Three-star athlete Marcus Murphy announced his commitment to Mississippi State on Tuesday via Twitter.
Murphy (6 feet 1, 190 pounds), from West Point (Miss.) High, seems likely to be a running back at the next level, and was one of the Bulldogs’ top targets on the recruiting trial. He rushed for 1,764 yards as a junior.
Murphy is the 28th-ranked “athlete” nationally and a top-five player in Mississippi. He is the Bulldogs’ eighth commitment for the 2018 class, and six of them are Mississippi high school players.
He committed to Mississippi State in May 2016, then re-opened his recruitment in January after receiving an offer from Michigan.