Georgia Tech defensive lineman Jared Ivey to transfer to Ole Miss
A lot of Ole Miss’ NCAA transfer portal attention was focused on USC transfers Jaxson Dart and Michael Trigg over the last few weeks.
However, a new name emerged over the weekend and has now been added to head coach Lane Kiffin’s 2022 class.
Georgia Tech defensive end Jared Ivey entered the portal on Friday after completing his sophomore season with the Yellowjackets, where he made 32 tackles, six tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
He announced Monday he will be transferring to Ole Miss.
The former four-star prospect signed with Geoff Collins and Georgia Tech in 2020 over notable offers from Arizona State, Iowa, Iowa State, Duke, Miami, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
As a senior at North Gwinnett (Ga.) High School, Ivey made 80 tackles, 20 sacks and 15 quarterback hurries and was named All-Region.
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The 6-foot-6, 275 pounder was the 16th-ranked edge defender in the 2020 class.
Ole Miss and defensive line coach Randall Joyner are looking for someone to replace Sam Williams’ production. The All-American and All-SEC selection had an outstanding campaign in 2021, making 57 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks.
If the Rebels and co-defensive coordinators Chris Kiffin and Chris Partridge are going to continue the rebuild on the defensive side of the ball, they will be counting on Ivey to step in and make an impact in 2022.
He has the length to make plays coming off the edge, is big enough to win one-on-ones on the interior and should go along nicely with Joyner’s group that returns Cedric Johnson (32 tackles, 6.5 sacks), Tavius Robinson (28 tackles, 3.5 sacks), Isaiah Iton (17 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss) and Jamond Gordon (13 tackles).
