The only returning face for the Bulldogs is graduate Blake Shapen, who is back for a second year in Starkville and a sixth ...

After missing eight games in 2024, Blake Shapen is back in Starkville, healthy, confident, and operating in an offense tailor ...

Early preseason practices are fueling optimism in Starkville as new and returning Bulldogs come together for the 2025 season.

Here are four observations to the start Mississippi State football's first preseason practice of the 2025 season.

Blake Shapen has played a lot of college football as a sixth-year senior. But at SEC Media Days on Wednesday in Atlanta, the Mississippi State quarterback made one thing clear: he hasn't played ...

However, Shapen feels he has steadily improved and will continue to do so before State kicks off the season on August 31st against Eastern Kentucky. "I think I have improved a lot just from the ...

Shapen did not have to run much and obviously was hands-off all day. But coordinator Coleman Hutzler didn't dial back the pressure and had his defenders on the attack. Shapen beat it most every time.

Shapen showed lots of emotion after the play and oozed with confidence. "I am very confident in this offense," Shapen said. I have learned a lot up to this point, and I just have to keep going." ...

FILE - Baylor quarterback Blake Shapen passes the ball during the second half of the Big 12 Championship NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.

Shapen completed 16 of 21 passes for 137 yards with no touchdowns and, more importantly, no interceptions. He was sacked once, but finished with a net total of 44 rushing yards.

In the curious case of sophomore quarterback Blake Shapen, for instance, it’s clear that Shapen has not fully evolved as a star Big 12 quarterback. He remains a work in progress.

Shapen suffered a head injury while attempting to slide in the third quarter of the Bears’ 43-40 loss to West Virginia a week ago. It was a helmet-to-helmet hit after the sophomore had tossed ...