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Mississippi Top 40
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Yancy Porter
OMSpirit.com

Aug 27, 2008

Today we will look at Mississippi's #2 preseason ranked prospect.

#2 Ranked Player in Mississippi

Name: Kendrick Hardy
School: Lawrence County
City: Monticello, MS
Vitals: 6' 0", 215, 4.5 (300 bench/430 squat)
Date of Birth: March 13, 1990
Primary Position: RB
Projected Position: RB

2007 Football Season: 2, 189 rushing yards and 29 TD's. Selected to play in the Army All-American game, 2nd Team All-State for all classifications by Clarion Ledger, District MVP, Dandy Dozen, and set the Lawrence County single season rushing record.

Why Top 40 in Football: "I just run the ball hard, real hard. I run it harder than the rest of the backs, and I also have the best offensive line in the state."

Main Colleges interested in Hardy: Ole Miss, MSU, USM, Alabama, Tulane, and Auburn

Scholarship offers: Ole Miss, MSU, USM, Alabama, Tulane, and Auburn

Closest to offering next: LSU

Scouts at Spring practice: LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Alabama, USM, and MSU

Received phone calls from: Nutt and Nix (Ole Miss), Croom (MSU), and Saban (Alabama)

Spring/Summer Visits: MSU (Jr Day), Ole Miss (Jr Day/Spring Game), USM (Jr Day), Alabama,

Camps: Ole Miss (Sr Camp)

Kendrick's top schools: Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn, MSU, and USM

Ole Miss : "I like the environment and coaches up there. I talk to Coach (Tyrone) Nix pretty much every week. They are recruiting me the hardest."

Alabama: "I have not been over there to talk to their coaches yet, but I did get to go to a game of theirs. They have a good environment at their games."

USM: "I like the coaches up there too."

MSU: "I like the coaches up there. They are recruiting me hard too."

Auburn: "I have not been over there either, but I talk to Coach Dunn a lot and he seems cool."

Knickname: Mule

Tell us something nobody else knows: "I am in the church choir. I am also an usher at the church."

If not Kendrick Hardy, who'll be Mr. Football for 2008: Clayton Moore

Game I'm most anticipating: Brookhaven

Other athletes in my family: Wayne Hardy (brother who played for USM)

Favorite college team growing up: USM

Favorite college football player: Darren McFadden

Favorite pro team growing up: Tennessee Titans

Favorite pro football player: Ladainian Tomlinson

Favorite Food: Pizza

Favorite Movie: Fast and Furious

Favorite Video: Maddon '08

In my CD Player: Gospel Music

Hype Song: None, concentrates on the game

Biggest Influences: Family

Biggest Fan: Kids in community

Biggest Fear: Knee injury

2nd Best Sport: Basketball

First thing if I sign pro contract: Give money to my church

Grades: 2.5 GPA / 18 ACT

Top 40 List
To get a complete list of players who have been selected to the team, click here