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Do-it-all QB Nick Fitzgerald pumped for senior season at Mississippi State

Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald threw for 1,782 yards and rushed for 984 as a junior last year while leading the Bulldogs to eight wins in their first 11 games before dislocating his ankle in the regular-season finale.
Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald threw for 1,782 yards and rushed for 984 as a junior last year while leading the Bulldogs to eight wins in their first 11 games before dislocating his ankle in the regular-season finale. Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald threw for 1,782 yards and rushed for 984 as a junior last year while leading the Bulldogs to eight wins in their first 11 games before dislocating his ankle in the regular-season finale.

By David Paschall 5 min read

MISSISSIPPI STATE

Last season: 9-4 (4-4 SEC)2018 opener: Sept. 1 vs. Stephen F. Austin in Starkville (7:30 on ESPNU)Fun fact: With the 2018 and 2019 seasons still to play, Mississippi State already has won more games this decade (65) than in any other decade. The Bulldogs won 64 games during the 1990s.COMING TUESDAY: Missouri

If Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald was down in the dumps last November when Dan Mullen decided to leave the Bulldogs after nine seasons for the vacancy at Florida, a mood adjustment was provided quickly by new head coach Joe Moorhead.

Before Moorhead had even been introduced in Starkville, he got Fitzgerald’s phone number and sent him a text.

The message?

“He said, ‘For starters, I want you to clear off a spot on your mantelpiece for the Heisman Trophy,'” a smiling Fitzgerald recalled this month in Atlanta at SEC Media Days. “Then he said, ‘I want you to learn your ring size, because you’re going to need it.'”