The Dispatch continues its overview of Mississippi State football position groups ahead of the 2025 season with a look at one of the rooms with the most turnover on the team: wide receiver. 

The receiver unit is one of the most important in Jeff Lebby’s offense, requiring a variety of skillsets for route-running, quick reads on options and screens, and, of course, posing a threat downfield with speed and separation. 

With six incoming transfers, the group looks much different from a year ago, but there is plenty to be excited about. Despite the lack of a proven 1,000-yard receiver, the group makes up for experience with potential. 

Returning Starter

Jordan Mosley: 6-0, 195 pounds

Redshirt senior from Mobile, Alabama

Mosley is the only returning contributor from the Mississippi State receiver unit a year ago. He enters his fourth year with the Bulldogs, the first under the same head coach as the year before. 

In 2024, Mosley started seven games, catching 23 passes for 405 yards and three touchdowns. 

Key Transfers

Markus Allen: 6-2, 215 pounds

Redshirt senior from Dayton, Ohio

Allen was one of several receiver additions through the transfer portal, arriving at his fourth program for his fifth year of college football. After stops at Wisconsin and Butler Community College, Allen made his way to Eastern Michigan for the 2024 season. He started 11 games at EMU, recording 43 receptions for 651 yards and three touchdowns. 

Anthony Evans III: 5-11, 180 pounds

Junior from Converse, Texas

A former four-star prospect, Evans arrives in Starkville after two years at Georgia. He played in 11 games as a sophomore in 2024, recording nine catches for 88 yards. 

Evans has been working with both the offense and special teams. He was a return specialist at Georgia as well, returning 21 punts for 184 yards over two seasons. 

Jaron Glover: 6-1, 205 pounds

Redshirt junior from Sarasota, Florida

Glover arrives in Starkville after two years at Michigan State. He started five games in 2024, recording just 15 catches, but made a name for himself on explosive plays. He recorded 192 receiving yards, averaging more than 12 yards per catch, and had three explosive plays of 20 or more yards. 

Brenen Thompson: 5-9, 170 pounds

Senior from Spearman, Texas

Thompson may be new in Starkville, but he is arguably the most familiar with Lebby’s offense of any player on the team. He played under the head coach at Oklahoma, and arrived in Starkville with a considerable amount of trust as a representative of the team at SEC Media Days in July. 

Thompson has just 10 starts in his career, all from last season, with 19 receptions and 230 yards. Despite a lack of production, Lebby expects big things from the speedster, who is one of the fastest players in the SEC. Expect to see him on the receiving end when the offense tries to stretch the field. 

Cam Thompson: 6-0, 200 pounds

Redshirt junior from Youngstown, Ohio

Thompson arrives after a successful couple of seasons at Northern Illinois. He recorded 28 receptions for 391 yards and three scores last year as NIU went 8-5, recording an upset on the road at Notre Dame in the process. 

Thompson also brings experience on special teams, returning 10 kicks for 283 yards last year, including a touchdown return. 

Ayden Williams: 6-3, 205 pounds

Junior from Ridgeland, Mississippi

A talent stolen away from the biggest rival imaginable, Williams arrives in Starkville after two years in Oxford. He has just two starts in 19 career games, but Williams showed in the spring game that he has the talent to make a bigger role for himself in the right offense. 

As one of the bigger receivers in the room, Williams’ combination of size and speed could see him become a great option on the outside for the Bulldogs. 

Rising Talent

Ricky Johnson: 6-2, 185 pounds

Redshirt freshman from Warner Robins, Georgia

Johnson is one of only a handful of returning players in the receiver room. He made four appearances for the Bulldogs as a true freshman, but retained his redshirt. 

The second-year player has plenty of competition for playing time, but is getting work both in the slot and on the outside. Position coach Chad Bumphis remarked that Johnson took a big step from his first year with the program, and Johnson himself expressed a growing confidence in his ability after the first scrimmage. 

Sanfrisco Magee: 6-2, 200 pounds

Redshirt freshman from McComb, Mississippi

Magee returns after a redshirt year in which he made just two appearances. Like Johnson, Magee is working toward earning more of a role in his second year. 

Freshmen

Gracen Harris: 5-11, 175 pounds

Freshman from Ennis, Texas

Harris, a four-star recruit, flipped to MSU after initially committing to Oklahoma. He played as a wide receiver and quarterback at Ennis, and offers plenty of athleticism at the receiver position for the Bulldogs going forward. One for the future. 

Davian Jackson: 6-1, 185 pounds

Freshman from New Ilberia, Louisiana

AJ Lewis Jr.: 6-1, 200 pounds

Freshman from Hattiesburg, Mississippi 

Lewis committed to MSU after an impressive career at Oak Grove and Columbia. He was the 16th ranked player in the state in the Class of 2025 after recording 380 yards receiving and eight touchdowns. 

Lewis was a two-sport athlete, competing in track and field as well as football. 

Bull Mitchell: 5-11, 210 pounds

Freshman from Fort Valley, Georgia

First name Isiah, nickname “Bull.”

The Houston County product was a three-star recruit in high school, and chose the Bulldogs over Cincinnati after a remarkable senior season of 1,700 yards and 19 touchdowns. 

Jessie Primer: 6-0, 175 pounds

Freshman from Canton, Mississippi