Mississippi State sent both Benardrick McKinney and Matthew Wells to the NFL and graduated Christian Holmes.
The Bulldogs must be pretty barren at linebacker then right?
Quite the opposite actually. MSU is stacked at the position for new defensive coordinator Manny Diaz.
Rising junior Beniquez Brown is back as the group’s lone returning starter but was joined this spring by two experienced linebackers in Zach Jackson and Richie Brown.
Beniquez Brown shined in his first year as a starter last year and has one of the best football IQ’s on the roster.