Mississippi State suspended seven players, including defensive starters DT Lee Autry and LB Willie Gay Jr., for Saturday's season-opening 38-28 win against Louisiana due to a violation of team rules, the school announced.
Also suspended were kicker Jace Christmann, WR Devonta Jason, OL Kwatrivous Johnson, S Marcus Murphy and OL Michael Story.
Earlier this month, Mississippi State's football and men's basketball teams were placed on three years' probation after an investigation concluded that a tutor committed academic misconduct in aiding 10 members of the football team and one basketball player in an online general chemistry course during the fall semester of the 2018-19 school year.
The school did not announce if any of the suspended players were part of that investigation.