The Pass Rush For Mississippi State Football Will Help Its Secondary
Mississippi State football should be able to pressure quarterbacks fairly regularly in 2018. A season ago, between Gerri Green, Jeffery Simmons, and Montez Sweat, the Mississippi State Bulldogs recorded 20.5 sacks. Those three are all back and there’s even more to come on the defensive line.
Chauncey Rivers is fully eligible and his skillset will certainly be put to use. But, we’ll get to that more in a minute.
Cory Thomas, Marquiss Spencer, Fletcher Adams, Kobe Jones, Tre Brown, Braxton Hoyett, and Grant Harris are all also returning, giving the Bulldogs plenty of depth. With that depth and talent, Mississippi State won’t have to rely too heavily on its secondary for extended periods of time. Mississippi State, instead, can get to the quarterback and disrupt pass plays before they even really begin.