Mississippi State Lands Kentucky Defensive Back Transfer Kobi Albert

Mississippi State soccer’s secondary grew stronger Saturday when Kentucky switch security Kobi Albert introduced through Twitter that he was headed to Starkville.

Initially listed as a 4-star athlete by the 247Sports Composite, Albert was additionally the No. 20 general athlete, No. 17 prospect within the state of Alabama and No. 384 participant within the nation for the Class of 2023 popping out of Fairfield Preparatory College.

He held provides within the portal from Arkansas and Ole Miss, amongst others. Packages who provided him as a recruit embody Auburn, Alcorn State, Maryland and Michigan.

Albert completed out his freshman season at Kentucky with three tackles and one deal with for loss over 10 appearances.

Albert is one among 5 gamers the Bulldogs have added from the switch portal and the fourth defensive again of these because the group seems to be to bolster the unit with the lack of standout cornerback Emmanuel Forbes to the 2023 NFL Draft.

He joins the likes of Christopher Keys (Indiana), Ray’Darious Jones (LSU) and Khamauri Rogers (Miami), along with UCLA kicker switch Nick Barr-Mira.