Ole Miss TE Dillon Hipp enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Ole Miss tight end Dillon Hipp has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Hipp only spent one season with the Rebels, amassing three appearances.

Hipp only saw 11 total snaps on offense last season. His other snaps were on special teams. Hipp enrolled early at Ole Miss and was part of the team’s spring practices in 2024.

Dillon Hipp played high school football at Desert Mountain (AZ), where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 987 overall player and No. 55 tight end in the 2024 recruiting cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Hipp was a team captain at Desert Mountain. In his senior season, he was named Todd Heap Arizona Tight End of the Year and reeled in First-Team All-Region honors as both a tight end and defensive end.

Hipp is the 25th Ole Miss player who has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal this offseason. The Rebels haven’t hesitated to replace their losses. Ole Miss has added 29 players via the transfer portal this offseason and is ranked No. 2 in On3’s 2025 Team Transfer Portal Rankings.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.

Lane Kiffin reacts to latest update on NCAA’s House Settlement

Lane Kiffin is rarely at a loss for words, especially when it impacts his team. But even the outspoken Ole Miss head football coach isn’t certain about his program’s next steps once the ongoing litigation involving the House vs. NCAA settlement is eventually finalized.

The highly-consequential settlement hit a bit of a roadblock during a hearing earlier this month. The issue occurred when U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ordered the plaintiffs to amend the language as it pertains to future student-athletes and proposed roster limits. 

If and when the House v. NCAA settlement goes into effect, it would usher in the transformational revenue-sharing era in college sports while also implementing strict roster limits. Roster limits were a crucial part of Monday’s hearing as Wilken suggested potentially grandfathering all student-athletes currently on rosters so they don’t lose their spots. The uncertainty surrounding the case is leaving Kiffin unsure of how to move forward.

“It’s kind of like giving a gameplan for a game Saturday, you know, it’s pretty strategic. I think different people are doing different things. So I can’t really get into it,” Kiffin said Tuesday during a mid-Spring press conference. “But it is a continuation of a very complicated system, even more now that you don’t even know exactly what the rules are, the cap, or when that’s going to start.

There’s even rules within when her judgement does (go into effect), and certain parts are supposed to start at that point. I don’t think anybody knows the exact answer on what to do. I think people are just doing different things.”

On3’s Alex Byington also contributed to this report.