More Player Movement on the Football Front

Josh Riddell has decided to transfer, leaving the QB position shaky once again. Riddell was 18 of 37 for 240 yds, 2TD, and 2int last year. He looked to have won the starting job in the South Carolina game before getting injured. Carroll would then come in and the rest is history.

Carroll had the starting job virtually locked up for the upcoming season and I feel comfortable with him at the helm so the transfer doesn't hurt there. The problem is depth. There were only 3 scholarship QBs on the roster going into spring practice and Riddell in all likelihood was going to be the backup. With his departure, MSU is left with 2 scholarship QBs and a walk-on JUCO transfer, Tyson Lee, who will be given a scholarship in the fall due to his spring performance. Technically we're back up to 3 scholarship QBs, but you can't be too happy about how we got here. This is why you need to be recruiting a QB every year Croom.

So, who will be the 2nd string QB now? Mississippi State is fortunate, because Tyson Lee actually looked very impressive in the spring and pretty much locked up the backup position. Until he does it in a game though I'll be skeptical. 3rd string will be Chris Relf, and he just isn't ready. In the two spring scrimmages he made Henig look accurate, and I'm not exaggerating.

We'll just have keep our fingers crossed that Carroll doesn't get hurt.

Also,
with that ugly gun incident, some scholarships have obviously come open and Anthony Littlejohn will be coming back for his 5th year after all. He doesn't replace the loss of Jamon Hughes, but he does bring a boatload of invaluable experience, is dependable if nothing else, and will add some much needed depth to the linebacker position.