Southern Miss football recruiting · Sun Belt
Southern Miss recruiting: 8 commits for 2027, No. 127 in our class score
Every class since 2002, where they came from, and who coached them.
82027 commits
3.00average stars, 2027 class
No. 1272027 class score
593commits since 2002 · 1 five-star
The 2027 class
8 commitsJaylen Smith
★★★★★
Caiden Wade
★★★★★
Brandon Turner
unrated
Chase Gathings
unrated
Everett Turnage
unrated
Jacques Robichaux III
unrated
Julian Navarrete
unrated
Waymond Jenerette Jr.JUCO
unrated
Latest moves
nothing newNothing logged for Southern Miss in the last 120 days. The newest dated moves in our archive (May 29, 2026):
Offered Isaiah Alvarez
★★★★★
May 29
Offered Sheldon Isaac
★★★★★
Apr 28
Offered Majay Thompson
★★★★★
Apr 19
Offered Jaylen Scott
★★★★★
Mar 15
Offered Jamar Thompson
★★★★★
Mar 13
Our live tracker reads offer, visit and commit posts as recruits share them; coverage grows every day.
The 2028 class
0 commitsNo 2028 commits logged yet. Commits land here the day a recruit announces, from the national recruiting data and our live tracker.
2027 offers out
71 offers · 0 here · 69 elsewhereIsaiah Alvarez
★★★★★
Rutgers
May 29
Sheldon Isaac
★★★★★
South Florida
Apr 28
Majay Thompson
★★★★★
Florida State
Apr 19
Jaylen Scott
★★★★★
Oklahoma
Mar 15
Jamar Thompson
★★★★★
Georgia Tech
Mar 13
Jatori Williams
★★★★★
Miami
Mar 12
Show all 71 offers
Braxton Salster
★★★★★
Virginia Tech
Feb 24
Yoshawn Hudson
★★★★★
Mississippi State
Feb 23
Seth Williams
★★★★★
Georgia
Jan 27
Antwan Jackson
★★★★★
Ole Miss
Oct 15, 2025
Oluwasemilore Olubobola
★★★★★
Notre Dame
Sep 4, 2025
Deshawn Dillon
★★★★★
Georgia Tech
Aug 29, 2025
Kalib Spivey
★★★★★
Georgia Tech
Aug 11, 2025
Jackson Vaughn
★★★★★
Notre Dame
Jul 27, 2025
Li'Marcus Jones
★★★★★
Colorado
Jul 20, 2025
Ben'Jarvius Shumaker
★★★★★
Ole Miss
Jul 17, 2025
Eric Vaulx Jr.
★★★★★
Florida State
Jun 26, 2025
David Parson
★★★★★
Ole Miss
Jun 19, 2025
Ahmad Hudson
★★★★★
LSU
Jun 17, 2025
Antonio Berry
★★★★★
Ole Miss
Jun 17, 2025
Sam LeJeune
★★★★★
Florida State
Jun 17, 2025
Bryson Sanderson
★★★★★
Memphis
Jun 16, 2025
Ty Keys
★★★★★
Miami
Jun 15, 2025
Christian Alexander
★★★★★
Mississippi State
Jun 15, 2025
Devontray Brewer
★★★★★
Mississippi State
Jun 15, 2025
Jordan Agbanoma
★★★★★
Nebraska
Jun 11, 2025
Junior Saunders
★★★★★
Virginia Tech
Jun 11, 2025
Brayton Feister
★★★★★
Oregon
Jun 5, 2025
Chance Thomas
★★★★★
Kansas
Jun 5, 2025
Jameer Henry
unrated
Uncommitted
Jun 5, 2025
Aroson Randle Jr.
★★★★★
Miami
Jun 1, 2025
Trysten Shaw
★★★★★
Tulsa
Jun 1, 2025
Ace Alston
★★★★★
Notre Dame
May 21, 2025
Reilly Newman
★★★★★
Iowa
May 20, 2025
Dillon Davis
★★★★★
Vanderbilt
May 19, 2025
Blake Jenkins
★★★★★
Michigan
May 13, 2025
Keith Richmond
★★★★★
Arkansas
May 13, 2025
Tanner Ehmen
★★★★★
UCF
May 13, 2025
JayQuan Snell
★★★★★
Texas A&M
May 9, 2025
Santana Harvey
★★★★★
Clemson
May 8, 2025
A'mir Sears
★★★★★
Miami
May 6, 2025
Jasper Ngokwere
★★★★★
Vanderbilt
May 6, 2025
Davion Crumitie
★★★★★
Vanderbilt
May 6, 2025
Khamoni Williams
★★★★★
Auburn
May 5, 2025
Tyson Robinson
★★★★★
Michigan
May 2, 2025
Ja'Hyde Brown
★★★★★
Louisville
Apr 30, 2025
K'Adrian Redmond
★★★★★
Texas Tech
Apr 28, 2025
Derwin Fields
★★★★★
Texas
Apr 12, 2025
DJ Dotson
★★★★★
Georgia
Apr 12, 2025
Seneca Driver
★★★★★
Oklahoma
Apr 10, 2025
Kennedy Green
★★★★★
Mississippi State
Apr 1, 2025
Braylon Calais
★★★★★
LSU
Mar 29, 2025
Hayden Stepp
★★★★★
Oregon
Mar 25, 2025
Jailen Hill
★★★★★
Nebraska
Mar 25, 2025
Chaz Gray
★★★★★
Washington
Mar 24, 2025
Kamauri Whitfield
★★★★★
Florida
Mar 23, 2025
Bryce Kish
★★★★★
Clemson
Mar 14, 2025
Jeremiah Proctor
★★★★★
Pittsburgh
Mar 14, 2025
Tyler Ford
★★★★★
Miami
Mar 14, 2025
Dakota Guerrant
★★★★★
Oregon
Feb 2, 2025
Garyon Hobbs
★★★★★
Indiana
Feb 1, 2025
Allen Evans
★★★★★
Vanderbilt
Jan 31, 2025
Antonio Keefer
★★★★★
Ole Miss
Jan 30, 2025
Tae Walden Jr.
★★★★★
Oregon
Jan 28, 2025
Kenneth Simon II
★★★★★
Tennessee
Jan 27, 2025
Deven Robertson
★★★★★
Oklahoma
Jan 25, 2025
Ba'Roc Willis
★★★★★
Colorado
Jan 23, 2025
Nigel Newkirk
★★★★★
Alabama
Jan 16, 2025
Roye Oliver III
★★★★★
USC
Jan 10, 2025
Caleb Unger
★★★★★
Tulane
Jun 15, 2024
Will Polk
unrated
Uncommitted
Every Southern Miss class since 2002
Most four- and five-star commits in one class: 2 in 2002. Best class by our class score: 2008 (No. 42).
five-starfour-star
| Class | Commits | 5-star | Rank | Best commits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 LIVE | 8 | 0 | No. 127 | Jaylen Smith EDGE, Caiden Wade QB |
| 2026 | 24 | 0 | No. 90 | Hugh Price QB, Richard Thigpen OT |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | No. 111 | Jermane Hayes ATH, Trevionn Morton S |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | No. 79 | Chris Jones LB, John White QB |
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | No. 75 | Elijah Douglas DL, TyQuan Henderson WR |
| 2022 | 21 | 0 | No. 65 | Latreal Jones WR, Klabron Pollard OT |
| 2021 | 14 | 0 | No. 120 | Ty Keyes QB, Jay Jones CB |
Show every class back to 2002
| 2020 | 27 | 0 | No. 82 | Camron Harrell S, Frank Gore Jr. RB |
| 2019 | 30 | 0 | No. 86 | Jaden Johnson PRO, Luke Baker TE |
| 2018 | 28 | 0 | No. 80 | Deuntra Hyman WDE, Jemaurian Jones CB |
| 2017 | 26 | 0 | No. 75 | Emanuel Dabney CB, Paul Gainer OG |
| 2016 | 22 | 0 | No. 99 | JaCorey Morris ILB, Keon Howard PRO |
| 2015 | 26 | 0 | No. 81 | Andrew Peterson OT, Ricky Parks SDE |
| 2014 | 25 | 0 | No. 79 | Norman Price OT, Tez Parks S |
| 2013 | 28 | 0 | No. 84 | Christopher Robinson DT, Rod Crayton DT |
| 2012 | 25 | 0 | No. 68 | Anthony Alford DUAL, Keithon Redding WR |
| 2011 | 28 | 0 | No. 87 | Rakeem Nunez-Roches DT, Ricky Lloyd PRO |
| 2010 | 23 | 0 | No. 58 | Brandon Smith WDE, Steve McNair Jr. WR |
| 2009 | 24 | 0 | No. 58 | Gerald West CB, Tracey Lampley APB |
| 2008 | 24 | 1 | No. 42 | DeAndre Brown WR, Willie Packer DT |
| 2007 | 29 | 0 | No. 53 | Antwain Easterling RB, Julius Gray OT |
| 2006 | 23 | 0 | No. 66 | Torris Magee WR, Roshaad Byrd OLB |
| 2005 | 22 | 0 | No. 61 | Jeremy Pittman WDE, Josh Barnes ATH |
| 2004 | 19 | 0 | No. 53 | C.J. Barrows ATH, Joseph Leech OT |
| 2003 | 21 | 0 | No. 71 | Jeremy Young PRO, Robert Henderson OLB |
| 2002 | 25 | 0 | No. 44 | Ronald Jones SDE, Willie Page DT |
Rank is our class score among every program that year: each commit's recruiting rating, best first, with the depth of the class counting for less. Head coach is the coach the season before signing day, when the class was recruited.
Where Southern Miss recruits come from
The biggest pipeline is Mississippi, with 275 commits.
Top states
2002-2027Pipeline high schools
2 or more commitsOak Grove
11 commits
Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C.
7 commits
Pearl River C.C.
7 commits
Itawamba C.C.
7 commits
Copiah-Lincoln C.C.
7 commits
Meridian
6 commits
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Bassfield
6 commits
East Mississippi C.C.
6 commits
Jones College
5 commits
Brookhaven
5 commits
West Jones
5 commits
D'Iberville
5 commits
Who Southern Miss offered, and who won them
Of the 961 players we have on record as Southern Miss offers (2002-2022), 185 signed here (19%). The program that beat them most often: Mississippi State, 70 times.
| Class | Offers | Signed here | Hit rate | Lost most to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0% | Miami 1, Mississippi State 1 |
| 2016 | 17 | 0 | 0% | LSU 2, Auburn 2 |
| 2015 | 85 | 2 | 2% | Mississippi State 7, Alabama 3 |
| 2014 | 107 | 12 | 11% | Ole Miss 5, Mississippi State 5 |
| 2013 | 86 | 14 | 16% | LSU 3, Ole Miss 3 |
| 2012 | 91 | 13 | 14% | Mississippi State 6, Georgia Tech 5 |
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| 2011 | 107 | 18 | 17% | Ole Miss 9, Mississippi State 8 |
| 2010 | 99 | 17 | 17% | Ole Miss 6, Mississippi State 5 |
| 2009 | 65 | 14 | 22% | Mississippi State 6, Ole Miss 5 |
| 2008 | 54 | 16 | 30% | Mississippi State 5, Auburn 2 |
| 2007 | 55 | 13 | 24% | Mississippi State 8, Memphis 3 |
| 2006 | 53 | 16 | 30% | Alabama 4, Mississippi State 3 |
| 2005 | 40 | 12 | 30% | Mississippi State 5, Ole Miss 5 |
| 2004 | 41 | 11 | 27% | Alabama 4, Ole Miss 3 |
| 2003 | 27 | 12 | 44% | Mississippi State 4, Auburn 2 |
| 2002 | 27 | 15 | 56% | Mississippi State 2, Ole Miss 2 |
Offers come from the recruiting archive, which is fullest for 2002-2015. A count is the offers on record, not every offer the staff made.
The coaches who signed them
Blake Anderson has signed 8 commits since the 2027 class.
Head coaches and their classes
| Coach | Commits | Avg stars | 5-star |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Anderson 2026 · 0-0 | 8 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Charles Huff 2025 · 7-5 | 24 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Will Hall 2021-2024 · 14-30 | 72 | 2.92 | 0 |
| Tim Billings 2020 · 2-3 | 14 | 2.90 | 0 |
| Jay Hopson 2016-2019 · 28-22 | 111 | 2.78 | 0 |
| Todd Monken 2013-2015 · 13-25 | 73 | 2.40 | 0 |
Show all 9 head coaches
| Ellis Johnson 2012 · 0-12 | 28 | 2.44 | 0 |
| Larry Fedora 2008-2011 · 34-19 | 100 | 2.60 | 0 |
| Jeff Bower 2001-2007 · 52-36 | 163 | 2.36 | 1 |
Position coaches: who they landed
commits at their positionsAaron Dobson
6 commits
3.00 avg stars
Sean Coughlin
6 commits
3.00 avg stars
Jason Semore
3 commits
3.00 avg stars
Telly Lockette
3 commits
3.00 avg stars
Brandon Deaderick
3 commits
3.00 avg stars
Dalton Williams
2 commits
3.00 avg stars
Show all 25 position coaches
Blake Anderson
1 commits
3.00 avg stars
Dominique Bowman
0 commits
Taveze Calhoun
0 commits
Brandon Lacy
5 commits
3.00 avg stars
Sam Gregg
4 commits
3.00 avg stars
Desmond Lindsey
4 commits
3.00 avg stars
Jordy Joseph
2 commits
3.00 avg stars
Chad Williams
2 commits
3.00 avg stars
Austin Armstrong
1 commits
3.00 avg stars
Mark Criner
1 commits
3.00 avg stars
Cayden Cochran
0 commits
Dan O'Brien
0 commits
Lorenzo Costantini
7 commits
2.67 avg stars
Tucker Peavey
5 commits
2.60 avg stars
Broderick Fobbs
4 commits
2.25 avg stars
Steve Buckley
2 commits
2.00 avg stars
Tommy West
1 commits
3.00 avg stars
Rickey Bustle
1 commits
Grady Brown
2 commits
2.00 avg stars
A coach is credited with the commits at the positions he coached, in each class signed after a season he was on staff. Staffs on record from 2010.
The 2026 staff (3 coaches)
Blake Anderson
Head coach
Kyle Cefalo
Offensive coordinator
Joe Bolden
Defensive coordinator
Quick answers
How many commits does Southern Miss have in the 2027 class?
Southern Miss has 8 commits in the 2027 recruiting class on our board, led by Jaylen Smith, a 3-star EDGE from Vicksburg.
What was Southern Miss's best recruiting class?
By our class score, the 2008 class (No. 42 nationally): 24 commits, 1 five-stars and 0 four-stars.
Where does Southern Miss recruit the most?
Mississippi: 275 of Southern Miss's 593 commits since 2002 came from there.
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