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Jamal Peters commits to Mississippi State: Bulldogs get No. 3 safety

ByPatrick Schmidt|
Nov 24, 2012; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs helmet during the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi Rebels defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs 41-24. Mandatory Credit: Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 24, 2012; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs helmet during the game against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi Rebels defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs 41-24. Mandatory Credit: Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports

Mississippi State has cleaned up on the recruiting trail on Friday as their Big Dawg Camp opened with a flurry of commitments early in the day on Friday, but the biggest get of the day came in the form of No. 2 safety Jamal Peters (Bassfield, Miss. Bassfield) who tweeted the news he was joining the Bulldogs.

The 6-3, 200-pound safety is the No. 44 recruit regardless of position, No. 3 safety and the No. 1 recruit in the state of Mississippi, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Peters had 72 tackles, six sacks and one interception en route to earning All-State honors after helping guide Bassfield to a state title as a junior.

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Two weeks ago, Peters released his top five schools and had a new leader with Alabama overtaking the in-state program. When Peters released his top 10 schools on May 24 he had Mississippi State and Florida State occupying the top two spots with LSU and Alabama rounding out his top four schools.

His new top five had Alabama surpassing the in-state program as Mississippi State dropped to No. 2, Florida State at No. 3, Ole Miss at No. 4 and LSU rounding out the top 5.

Peters joins Justin Johnson, Alec Murphy, Nick Gibson, Jonnas Spivey and Jonathan Calvin who committed today to Dan Mullen for his 2015 class that now has 24 commitments.

With the addition of Peters, who is now the highest-ranked recruit on the board, Mississippi State has commitment from two of the top four recruits in the Magnolia state, four of the top eight and 10 of the top 23 recruits in the state.

The flurry of commitments on Friday has seen the Bulldogs rise five spots up the 247Sports team rankings and now Mississippi State boasts the No. 9 class in the nation and the No. 6 class in the SEC.

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