Mississippi State is in the final weeks of only its second 10-win season in the last 50 years, but the Bulldogs will lose a lot of key contributors from this year’s team following their bowl game this winter. MSU has 19 seniors on its current roster and stands to lose juniors Dak Prescott and Benardrick McKinney to the NFL, leaving gaping holes in a number of position groups entering the offseason.

The Bulldogs will have their work cut out for them on the recruiting trail with some many productive players to replace, but the team’s success in 2014 should help Dan Mullen’s sales pitch to recruits in the near future.

With all of that in mind, here are the Bulldogs’ biggest recruiting needs for next season.

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OFFENSE: OFFENSIVE LINE

Who’s leaving: Dillon Day, Ben Beckwith, Blaine Clausell, Damian Robinson, Archie Muniz

The Bulldogs will lose their top three offensive lineman at season’s end in Day, Beckwith and Clausell, and as you can imagine their collective departure will be difficult for Mississippi State to overcome in the short term. Dan Mullen has consistently pieced together productive rushing attacks since arriving in Starkville in 2009, making the losses along the offensive line even more painful to the immediate future of the Mississippi State offense.

The offensive line already lacked depth, and that depth will take an even greater hit with the losses of Robinson (who missed his redshirt senior season in 2014 with a torn ACL) and Muniz. The Bulldogs are in need of reinforcements as soon as possible, making the offensive line the biggest area of concern this recruiting season.

The Bulldogs currently have seven four-star recruits in their 2015 recruiting class, but only one of them plays along the offensive line — offensive tackle Tommy Champion of Jackson, Miss. Of their 29 “hard commits” (according to 247 Sports), only four are offensive linemen, including Champion.

Mississippi State needs to build more depth along the line, even if it takes a number of three-star recruits who will need to redshirt and develop before making an impact. Mullen has a great history of player development at Mississippi State, turning once unheralded recruits into superstars (i.e Dak Prescott and Josh Robinson, or in years past current NFL players like Johnthan Banks and K.J. Wright).

What the Bulldogs need most right now is big bodies with upside. Mullen can transform a player’s potential into results on the field; he just needs players with potential.

DEFENSE: SECONDARY

Who’s leaving: Jamerson Love, Justin Cox, Jay Hughes

Mississippi State’s secondary was its biggest weakness in 2014, allowing more explosive completions (23) than any other team in the SEC (no one else allowed more than 18). That secondary is about to lose one of its starting corners in Love, one of its starting safeties in Cox and another impactful safety off the bench in Hughes.

The Bulldogs have a track record of putting defensive players into the NFL (11 of the 14 former Bulldogs in the NFL play defense), which should make Mullen’s and Geoff Collins’ sales pitch to defensive backs and athletes alike a compelling one.

Collins can teach players the art of playing in the secondary, but he needs players with speed and physicality to improve at the position. Mississippi State was beaten over the top far too often in 2014, and although the Bulldogs will return Taveze Calhoun and Will Redmond they’ll need more help, especially at safety, to limit big plays in the coming years.

Mississippi State has two safeties, two cornerbacks and four athletes among its current 29 “hard recruits,” including four-star safety Jamal Peters. The Bulldogs are building depth in the secondary, but it will be up to Mullen and Collins to develop that depth to avoid another troubling season in the back-end of the Mississippi State defense.