Restoring The Legacy - Mississippi State (CFB 26)

[James]

An Urban Meyer Bowl for the national championship?

Finishing with 7 wins, far cry from where you thought you were going to end up mid-season. Things are trending in the right direction.

For real, trash bowl.

Yeah, I was expecting to maybe get the minimum wins per the contract (4) but ended up exceeding expectations by 3 wins.

[James]

Mississippi State Season Roundup, 2026

Awards & Accolades:
2026 Armed Forces Bowl Champions

MIKE Derion Gullette, JR(RS): Dick Butkus Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, 1st Team All-American, 1st Team All-SEC
WR Tank Hawkins, JR: Jet Award
HB A'marion Peterson, JR(RS): 2nd Team All-SEC
DT Trevion Williams, SR(RS): 2nd Team All-SEC
CB Jayven Williams, SR(RS): 2nd Team All-SEC
HB Kolin Wilson, FR(RS): Freshman All-SEC

Team Statistics
Passing:
Luke Kromenhoek, SO(RS): 195/324, 1,820 yards, 17 TD, 12 INT
Kamario Taylor, SO: 41/65, 338 yards, 4 TD, 5 INT

Rushing:
A'marion Peterson, JR(RS): 190 rush, 1,158 yards, 7 TD
Luke Kromenhoek, SO(RS): 66 rush, 340 yards, 3 TD
Xavier Gayten, SO(RS): 58 rush, 296 yards
Kolin Wilson, FR(RS): 34 rush, 207 yards, 1 TD
Kamario Taylor, SO: 27 rush, 170 yards, 2 TD
Rodney Nicholson, FR: 13 rush, 74 yards, 3 TD

Receiving:
Tank Hawkins, JR: 34 catches, 454 yards, 4 TD
Armani Winfield, SR(RS): 38 catches, 446 yards, 3 TD
Max Reese, SR(RS): 51 catches, 367 yards, 1 TD
A'marion Peterson, JR(RS): 31 catches, 363 yards, 3 TD
Cam Thompson, SR(RS): 38 catches, 303 yards, 5 TD
Wyatt Sullivan, SR(RS): 16 catches, 124 yards, 3 TD
Kolin Wilson, FR(RS): 12 catches, 48 yards, 1 TD
Xavier Gayten, SO(RS): 11 catches, 40 yards
Rodney Nicholson, FR: 3 catches, 5 yards, 1 TD
Anthony Evans III, SR(RS): 1 catch, 4 yards
Cordell Murrell, FR: 1 catch, 4 yards

Blocking:
Blake Steen, SR: 784 snpas, 13 games, 12 sacks
Jose Curl, FR: 780 snaps, 13 games
Malachi Breland, JR(RS): 771 snaps, 13 games, 3 sacks
TJ Lockhart, SO(RS): 742 snaps, 13 games
Jayvin James, JR(RS): 655 snaps, 12 games, 5 sacks
Jaekwon Bouldin, JR(RS): 171 snaps, 10 games
Jay Boyd, JR: 60 snaps, 3 games
Dominique Gastineau, FR: 51 snaps, 11 games
Saquon Miles, JR(RS): 18 snaps, 1 game
Spencer Dowland, FR(RS): 4 snaps, 2 games

Defense:
Peyton Bowen, SR: 136 tackles, 11 TFL, 1 sack, 2 INT
Derion Gullette, JR(RS): 124 tackles, 37 TFL, 5 sacks, 1 FF
Tony Mitchell, SR: 120 tackles, 6 TFL, 1 INT
Jalen Smith, JR(RS): 107 tackles, 15 TFL, 4.5 sacks
Tyler Woodard, SR(RS): 100 tackles, 4 TFL
Tyshun Willis, SO: 91 tackles, 12 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT
Jayven Williams, SR(RS): 75 tackles, 3 TFL, 3 INT
Elijah Cannon, SO(RS): 57 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 INT
Tyler Lockhart, SO: 45 tackles, 3 TFL
Trevion Williams, SR(RS): 35 tackles, 19 TFL, 9 sacks, 1 FF
Jamarcus Moye, JR(RS): 18 tackles, 7 TFL, 3 sacks
Kai McClendon, SO(RS): 15 tackles, 4 TFL, 0.5 sacks
Darron Reed Jr, JR(RS): 12 tackles, 3 TFL, 4.5 sacks
Devan Webster, SO(RS): 11 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack
Fatt Forrest, SO(RS): 11 tackles, 3 TFL, 0.5 sacks
Damon Whittaker, JR: 9 tackles, 1 block
Antonio Moe, FR: 6 tackles
Lonnie Maddox, FR: 6 tackles
Ja'bryis Stewart, JR(RS): 5 tackles
AJ Rice, SO: 4 tackles
Joseph Head Jr, JR(RS): 2 tackles, 1 TFL
Quincy Nwaneri, FR: 2 tackles, 1 block

Kicking:
Kyle Ferrie, SR(RS): 16/21, 38/38 XP, 56 FG LNG
Ethan Pulliam, SO(RS): 46 punts, 1,963 yards, 42.7 AVG, 8 IN20, 4 TB

Returns:
Tank Hawkins, JR: 21 KR, 490 yards, 2 TD, 37 PR, 517 yards, 2 TD
Anthony Evans III, SR(RS): 22 KR, 627 yards, 3 TD

[James]

SEC Coaching Moves
Arkansas
HC Sam Pittman retired
DC E.Michael-Paul fired
HC Rhett Lashlee hired (SMU HC)
DC R. Beard hired (Missouri State DC)

Oklahoma
HC Brent Venables fired (hired Texas State)
HC Dan Lanning hired (Oregon HC)

[Count]

damn who would've thought you'd turn it around and end up with 7 wins

[djp73]

Solid season. Will be interesting to see how the QB situation shakes out next season

[Soapy]

solid building block after the slow start

[redsox907]

Dan Lanning at OK

gotta get a baller at QB in the portal

[The JZA]

Solid turnout my good sir

[toysoldier00]

Buckeyes take the natty, as is just and right

[James]

damn who would've thought you'd turn it around and end up with 7 wins

Not me for sure. I thought we were missing out on bowl season again.

Solid season. Will be interesting to see how the QB situation shakes out next season

Yeah, I'm not sure either. Hopefully I get a good transfer

solid building block after the slow start

Yeah, something to move forward with next season.

Dan Lanning at OK

gotta get a baller at QB in the portal

QB in the portal is key to next season.

Solid turnout my good sir

Thanks, I was feeling bad for 3/4's of the season about our team.

Buckeyes take the natty, as is just and right

This is too B10 for this chise. Need more SEC SEC SEC.