National Signing Day 2017: Breaking Down Mississippi State’s Class

National Signing Day 2017 is wrapped up for Mississippi State, so let’s look at how the Bulldogs’ class shakes out.

The first Wednesday in February is similar to Christmas Morning around the SEC. Coaches all over the country wait beside a fax machine for coveted high school seniors to send in their letter of intent.

Typically, National Signing Day is a very long day for most coaches as most players paperwork usually comes with some sort of local ceremony and celebration. This was the case for the Mississippi State coaching staff, who received their first letter of intent before 7am central time Wednesday morning.

The Bulldogs signed a total of twenty four players in the 2017 class which is a pretty normal number. According to 247sports.com, Mississippi State’s class rankings twenty second nationally, which is tremendous, and ninth in the SEC, which is a true testament to how tough this league is.

First I want to breakdown each member of the 2017 class, then I’ll give my thoughts on the class as a hole. Also for the sake of the post I am going to use rankings from 247sports.com.

One thing that was unique about the 2017 class for Mississippi State was the number of early enrollees the Bulldogs signed. Thirteen of the twenty four signees are already enrolled at MSU and nine of those thirteen came from a junior college.