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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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Ole Miss got a jump-start on replenishing its defensive line cupboard with the addition of LSU EDGE Da’Shawn Womack.   Womack is one of three

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Who’s next? Defensive line has Ole Miss’ portal attention, but in-house options plentiful

If you are a Rebel, you’d have to be walking through life half asleep not to realize the magnitude of Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. CT SEC football game

NCAA Football: Georgia Southern at Mississippi

Ole Miss defensive end Princely Umanmielen. Mandatory credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

Princely Umanmielen is one of the leaders on the successful Ole Miss front

During the open week, we will give our opinion on each position group on the 5-2 Ole Miss football team. These offerings may not gee-haw with the

Ole Miss defensive lineman Walter Nolen. Mandatory credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

NCAA Football: Kentucky at Mississippi

Mid-term grades from an outsider looking in — Ole Miss defensive line

When I’m out and about in Oxford, I’m often quizzed about Ole Miss and the main question I have gotten about the 2024 football team, surprisingly, is

Ole Miss EDGE Princely Umanmielen (Photo credit: Josh McCoy/Ole Miss Athletics)

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We are often asked: What are the weaknesses on this 2024 Ole Miss team?

The preseason is nearly wrapped up with No. 6 Ole Miss putting the finishing touches on Fall camp this weekend and shifting into game-week mode on

Ole Miss defensive end Walter Nolen. Credit: Ole Miss Athletics

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Position Watch: Taking a closer look at the Ole Miss defensive line room

The Ole Miss football roster is loaded with talent for the 2024 season. There is no denying this and it also makes it difficult to see if any younger

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OLE MISS FOOTBALL PRACTICE

Which Ole Miss freshmen are impressing at the midway point of preseason camp?

Yours truly attended the 2024 Personnel & Recruiting Symposium this week. The three-day event in Nashville, Tenn., is designed to connect the

OLE MISS PRACTICE

See what folks are saying about Ole Miss at the 2024 Personnel & Recruiting Symposium

Defense wins championships, so they say. That efforts starts in the trenches.   Looking back at 2023, teams like Georgia, Ohio State, Florida State,

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On3 Football

Phil Steele ranks Top 25 Defensive Line Units ahead of 2024 college football season

There are plenty of low-hanging and captain obvious statements that can be made regarding the in-state recruiting success Ole Miss is having now

Ole Miss linebacker Suntarine Perkins. Credit: Josh McCoy/Ole Miss athletics

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Lane Kiffin is finding it 'easier' now when it comes to in-state recruiting than his first year at Ole Miss

Ole Miss wrapped up spring ball with one of the most unique "spring games" we have seen in college football. Lane Kiffin's 2024 team is, on paper at

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Spring Pulse Check: Ole Miss excited for young talent on the defensive line

(In the next week or so, we are going to break down every football position based on what we saw during Ole Miss' spring drills and keeping in mind

Ole Miss defensive tackle Walter Nolen (Photo courtesy of Ole Miss athletics)

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Ole Miss has a defensive front that can hold its own against top competition

The Ole Miss football team practiced Thursday in shorts, shoulder pads and helmets with a split practice – the first part in The Manning Center

Ole Miss defensive end Kam Franklin. Credit: Johsua McCoy/Ole Miss athletics

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Practice Report: A few Ole Miss players vying to make themselves viable for playing time

(Note: In case you missed the message board post about the media being allotted more time for practice viewing, please be mindful that with this new

Ole Miss receiver Trey Harris (9). Mandatory credit: Ole Miss athletics

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Practice Report: Ole Miss puts another productive spring session in the books

The 2024 edition of Ole Miss spring football resumed this morning after spring break concluded with a shoulder pads and helmets practice in The

Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart (photo by Ole Miss athletics)

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Practice Report: Ole Miss cranks back up with first spring practice after Spring Break

The media will get its first peek – and from what we are hearing it will just be a peek – tomorrow as Ole Miss spring football practice resumes after

NCAA Football: Virginia Tech at Boston College

Virginia Tech Hokies tight end Dae'Quan Wright (8) warms up before a game against the Boston College Eagles at Alumni Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports

Media will get first look at Ole Miss spring football this week — many questions to be answered

In a new series, OMSpirit will take a look at each position for the 2025 class and give you an early look at the names to know. Sure, it’s only March

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2025 Ole Miss football recruiting targets: The Linebackers

The Ole Miss Rebels opened spring football with a pair of light practices this week.   They’ll take spring break off before picking back up on

Ole Miss WR Cayden Lee (Photo credit: Ole Miss Athletics)

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LOOK: A peak behind the curtain at Ole Miss’ first week of spring football practices

Every spring training is different in many ways for Ole Miss, but now that we are in the transfer portal era, there will be a common thread to every

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There are several questions Ole Miss needs to answer during spring practices

One of the most common questions we receive at The Ole Miss Spirit is which freshmen/JUCO signees do we believe will have an immediate impact on the

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Which freshmen, JUCO players will impact Ole Miss the most in 2024?

Ole Miss football's 20th-ranked signing class from December is now partially “functioning” on the collegiate level as a dozen of them – freshmen and

Ole Miss has a dozen high school and JUCO signees enrolled for spring practices

Ole Miss finished with just two of the Top 300 prospects in the final On3 Rankings for the 2025 cycle. But both are at a critical position of need.

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Ole Miss secures two On3 Top 300 recruits in 2024 class

The Under Armour Next All-America Game is set to be played on Jan. 3 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. The event organizers have split up numerous

Kamarion Franklin and Travaris Banks

Under Armour Next All-America Game: Ole Miss signees compete January 3 in all-star showcase

Lane Kiffin, on Tuesday, was apparently still in the Christmas spirit.   Or, at the very least, the sentimental spirit.   Kiffin and the

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‘This is where we want to be’: Kiffin again thanks Ole Miss, as his Rebels arrive for Peach Bowl

Twenty-eight of the 32 On3 Industry Ranked five-star recruits signed during the early signing period.   Point being, as far as high-school recruiting

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Meet the Rebels: Two Kams and a Shamaar add rocket fuel to Ole Miss’ early signing class

Ole Miss football’s 2024 Early Signing Class was made official on Wednesday.  Now comes the fun part.   Twelve of the signees are set to join

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Who’s next? Defensive line has Ole Miss’ portal attention, but in-house options plentiful

Princely Umanmielen is one of the leaders on the successful Ole Miss front

Mid-term grades from an outsider looking in — Ole Miss defensive line

We are often asked: What are the weaknesses on this 2024 Ole Miss team?

Position Watch: Taking a closer look at the Ole Miss defensive line room