Chris Stamps is a four-star recruit according to 247Sports, but it’s hard to find a lot of decent tape on him from this past season. There’s plenty of video of him coming up after a short pass to make the tackle, or charging in from his corner spot to stop a running back from reaching the second level, but not many times will you see him making an interception or breaking up a tough pass. It’s for a good reason, though.

Nobody ever wanted to throw his way.

That will surely change soon, as Stamps stamped his ticket to Starkville to join Mississippi State next season on signing day Wednesday.

“He’s going to get all the action he wants. He’s fixing to go from not getting a lot of balls thrown at him to testing him every other play,” Warren Central coach Josh Morgan said. “It will be a new challenge for him, but I know he’s ready for it.”

Stamps, who has been committed to Mississippi State since February of last year, made things official by faxing in his letter of intent early Wednesday morning to solidify his spot on coach Dan Mullen’s roster.

“It feels great to finally go ahead and get your paperwork done, as far as being official,” he said. “The coaches reached out to me this morning. I’ve enjoyed the process. I’m ready to get going.”

The Warren Central senior joins an MSU team that reached No. 1 in the polls last season yet struggled to defend the pass efficiently.

Mississippi State finished No. 117 in pass defense in 2014, giving up 272.8 yards a game in the air. Stamps said he has his eyes set on drastically shrinking that number as soon as he gets on campus.

“My plan is to go in and eliminate some of the plays they gave up last year and defend the pass and close out ball games, not let teams do what they feel comfortable doing,” he said. “Just make the other team feel uncomfortable and just making plays for your team and getting the ball back to your offense.”

Stamps ended his senior year with three interceptions and seven pass breakups as a leader on the most fierce defense in Class 6A. Warren Central built the best defensive unit in Mississippi with a bruising line and athletic secondary highlighted by the school’s highest ranked recruit.

“He definitely has the mental capacity and the physical size to contribute early. Those are the two biggest things you need,” Morgan said. “That’s a big jump for people, but he has the size, the mental savvy to be able to pull it off and to be able to help immediately. He’s also played in 6A in Mississippi, and it doesn’t get any tougher.”

Stamps’ signing is also a circle of life moment of sorts for his high school coach, who was an All-SEC safety for the Bulldogs from 1998-2002.

“It just makes the whole experience more fun. It kind of hits really close to home. It’s just icing on the cake to be honest with you,” he said. “Not only does he get to go a school in the best conference in the nation and play at the top level. It’s the level right up under the NFL and he’s getting to go to my old school. I’m very proud of that.”

Morgan’s alma mater experienced unparalleled success last year on the way to a 10-3 season highlighted by an Orange Bowl appearance — exciting news for someone stepping into a program at its pinnacle.

“It was exciting. I was real happy for the guys,” Stamps said. “There was a few games they left out there that they could have won and should have won. It’s something to work for and get ready for next year.”

The versatile defensive back excels in zone coverage and boasts tremendous ball skills according to his coaches. Once he learns the intricacies of man-to-man defense at the college level, both Morgan and Stamps himself believe the sky is the limit.

“Right now my best attribute is zone coverage and taking away the big plays. One thing that I could get better at is my man-to-man defense,” he said. “It’s going to come a point and time where you get in a certain field position and you basically have to play man (coverage). When I get better at that aspect of the game, I’ll probably be an All-SEC corner.”