Mississippi State football lost a commitment from its top prospect in the 2026 recruiting class.

Emanuel Tucker, an offensive tackle from New Albany, decommitted from the Bulldogs on June 2. He was the only four-star committed to MSU, according to the 247 Sports Composite Rankings.

He announced the decommitment in an X post one day after taking an official visit to Ole Miss. Tucker holds an offer from the Rebels and many other SEC schools. He was committed to MSU and second-year coach Jeff Lebby since February.

“I would like to announce that I’m no longer committed to Mississippi State University,” Tucker wrote in his post.

Emanuel Tucker’s 247 rating

Tucker is a four-star recruit, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He’s measured at 6-foot-5, 290 pounds and is listed as the No. 10 player in Mississippi, the No. 17 offensive tackle and No. 232 nationally.

Mississippi State football recruiting class 2026

Mississippi State is down to nine commitments for its 2026 recruiting class. Brodie McWhorter, a three-star quarterback from Georgia, is now the top commitment in the class.

• QB Brodie McWhorter
• IOL Jakobe Green
• ATH Jaiden Taylor
• WR Camden Capehart
• RB Jaeden Hill
• CB Camron Brown
• S Kolby Barrett
• DL Kaleb Morris
• S Antavius Watts

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Where Mississippi State ranks in 2026 team recruiting rankings

The Bulldogs’ 2026 recruiting class is ranked No. 40 nationally, according to the 247Sports Composite. It’s 11th in the SEC.

Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Evan Siary struck out nine in six innings, Mississippi State recorded the final out on a failed steal attempt, and the Bulldogs advanced to the final round of the Tallahassee Regional with a 3-2 win over Northeastern on Sunday.

With two outs and the tying run at first, pinch runner Carter Bentley was tagged out by second baseman Gatlin Sanders on a throw from catcher Joe Powell and a review confirmed the call on the field.

Mississippi State (36-22) will play No. 9 national seed Florida State on Sunday night and would have to win that game and beat the Seminoles again Monday to reach super regionals.

Northeastern (49-11) had its season come to an end after another loss to the Bulldogs, who snapped the Huskies’ 27-game win streak in the opening game.

Siary (3-1) retired the first 13 batters, with five strikeouts. Stone Simmons earned his third save of the season after 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Simmons struck out Cam Maldonado looking with the bases loaded in the seventh to get out of a jam.

Hunter Hines opened the scoring for Mississippi State with a shot off the left-field wall to score one on a double and he added a sacrifice fly in the fifth for a 3-1 lead. Gehrig Frei went 3 for 4.

Northeastern coach Mike Glavine was ejected in the bottom of the eighth when Mississippi State had runners on the corners with no outs.

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TALLAHASSE, Fla. — Mississippi State baseball must win to keep its season alive.

The No. 3 seed Bulldogs (35-22) were crushed 10-3 by No. 1 Florida State (40-14) in the NCAA tournament’s Tallahassee Regional on May 31. It sets up a rematch from the NCAA tournament opener with MSU against No. 2 Northeastern on June 1 (11 a.m. CT).

The winner of Mississippi State versus Northeastern will play Florida State in the regional final on June 1 (6 p.m.).

The Huskies (49-10) held off Bethune-Cookman 4-3 earlier in the day to advance. MSU flattened Northeastern 11-2 on May 30 to begin the regional.

Interim coach Justin Parker said after the Florida State loss that the plan is to start Evan Siary at pitcher against Northeastern.

The Bulldogs, who fired coach Chris Lemonis on April 28, are in their second straight NCAA tournament. They are 10-3 under interim coach Justin Parker.

MSU would be in its first super regional since 2021 if it wins the Tallahassee Regional.

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Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.