By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA | When no one else was paying attention, Malcolm Johnson went to work. On sweltering summer days when most looked for the cover and cool of shade and air conditioning, Johnson tied a harness around his waist, at the end of which sat a 120-pound tire. He dragged that tire up and down the practice fields of Northridge High School.
By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA | When no one else was paying attention, Malcolm Johnson went to work. On sweltering summer days when most looked for the cover and cool of shade and air conditioning, Johnson tied a harness around his waist, at the end of which sat a 120-pound tire. He dragged that tire up and down the practice fields of Northridge High School.
WEST POINT — Dressed in maroon sweatshirts, West Point High School seniors Michael Carr and Curtis Virges honored their verbal commitments and signed scholarships Wednesday to play football at Mississippi State.
STARKVILLE — A National Signing Day surge saw the Mississippi State University football team land the state’s top offensive lineman and snag two more from other programs.
STARKVILLE – This time a year ago, Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen held no secrets about the strategy for his first recruiting class. “We always want to recruit this state, first and foremost,” said Mullen last February.
Mississippi State Vick Ballard, rb, 5-11, 210, Miss. Gulf Coast CC, Pascagoula, Miss. Ferlando Bohanna, lb, 6-0, 230, Whitehaven HS, Memphis, Tenn. James Carmon, dl, 6-7, 360, Miss. Gulf Coast CC, Baltimore, Md. Michael Carr, ath, 6-1, 195, West Point (Miss.) HS Blaine Clausell, ol, 6-7, 310, Baker HS, Mobile, Ala. Paul Crawford, dl, 6-8, 235, Hebron HS, Lewisville, Texas Dillon Day, ol, 6-4 …
Ole Miss’ 2010 football recruiting class might be ranked higher than Mississippi State’s according to most of the national recruiting services. But there was no doubt on Wednesday that the Bulldogs won the battle of in-state recruiting over the Rebels and Southern Mississippi. “I think we hit a home run pretty much everywhere we went,” said State coach Dan Mullen, who signed 16 current …
1. Florida: Guess those 17 recruits in ESPNU’s national top 150 rankings think Gators’ coach Urban Meyer will live to coach next season. 2. Alabama: Also killed in national recruiting and signed more players (three) from Memphis than Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Arkansas combined. 3. Auburn: Slugged it out toe-to-toe with Alabama and came away with nation’s No. 2 running back …
Mississippi State won the in-state football recruiting battle for the second straight year.
Ole Miss and Mississippi State each added big-name additions to their football recruiting classes on national signing day.
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