Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex

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Officially opened in January 2013, the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex is an all-encompassing football training and office facility of approximately 80,000 square feet. The facility includes a new weight room, locker room, training room and coaches’ offices. Located immediately north and adjacent to the Palmeiro Center, the building overlooks the football practice fields to the east and Mississippi Highway 12 to the west.

The gift, given by former Bulldog football players - twin brothers Lee and Leo Seal - was made in honor their late father Leo Seal Jr. Seal, Jr. was a former Mississippi State football player, long-time Bulldog Club donor and president of Hancock Bank.

Lee and Leo’s father, the aforementioned Leo Seal Jr., provided lead funding for the construction of the Seal M-Club Building at Davis Wade Stadium, named for Leo Seal Sr., as well as the Leo W. Seal Family Business Complex at the College of Business.

Funding for the outstanding facility was announced in April 2011 when the largest gift in Bulldog Athletics history was made, a $12 million donation from the Seal Family Foundation of Gulfport, Miss. That gift helped fund a $20-25 million project to build the Seal Football Complex and also renovate MSU's football practice fields.

“My father and grandfather both had a love for Mississippi State and an appreciation for the opportunity to play football in the Southeastern Conference and represent their state,” Lee Seal said. “My brother and I both hold that same passion for our alma mater and we’re excited to help the university and our football program.”

In the fall of 2019, a total of 121 new, state-of-the-art player lockers were constructed featuring custom graphics, illuminated nameplates, enhanced seating, LED lighting, electrical outlets and charging ports.

The modernization of the locker room space also includes new carpet, custom wall graphics, fresh paint and LED lighting on the ceilings. The Seal Complex locker room serves as the Bulldogs' year-round headquarters.

Just outside the locker room, the hallway is lined with cowbells bearing the names of former student-athletes who have gone #FromStateToSundays and played in the NFL.

The most-recent and most-notable of these players are recognized with an NFL players display in the lower level lobby around the corner.

In the Spring of 2016, Mississippi State added a fueling station within the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex located next to the weight room.

FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELDS

To prepare for each and every football game, Mississippi State enjoys the services of three full-length practice fields located on the northern part of campus. Adjacent to State's track, tennis and softball facilities, the practice fields are located immediately north of the Holliman Athletic Center and Shira Complex, where the Bulldogs' practice locker, weight, training and meeting rooms are housed.

The outdoor practice fields are also situated within walking distance of the recently-constructed Palmeiro Center, which also features a 100-yard turf practice area during times of inclement weather. Two of the three MSU football practice fields are natural turf, and the third is made of Sprinturf, installed in 2002. Sprinturf is a long-bladed, synthetic turf, woven into a crushed rubber base.

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