64Davon White
Harrison Central
RB—2★0.767
65Dee White
Harrison Central
WR—2★0.767
66Christian Saulsberry
Northpoint Christian School
APB—2★0.767
67Collin Tatko
Northpoint Christian School
TE—2★0.767
68Qendarrion Barnett
Noxubee County
S—2★0.763
69Kevin Perkins
Rosa Fort
RBSouthern Miss2★0.760
70Dedric Smith
Brookhaven
OLB—2★0.750
71Josh Miller
West Marion
ATH—2★0.740