Assessing Mississippi State's 2015 recruiting class

Editor’s Note: All rankings, both individual and team, are courtesy of 247Sports.

If Mississippi State maintains its 2015 recruiting class as it stands, it would mark the Bulldogs’ first top 20 class in the Dan Mullen era. The Bulldogs needed to make a splash on the recruiting trail this offseason upon losing one of the biggest senior classes in the SEC, and so far they’ve done exactly that by signing three four-star prospects and earning commitments from three more four-star recruits.

Mississippi State will lose starters at almost every position this offseason, but Mullen and his coaching staff have courted a nice mix of players among this year’s crop of recruits. The Bulldogs have already signed a receiver, an offensive lineman, a defensive lineman and two versatile athletes, and among their most prominent unsigned commitments lie three defensive backs, two linebackers, two more linemen and a tailback.

The Bulldogs still have plenty of work to do to lock down their current group of commitments, especially in the wake of a frustrating end to the 2014 season that featured three losses to ranked teams in MSU’s final four games. However, if Mullen can keep this class and develop these prospects the way he’s developed two- and three-star recruits in the past, MSU could have a core of talent to build around moving forward.

Current Mississippi State 2015 recruiting class

• National Rank: No. 18
• SEC Rank: No. 9
• No. of Signees: 5
• No. of Signees by Rating: 3 four-stars, 2 three-stars
• No. of Commitments: 21
• No. of Commitments by Rating: 3 four-stars, 18 three-stars

Notable signees

Notable commits