The Bulldogs caught fire on the recruiting trail in June.
STARKVILLE, Miss. — The best way to sustain success in college football is by recruiting promising prospects to join a program and developing these players. The details and methods have drastically changed over the past few years due to the emergence of the transfer portal, but no coach can be successful without having some talent on the roster.
First-year Mississippi State head coach Jeff Lebby has only been on the job since December and has already proven to be a ruthless recruiter. Recruiting is a full-staff grind, and he made some excellent hires in that aspect, notably former Arkansas offensive line coach Cody Kennedy. It was a breath of fresh air for Bulldog fans to see a football staff hit the transfer portal hard and add talent instead of sticking with what is on the roster. Obviously, the portal is a flawed system that needs to be adjusted, but no matter how one feels about it, recruiting hard in the transfer portal has become crucial in modern college football.
In years past, MSU hosted a lot of official visitors in December in hopes of getting the edge before signing day. Instead, Lebby bucked that trend. He picked up eight commits the first weekend and five commits the next .
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