Jackson State has received a commitment from Nick Strickland, a state champion football player from Gulfport High School, according to Blake Levine Sports Reporter.
Strickland, who said he is going to be a Tiger, is listed as a 6-foot-2, 300-pound defensive lineman.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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