Rockey Felker

Head coach, Mississippi State, 1986 to 1990

College career21-34

Program liftNo. 1,095tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

1-4 against his rivals. Just 1-4 against Billy Brewer.

Rivalry record

1-4

20.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

10-8

55.6% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-5

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Ole Miss1-420%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Billy Brewer1-4

5 meetings, 1986–1990

’86 L’87 W’88 L’89 L’90 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-5 0.0%

Power Program

3-17 15.0%

National Program

4-8 33.3%

Regional Program

10-4 71.4%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1986-1990) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least5Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 5 — the draft class following his 1987 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 5 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1991	R5.05	Robert Young	Defensive Tackle	Los Angeles Rams	Estimated
1990	R4.06	Jesse Anderson	Tight End	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Estimated
1990	R6.21	James Williams	Linebacker	New Orleans Saints	Estimated
1987	R2.23	Don Smith	Running Back	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Estimated
1987	R5.17	Kirby Jackson	Defensive Back	New York Jets	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.