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Suntarine Perkins is the latest Ole Miss player to earn Walter Camp Preseason All American honors

11by: Jake Thompson07/01/25JakeThompsonOn3
NCAA Football: Oklahoma at Mississippi
Oct 26, 2024; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels linebacker Suntarine Perkins (4) sacks Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold (11) during the first half at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

It seems it is good to be Suntarine Perkins this Summer. The Ole Miss hybrid linebacker/defensive end continues to be the spotlight player on that side of the ball and racked up another honor this week.

On Tuesday Perkins was named a Walter Camp Preseason All-American. It is yet another All-American distinction the junior has picked up in the last month. Phil Steele named him Fourth Team All-American.

Perkins was named to the Second Team linebackers with LSU’s Whit Weeks and Old Dominion’s Jason Henderson. He was one of five Southeastern Conference players named to Second Team Defense.

Last year zero Ole Miss players were named to Walter Camp’s preseason list but defensive tackle Walter Nolen was named to the 2024 Second Team Defense All-American team after the season.

On3’s Ari Wasserman also named Perkins a way-too-early preseason All-American back in February, praising what Perkins will provide once he is 100 percent after offseason surgery to fix a torn labrum.

“Though Perkins had shoulder surgery in January, he’ll be full-go by the fall,” Wasserman wrote. “What does full-go look like for opposing offenses? Torture. Though he doesn’t have the size as a typical linebacker, Perkins flies all over the field. Last year he had 14 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks. If he gets better next year — which he will — he’s going to be one of the biggest defensive stars in the sport.”

Perkins is representing Ole Miss in the player rankings on the digital field, too.

The latest installment of the NCAA Football video game series releases this month — with Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin gracing a version of the cover — and the player ratings are starting to roll out for each position.

Perkins is seeing his Summer hype machine carry over to consoles as he earned the second-best player rating among linebackers with a 93 overall. He ties Pittsburgh’s Kyle Louis with Anthony Hill, Jr. of Texas earning the top rating at 95.

Other top ratings among Ole Miss players are:

  • Damien Taylor – 89
  • Luke Hasz – 89
  • De’Zhaun Stribling – 88
  • Zxavian Harris – 88
  • Cayden Lee – 87
  • Kapena Gushiken – 87
  • Dae’Quan Wright – 86
  • Harrison Wallace III – 84
  • Jamarious Brown – 84
  • Jaylon Braxton – 84
  • Logan Diggs – 84
  • Sage Ryan – 84
  • Wydett Williams, Jr. – 84

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