{"id":428193,"date":"2024-09-19T11:47:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=428193"},"modified":"2024-09-19T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:47:37","slug":"mississippi-state-lands-commitment-from-4-star-in-state-lb-former-auburn-pledge","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/mississippi-state-football\/mississippi-state-lands-commitment-from-4-star-in-state-lb-former-auburn-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi State lands commitment from 4-star in-state LB, former Auburn pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Lockhart has decided to stay home.<\/p>\n<p>The blue-chip linebacker from Winona, Mississippi announced on Thursday that he is now committed to MSU. He shared the big news on social media with the help of On3&#8217;s Hayes Fawcett.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAGfMFgxitq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAGfMFgxitq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Hayes Fawcett (@hayesfawcett3)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Winona Tiger standout is listed as measuring 6-3, 200 pounds. On the 247Sports Composite, Lockhart is rated 4-stars, the No. 4 player in the state of Mississippi, No. 16 linebacker and No. 125 prospect overall in the Class of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Lockhart drew notable interest. Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss and Tennessee are among the 16 programs that extended scholarship offers during his recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn hosted Lockhart on an unofficial visit on March 30. On May 6, Lockhart announced that he was verbally committing to play for Hugh Freeze&#8217;s program.<\/p>\n<p>Though pledged to Auburn, Lockhart remained open to Mississippi State. On June 14, he took his official visit to Auburn. A week later, he took his Mississippi State official visit. A week after the trip to Starkville, Lockhart announced he was no longer committed to Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, Lockhart posted a video recap of the MSU campus visit that swung his recruitment to the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mmmm HailState? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/shfvWtgUHk\">pic.twitter.com\/shfvWtgUHk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2b50\ufe0fTyler\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0fLockhart\u2b50\ufe0f (@_TylerL_12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_TylerL_12\/status\/1805285783026225478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Lockhart on board, Mississippi State now has 19 verbal commitments in its 2025 recruiting class, which ranks No. 31 nationally on the Composite. Bulldog fans who don&#8217;t already follow Winona High School football can check out Lockhart&#8217;s highlight reel to get a preview of what he brings to Starkvegas:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hudl.com\/embed\/video\/3\/16371389\/657651fd4decba0e1480b0ca\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi State lands a blue-chip LB who was committed to Auburn at one time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193079,"featured_media":428194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-428193","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-mississippi-state-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/428193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/193079"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}