ESPN.com · Feb 8, 2017
Mississippi State has turned tide in recruiting rivalry with Ole Miss
What a difference a year makes.
At this time a year ago, Ole Miss had just wrapped up a top-five national recruiting class. The Rebels signed 13 players ranked in the ESPN 300, including five-stars Greg Little and Benito Jones, as well as Shea Patterson, the nation’s top dual-threat quarterback. Coach Hugh Freeze even pulled four-star wide receiver A.J. Brown out of enemy territory in Starkville, Mississippi.
Meanwhile, down in Starkville, coach Dan Mullen and Mississippi State put together a class that finished at No. 33 in the final ESPN class rankings.