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LOOK: Ole Miss’ dominating, season-opening win over Mercer, in pictures

Ben Garrettby:Ben Garrett•09/02/23•

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Ole Miss wide receiver Tre Harris counts up his touchdown total (4) Saturday

Transfer wide receiver Tre Harris, in his first game as an Ole Miss Rebel, set a new single-season school record for touchdown receptions (4), veteran receiver Jordan Watkins became the first Rebel in 10 years to return a punt for a touchdown, and Ole Miss moved to 1-0 on the 2023 season with a 73-7 shellacking of Mercer on Saturday.

Here’s what it looked like, in photos provided by Ole Miss Athletics.

THE WALK OF CHAMPIONS

Lane Kiffin is in his fourth season as Ole Miss head coach
Juice Kiffin takes his turn on the Walk of Champions
Tre Harris transferred to Ole Miss from Louisiana Tech in the off-season
Quinshon Judkins last season set a new single-season school record for rushing yards
Former four-star recruit Ayden Williams had an impressive 43-yard reception in his Rebel debut
Rebel wide receiver Bralon Brown shows some love to his one-time Ole Miss teammate Jonathan Mingo
Rebel WR Joshua Aka reps all-time Rebel great AJ Brown’s Philadelphia Eagles jersey

OLE MISS PREGAME WARM-UPS

Judkins and his Rebel teammates go through stretch in the Manning Center
Rebel offensive linemen Caleb Warren and Reese McIntyre
Rebel quarterback Jaxson Dart, as expected, started against Mercer
Judkins and the Rebels walk through the tunnel to the field
The Rebel student section was packed for Ole Miss-Mercer

THE GAME

Cedric Johnson wears No. 2 in honor of his brother, so he opted for the No. 38 patch as the Chucky Mullins Award recipient
Liberty transfer safety Daijahn Anthony had the Rebels’ first interception of the season against Mercer
Daijhan Anthony
Jordan Watkins
Jaxson Dart
Rebel defensive end Jared Ivey
Rebel linebacker Reggie Hughes recovered a fumble in the win
Jared Ivey and Reggie Hughes
Quinshon Judkins carried 13 times for 60 yards and two touchdowns in the win
Jaxson Dart was 18 for 23 for 334 yards and four touchdowns in the win
Tre Harris had six catches for 133 yards and a school-record four touchdowns
Tre Harris celebrates with his Rebel teammates
UAB transfer lineman Quincy Magee, seen here lifting Tre Harris in the air after a touchdowns, started at left guard
Harris was an all-conference selection at Louisiana Tech last season
Dart was all smiles Saturday and didn’t come out until well into the third quarter
Dart gave way to Spencer Sanders with 8:08 to go in the third and Ole Miss up 52-7
Ole Miss also recovered a fumble on a Mercer kick return in the win
Rebel tight end Kyirin Heath was third on the team in catches (3) for 48 yards
Quinshon Judkins added two catches for 11 yards
Jaxson Dart wasn’t officially named starting QB until Saturday morning, but the Rebels still scored their most points ever under Lane Kiffin
Jaxson Dart is in his second Ole Miss season after transferring in from USC
Jordan Watkins celebrates his punt returned for a touchdown, the first for the Rebels in 10 years
Jordan Watkins is in his second Rebel season after transferring in from Louisville
Former SMU transfer RB Ulysses Bentley IV scored a touchdown in the blowout win
Second-year DT Zxavian Harris was second on the team in tackles and also had a sack and a team-high 2.5 tackles for loss
Freshman WR Caden Lee had his first career touchdown on Saturday

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