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2. Mississippi prospects continue to land outside of state lines, and that's a trend we should expect to continue.

Jamonta Waller (Rivals.com)
Patterson: FACT. With so many factors in play now, from NIL opportunities to conference realignment, it’s not difficult to imagine more and more top players from Mississippi leaving the state in future. In the 2024 cycle, Jamonta Waller and Kahnen Daniels are headed to Florida. The top-ranked player in the state, Kamarion Franklin, looks to be headed out of the state, as well. That’s not to say that everybody will leave, but it’s not far-fetched to see more top talent looking elsewhere.

Garcia: FACT. It's never easy to pluck elite talent from the state of Mississippi, but with the combination of a coaching change in Starkville and Ole Miss' reliance on the transfer portal - coupled with NIL movement and newer staffs like Florida and Auburn with true ties to the state - this trend won't soon slow down. On top of that, it's all but proven that national title contenders need to recruit nationally to remain near the mountaintop, pushing the Egg Bowl programs further into the SEC footprint while the traditional powers continue to explore new territory within the still underrecruited state in some respects. The more new programs - like Oklahoma and Arkansas - make waves into the state the more fluidity we'll continue to see there.

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