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Recruiting heating up for Southern Miss football one week before early signing period

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HATTIESBURG — The philosophy behind Southern Miss’ 2019 football signing class started coming into focus over the weekend, as Southern Miss picked up three key junior college commitments.

Coach Jay Hopson and his staff shored up a position of need with verbal commitments from two big out-of-state JUCO offensive linemen and a do-it-all defensive lineman from East Mississippi Community College.

The first was Glendale (Arizona) Community College offensive lineman Tanner Hawthorne, a 6-foot-6, 300-pound tackle who helped pave the way for 161.