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100-Day Bulldog Countdown: 72 Days, No. 72 IOL Canon Boone

3rupauk8_400x400by:Robbie Faulk•06/19/25•

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Mississippi State OL Canon Boone

Year two of the Jeff Lebby era has arrived and the Mississippi State coach is back to work.

After a disappointing first season, the coach and his staff are doing what they can to get things back on track in Starkville. The players on the field will be the difference for State this season if they are to make a return and we’re going to discuss every single one of them over the course of the next few months.

As we do every year, we’re counting down 100 days until State’s first game at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg on August 30. Over this period of time, we’ll breakdown every scholarship player on the roster, look back at great moments in MSU history and even talk about legends that have come before the current Bulldogs.

Today, we look at a veteran linemen looking to have a strong bounce back season.

72 Days: No. 72, Redshirt Sr. IOL Canon Boone         

The Texas native Boone was a player that State coaches worked hard to land out of the high school ranks. Playing his ball at Dickinson, Boone grabbed offers from Colorado, Houston, Purdue, Virginia Tech and several others. State was a team that was an early favorite for his signature during the 2020 season, but he would spurn the Bulldogs and pick Virginia Tech prior this his season began.

Despite that commitment, Mike Leach’s staff never stopped recruiting him as a priority and the Bulldogs wouldn’t go away. By the end of the season, State was rising as a favorite to flip him and Boone would make the move on signing day.

The 6’4, 315-pounder was a good pull by the State coaches, but he still needed time to marinate. He redshirted his first year on campus in 2021 and then only got one game of playing time for Mason Miller in year two. With a new offensive line coach in Will Friend under Zach Arnett’s leadership in 2023, Boone would see eight games worth of action as a redshirt sophomore.

Boone had finally worked himself into a regular on the Bulldog offensive line a season ago and was on the verge of big things when an injury took his season from him.

Playing a jack of all trades in the interior, Boone was working as a swing guy in the first seven games with most of his work being at either guard position, but he also spent a game at center. Against Arkansas in the back half of the season, Boone had actually been playing both spots in the game before he went down with a knee injury and his season came to an end.

It was a tough end to the year for Boone, but he’s battled his way back into the mix this year. State has a wide-open interior line going into the summer with Boone having a chance to get some opportunities at multiple positions. That includes starting at center as State couldn’t nail down a starter in the spring and even went to the portal to get a potential contributor.

This is Boone’s chance to make the most out of his final season after being loyal to the Bulldogs and working hard to get in line to make a difference in the maroon and white.  

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