Staying home: Mississippi State flips receiver from Sun Belt school
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks for Rufus Harvey, but the wide receiver from Starkville, Mississippi finally settled, and signed, with his hometown team.
Harvey signed with MSU on National Signing Day after he decommitted from Arkansas State only after he committed to the Red Wolves on Jan. 26. Harvey is a 5-foot-10, 167 pound 3-star prospect, according to 247Sports.
Harvey is ranked the No. 3 wide receiver and No. 32 overall prospect in Mississippi by 247Sports, and as a senior, he caught 75 passes for 1,066 yards and 16 touchdowns. Harvey was also only the third 1,000-yard receiver in Starkville High School history.
It may have been a late decision for Harvey as he tweeted on Monday, “decisions, decisions,” and reportedly committed on Wednesday with his signature.
Here are his highlights from Hudl:
Official. Welcome to the Family, Rufus Harvey. @R_Harvey6 » https://t.co/dnBTQLFOYU#HailState🐶 pic.twitter.com/Kx9aY9joit
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) February 5, 2020
Former Ole Miss star and Starkville native A.J. Brown may say Hail State after all.
I will say Hailstate if Lil bro go there. https://t.co/0LCVr0ebcX
— AJ Brown (@Brown1arthur) January 31, 2020
He’s a very good receiver and would be a 4 star if he was a little bigger. Either way, he’s a good get.
Yeah, he’ll shine in the air raid.
Smaller receivers don’t matter as much as it used to. Also, it seems like he has a decent catch radius for a 5’10” guy. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up being a difference maker.
I’m very excited. EVERY top prospect from Starkville SHOULD go to State. Homegrown is always best!
The best part about this is that on Twitter, AJ Brown said he was going to say HailState if Rufus Harvey signed with MSU and Rufus did just that. Now I’m just waiting to see if AJ going to follow through.
He followed through, said he might get a jersey too lol.
I just saw lol