Mississippi
Top Mississippi high school football offensive linemen for 2026 MHSAA, MAIS season
The Mississippi high school football season for 2026 begins in a little less than two months.
As rosters and starting positions are being finalized, the Clarion Ledger takes a look at the top returning Mississippi offensive linemen for the MHSAA and MAIS 2026 season.
Players are listed in alphabetical order.
Kaeden Addison
South Pike | 6-foot-4, 280 pounds | Junior
Addison, a three-star recruit, holds an offer from Ole Miss.
Antonio Berry
Tupelo | 6-5, 300 | Senior
Berry, an Ole Miss commit and four-star recruit, helped Tupelo reach the MHSAA 7A title game last season. He is also the No. 4 recruit in Mississippi, according to 247Sports Composite.
Akiylan Burnett
Picayune | 5-10, 210 | Senior
Burnett helped Picayune to a 10-3 record last season and was second-team All-State.
Payton Burns
Corinth | 6-3, 300 | Senior
Burns was selected to the Second Team All-State last season.
DJ Dotson
Oak Grove | 6-7, 330 | Senior
Dotson is a three-star recruit and a Georgia commit.
PJ Evans
Jackson Academy | 6-2, 335 | Junior
Evans, the three-star recruit, holds offers from Ole Miss, Florida, Georgia and Auburn, among others.
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Derick James
Columbia | 6-4, 305 | Senior
James was selected to the Second Team All-State in 2025 and helped Columbia to an MHSAA 4A title.
Jobe Lambert
Poplarville | 6-2, 300 | Senior
Lambert earned First Team All-District and Second Team All-State in MHSAA 4A.
Gage Luther
Pontotoc | 6-6, 305 | Senior
The Memphis commit and three-star recruit was First Team All-State.
Coderro McDaniel
Brookhaven | 6-6, 310 | Senior
The Colorado commit and three-star recruit is the No. 16 player in the state and helped Brookhaven to an MHSAA 5A title.
Julian Morris
D’Iberville | 6-3, 260 | Senior
The Louisiana Tech commit helped D’Iberville to an 8-3 record last year.
Caden Moss
Jackson Academy | 6-5, 320 | Senior
Moss, the Ohio State commit, is the No. 2 recruit in Mississippi and helped Jackson Academy to an MAIS 4A-DI championship.
Riley Peteet
Kosciusko | 6-4, 270 | Senior
Peteet helped Kosciusko reach the MHSAA 4A championship game and holds an offer from Baylor.
Jaden Purvis
Raleigh | 5-10, 210 | Senior
Purvis was Second Team All-State and helped Raleigh win the MHSAA 3A title game.
Neal Roberts
Winona | 6-4, 300 | Senior
Roberts is a three-star recruit and a North Carolina commit.
Tanner Seaton
Madison Central | 6-5, 295 | Junior
The rising junior is a three-star recruit and holds offers from Mississippi State, Ole Miss, LSU, Tulane and Southern Miss, among others.
Jolen Trotter
Quitman | 6-5, 280 | Junior
Trotter, the three-star player, holds offers from Florida and Auburn.
Everett Turnage
Germantown | 6-4, 320 | Senior
The Southern Miss commit helped Germantown to an 8-4 record last season.
Caleb Unger
Madison-Ridgeland Academy | 6-2, 300 | Senior
Unger, the three-star recruit and No. 24 player in the state, holds offers from Mississippi State, LSU, Oregon, Duke and Florida State, among others.
Ford Wade
Oxford | 6-3, 295 | Senior
Wade, the Ole Miss commit, helped Oxford to an 11-2 record last year.
Graham Williams
Clinton | 6-4, 310 | Senior
Williams holds offers from Southern Miss, California, Colorado and UTEP.
Elliot Young
Ridgeland | 5-11, 220 | Senior
Young helped Ridgeland to the semifinals of the MHSAA 6A playoffs and was Second Team All-State.
Michael Chavez covers high school sports, among others, for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at mchavez@gannett.com or reach out to him on X @MikeSChavez or Facebook at Michael Chavez.