MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Despite suffering a loss to No. 14 Iowa on Saturday, one Middle Tennessee defensive lineman had a standout performance that turned plenty of heads.
What's interesting is he almost never pulled on a Blue Raiders uniform. Middle Tennessee should ultimately thank his mother for getting him to Murfreesboro.
Just before National Signing Day in 2015, Clarksville High School senior defensive lineman Rakavian Poydras, a three-star prospect ranked by 247Sports, shocked the state of Tennessee by flipping his verbal commitment from Memphis to MT.
He had committed without signing a National Letter of Intent that summer to the Tigers, which were riding one of their best seasons in program history, rising up to No.