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Kamarion Franklin had an unforgettable junior season at Lake Cormorant (Mississippi) High School. During Franklin’s record-breaking junior season with the Gators, he had 73 tackles, 22 tackles for loss and a school-record 17 sacks. He also had 48 quarterback pressures and 27 quarterback hits. He earned Commercial Appeal football first-team all-metro honors and about every other recognition you could think of throughout the state. Franklin also plays basketball for Lake Cormorant, where he's averaged around 6.3 points through his first two seasons on the varsity basketball roster.

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Wednesday brought the official news and revealing one of the worst kept secrets during the final days of the transfer portal window. Princewill

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Who will Ole Miss turn to as its Princewill Umanmielen replacement for next season?

Ole Miss on Friday announced two more starters have been retained for 2026.   Offensive lineman Patrick Kutas transferred to Ole Miss from

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Kutas, Franklin back as Ole Miss’ retained core reaches 17

In past years I’ve presented two types of teams that we’ve seen be able to win in the college football playoff. Since they expanded the playoff

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Previewing the college football semifinals

Thursday is the Fiesta Bowl, pitting 6 seed Ole Miss and 10 seed Miami against each other with the first spot in the College Football Playoff's

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Ole Miss updates Kam Franklin's status in first Fiesta Bowl availability report

Just two games separate the Miami Hurricanes and Ole Miss Rebels from a national championship. Thursday brings the College Football Playoff

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Kewan Lacy injury update: College Football Playoff availability report gives latest for Ole Miss vs. Miami

NEW ORLEANS – Lane Kiffin built it, then he left it, and the Ole Miss coaches and players who stayed are hellbent on finishing it.  As in finishing a

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Ole Miss is now the story and not its former head coach

The mission was clear for the Ole Miss defense on Saturday — Keep Tulane's offense from doing any better than it did in the first meeting between the

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Making the Grade: How did the Ole Miss defense fare in its CFP win over Tulane

Ole Miss hasn’t played a football game in weeks, but the Rebels still haven’t lacked for drama.  Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss for LSU in an

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CFP Blinders On: Ole Miss, in between acts, finds its focus under Pete Golding

Pete Golding said in the preseason he didn’t anticipate much, if any, drop-off from his defense this season — despite significant personnel turnover

Stock Report: Ole Miss players trending up heading into the CFP

On Friday, Ole Miss defensive line coach Randall Joyner told OMSpirit he was locked in for another year in Oxford. He also has a title change. The

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Why Randall Joyner staying at Ole Miss matters right now

It comes down to this for Mississippi State. The Bulldogs will host the No. 7 Ole Miss Rebels on Friday morning in the Battle for the Golden Egg and

LSU student made their pitch to Lane Kiffin to come to Baton Rouge after a win against Western Kentucky on Saturday.

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Know the Foe: No. 7 Ole Miss

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin on Monday held his weekly press conference.   The No. 7-ranked Rebels (8-1, 5-1 SEC) are fresh off a 30-14 win over

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‘We’re really exciting’: Everything Lane Kiffin said to open Citadel week

After getting the road win at Oklahoma last weekend, splitting its two-game road trip there and at Georgia, No. 7 Ole Miss returns to Mississippi

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Analyzing the Matchup: For Ole Miss it is all about getting to LaNorris Sellers

Just when it looked like the defense for No. 4 Ole Miss was turning a corner the last couple games the progress stalled a little on Saturday.  The

Making the Grade: How did the Ole Miss defense fare in its win over Washington State?

Lane Kiffin became the fastest Ole Miss coach in history to 50 wins (68 games), while running back Kewan Lacy had a career day Saturday against

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From the Locker Room: Ole Miss escapes — and learns — in Lane Kiffin’s historic 50th win

The defense for No. 4 Ole Miss is not perfect but since the second half of the Arkansas game it has been a steady turnaround after a rough start the

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The Ole Miss run defense responded to its closed-door meeting after Arkansas

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Every year during the off week, it’s somewhat a tradition of ours to take a look at the Ole Miss football roster and give our thoughts on some

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Chambliss has Ole Miss surging — but can the rest of the roster match his pace?

Ole Miss football is on its bye this week.  Well, this weekend, actually. The Rebels have been operating normally until they dismiss on Thursday. Ole

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Pause Before the Push: Ole Miss’ playoff chase continues after bye

What a wild 24 hours. Now-No. 4 Ole Miss football had one of the best and most complete wins of the Lane Kiffin era Saturday against LSU.   Rebel

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Monday Truth-Telling: LSU game balls, Chambliss’ Heisman case and recruiting fallout

Ole Miss is undefeated and ranked No. 13 ahead of a massive showdown with LSU this weekend. Mississippi State is 4-0 for the first time since 2014 as

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Ole Miss, Mississippi State surging on-field but top in-state recruits are leaving

Week 2 has arrived after a fun Labor Day weekend marathon to get the college football party started. After a warm-up against Toledo, we will see

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Scouting Report: Ole Miss Rebels

Ole Miss enters 2025 maybe with a chip on its shoulder after another strong season under Lane Kiffin, but falling short of expectations. With fall

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Preseason Picks: Ole Miss' 2025 record, MVPs and superlatives

Ole Miss football last season fielded an historic defense.   The Rebels set new school records for — and led the nation in — sacks (52) and

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‘We put on for the ’Sip’: In-state core leading Ole Miss football’s defensive reload

The Ole Miss defensive line is talented and at the same time, unproven in a sense after multiple departures off last year's unit that was the