I exchanged some texts with North Texas center Ethan Miner who went into the transfer portal yesterday. Miner is a natural fit given that Mississippi State hired North Texas offensive line coach Jon Cooper yesterday. Miner told me that Mississippi State has extended an offer to him and he hopes to visit sometime within the next two weeks. He has also been in contact with Louisville, Penn State, NC State and Rutgers.

According to PFF, Miner was the #2 highest graded center in the FBS this season with a 82.8 PFF Grade. He had a 88.3 pass blocking grade while allowing zero sacks and only six pressures and had a 79.4 run blocking grade.

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Sounds like he likes the hire of Jeff Lebby:

With help from @Jack Byers:

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"Heard he has a great offense, we’ll see."

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"I am very excited and can't wait to meet Coach Lebby. I have watched multiple games he's been the coordinator of and I have very high hopes for him and the rest of the staff. I also think the former defensive staff did a great job. I am excited to come in and make a huge impact early and help us stay on track."

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State' top-rated commit weighs in...

"He’s a phenomenal offensive coach, he gets his receivers the ball and he scores 40 points a game. That all should make any Receiver in the country want to play for him."

Right here:

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Lebby went back to OU with hopes to one day become the head coach there if things didn't work out with Venables. The new AD Selmon knows Lebby as well from OU. This is not a surprising outcome.