The demo for NCAA '12 was recently released, and the launch of the game is upon us. To follow up our post on the team rankings among the SEC in NCAA '12, we thought we would take a look at how the current Mississippi State roster looked as far as player rankings. Because if you are anything like me, the first thing you do when you crack open the NCAA game is see how many national championships you can rack up with the Bulldogs.
So let's take a look at how our upcoming football roster matches up with their online personas. Since the official 2011 season roster has not been released, we will be using the 2011 Spring Depth Chart. Numbers and analysis after the jump.
Offense
QB
Chris Relf - 88
Tyler Russell - 75
Dylan Favre - 63
RB
Vick Ballard - 90
LaDerius Perkins - 86
Robert Elliot - 83
FB
Sylvester Hemphill - 74
Adrian Marcus - NA
WR
Chad Bumphis - 85
Brandon Heavens - 82
Chris Smith - 82
Michael Carr - 77
Ricco Sanders - NA
Arceto Clark - NA
TE
Kendrick Cook - 81
Marcus Green - NA
LT
James Carmon - NA
Blaine Causell - NA
LG
Gabe Jackson -
Damien Robinson - 79
C
Quentin Saulsberry - 89
Dillon Day - NA
66 - 84
RG
Tobias Smith - 87
Templeton Hardy - NA
RT
Addison Lawrence - 91
Eric Lawson - NA
Defense
LE
Trevor Stigers - 80
Shane McCardell - 71
RE
Sean Ferguson - 81
Kaleb Eulls - NA
DT
Josh Boyd - 87
Jeffery Howie - NA
Fletcher Cox - 87
Devin Jones - 79
LB
Chris Hughes - 77
Deonte Skinner - 75
Brandon Wilson - 82
Jamie Jones - 73
Cameron Lawrence - 85
Matthew Wells - NA
LCB
Johnthan Banks - 88
Marvin Bure - NA
FS
Wade Bonner - 81
Nickoe Whitley - 86
SS
Charles Mitchell - 91
Dennis Thames - NA
Matthew Wells - NA
RCB
Corey Broomfield - 85
Damien Anderson - 80
K
Derek DePasquale - 85
P
Baker Swedenberg - 79
Analysis
Not too many surprises in the scoring here. There are some areas that are empty where players are either too new to rank (freshmen and redshirt freshmen) or they have not played enough either because of depth in the past seasons or injuries (like Marcus Green at TE).
Maybe as the fall depth chart is revealed, we can fill in some of the NA markings with accurate numbers.