The Mississippi State University Bulldogs are coming off season one of the Dan Mullen era. They enjoyed mild success last year finishing tied 4th in the West including a drumming of cross state rival Ole Miss. The offense talent is really young and is still at-least a year away from being a dependable offense. They have play-makers in Brandon Heavens and Chad Bumphis but you must be able to get them the ball for them to have a chance to make plays. Chris Relf was named the starter at quarterback after spring practice but he is not the quarterback that Dan Mullen needs to get his team to a top of the SEC west division. On the defensive side of the ball, the bulldogs have one of the best defensive ends in the SEC in Pernell McPhee to build their defense around. Just like the offense their defensive talent is mostly underclassmen and look out for sophomore defensive tackle Fletcher Cox. The 6-4 300 pound Cox is a talented defensive lineman who has quick hands, good footwork, and has real quick feet off the ball and should give many offensive lineman fits. The leader of the defense is linebacker K.J. Wright. The senior is an underrated linebacker but is one of the hardest hitting linebackers in the SEC. Overall though year two of the Dan Mullen era is going to have a set-back and the bulldogs are two years away from contending for an SEC west division title.
2010 Schedule and Predicted Results:
September 4 Memphis W 24-14
September 9 Auburn L 14-35
September 18 @ LSU L 21-27
September 25 Georgia L 14-28
October 2 Alcorn State W 56-7
October 9 @ Houston W 28-24
October 16 @ Florida L 31-38
October 23 UAB W 38-21
October 30 Kentucky L 7-21
November 13 @ Alabama L 0-24
November 20 Arkansas L 24-28
November 27 Ole Miss L 14-21
Predicted Results Overall 4-8, 0-8 SEC Last Place in SEC West
Depth Chart
Offense
QB- Chris Relf
RB- Robert Elliot
FB- Patrick Hanrahan
WR- Leon Berry
WR- Chad Bumphis (pictured right)
TE- Marcus Green
OT- Derek Sherrod
OT- Addison Lawerence
OG- Quentin Saulsberry
OG- Tobias Smith
C- J.C. Brignone
K- Sean Bauchle
Defense
DE- Pernell McPhee (pictured left)
DT- Fletcher Cox
DT- Josh Boyd
DE- Nick Bell
LB- Cameron Lawerence
LB- K.J. Wright
LB- Chris White
CB- Maurice Langston
FS- Jonathan Banks
SS- Charles Mitchell
CB- Corey Broomfield
P- Heath Hutchins
2009 Stat Leaders
QB- Tyson Lee 130-221 Cmp-Att, 58.8 cmp% 1444-yds, 4-14 td-int
RB- Anthony Dixon 257-car, 1391-yds, 5.4 ypc, 12-td
RB- Christian Ducre 45-car, 263-yds, 5.8-ypc, 2-td
WR- Chad Bumphis 32-rec, 375-yds, 11.7-ypr, 4-td
TE- Marcus Green 27-rec, 306-yds, 11.3-ypr, 3-td
2010 Recruiting Recap
Top 3 Recruits
DT- James Carmon ****
ATH- Michael Carr ****
DE-Kaleb Eulls ****
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