Jackson State football recruiting class 2024: Meet coach T.C. Taylor's signees

JACKSON ― Jackson State football signed 21 prospects to its 2024 recruiting class on Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period.

The class includes nine players from Mississippi.

The Tigers signed 10 freshmen to National Letters of Intent headlined by Antonio Ross. The offensive lineman is a three-star recruit from Hartfield Academy is rated as the No. 169 tackle in the 2024 class in the 247Sports Composite. Jackson State coach T.C. Taylor recruited the offensive line hard, signing six players.

Taylor has found a secret recruiting high school in Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas. Last year, he signed left tackle Qua Davis, who started as a freshman at JSU. On Wednesday, Jackson State signed Davis' younger brother, Xavion Davis, and another offensive lineman in Devin Love. The Tigers also signed Lewisville quarterback Ethan Terrell.

Here are the players who signed with Jackson State on Wednesday.

WR Richard Mays Jr.

Hometown / School: Ridgeland / Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Vitals: 6-foot-1, 200 pounds

247Sports Composite: three stars; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

OL Devin Love

Hometown/ School: Lewisville, Texas / Lewisville HS

Vitals: 6-4, 300

247SportsComposite: three stars; national ranking: No. 1734; position ranking: No. 138

DL Tymon Wells

Hometown / School: Hollandale / Coahoma Community College

Vitals: 6-1, 275

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

OL Antonio Ross Jr.

Hometown/ School: Flowood / Hartfield Academy

Vitals: 6-5, 335

247Sports Composite: three stars; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: No. 163

LB Adrian Owens Jr.

Hometown / School: Houston, Texas / Hutchinson Community College

Vitals: 6-2, 210

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

WR Ja'Naylon Dupree

Hometown / School: Philadelphia, Mississippi / Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Vitals: 5-8, 170

247SportsComposite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

OL Cortney Lyles

Hometown / School: Jackson / Southwest Community College

Vitals: 6-5, 295

247Sports Composite: N/A; national rankings: N/A; position ranking: N/A

QB Ethan Terrell

Hometown / School: Lewisville, Texas / Lewisville HS

Vitals: 6-2, 185

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

DL Kazarius Bowie

Hometown / School: Jackson / Mississippi Gulf Community College

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

DB Saddiq Thompson

Hometown / School: Moss Point / Jones College

Vitals: 6-3, 170

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

OL Mason Barton

Hometown / School: West Memphis, Arkansas / West Memphis HS

Vitals: 6-6, 310

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A/; position ranking: N/A

RB Kobe Boykin

Hometown / School: Miami / Miami Edison HS

Vitals: 5-8, 155

247Sports Composite: three stars; national ranking: 724; position ranking: 57

DB KJ Chisholm

Hometown / School: Beaufort, South Carolina / Whale Branch Early College HS

Vitals: 6-0, 160

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

OL Xavion Davis

Hometown / School: Lewisville, Texas / Lewisville HS

Vitals: 6-3, 370

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking

DB Devin Lafayette

Hometown / School: Brunswick, Georgia / Northern Illinois

Vitals: 6-2, 195

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

DB Tony McCray

Hometown / School: Clarksdale / Georgia State

Vitals: 5-11, 180 pounds

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

DB Robert McDaniel

Hometown / School: Jackson / Alcorn State

Vitals: 6-2, 205

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

DB Brandon Mitchell

Hometown / School: Memphis, Tennessee / Middle College HS

Vitals: 6-3, 170

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

DL Joshua Noble

Hometown / School: Blackwood, New Jersey / Western Michigan)

Vitals: 6-2, 250

247Sports Composite: N/A; national ranking: N/A; position ranking: N/A

WR Travis Terrell

Hometown / School: Fairburn, Georgia / Creekside HS

Vitals: 5-9, 160

247Sports Composite: N/A/; national ranking: N/A/; position ranking: N/A

OL Brian Williams

Hometown / School: Atlanta / Creekside HS

Vitals: 6-3, 308

247Sports Composite: N/A/; national ranking: N/A; positional ranking: N/A

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