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The University of Mississippi Athletics
GAME NOTES: Rebels Aim To Retain Magnolia Bowl Prize
11/16/2009 | Football
MAGNOLIA BOWL
Ole Miss (7-3, 3-3) vs. #8 LSU (8-2, 4-2)
TIME: November 21, 2009, 2:30 p.m. CT
SITE (CAPACITY): Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/ Hollingsworth Field (60,580); Oxford, Miss.
TV: CBS (Verne Lundquist, play-by-play; Gary Danielson, color analyst; Tracy Wolfson sideline reporter).
RADIO: Ole Miss Radio Network (David Kellum, play-by-play; Harry Harrison, analyst; Stan Sandroni, sideline reporter); Satellite Radio: XM 141, Sirius 121.
WEB: OleMissSports.com will provide live stats and live audio on RebelVision. The official Rebel athletics website will also provide a full game recap and photo gallery at the game's conclusion.
POLLS: The Rebels are receiving votes in this week's polls. Ole Miss rose to No. 4 in the rankings on Sept. 20 for the first time since sitting fourth in the rankings on October 12, 1970. The last time the Rebels were ranked higher than fourth was September 1964, when the team was the nation's No. 1. The Rebels' No. 4 ranking marked the highest ever by a Houston Nutt coached team. LSU is No. 8 in the BCS and No. 10 in the AP and Coaches polls.
SERIES INFO: This game will be the 98th all-time between the Ole Miss Rebels and LSU Tigers dating back to 1894. LSU is Ole Miss' second-most played opponent besides Mississippi State, whom the Rebels will play for the 106th time on November 28. LSU holds a 55-38-4 advantage in the series. The Rebels ended a six-game skid in the series with last year's 31-13 victory at Tiger Stadium. LSU holds an 8-4-1 edge in Oxford and have won four straight at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Ole Miss' last home win in the series was a 37-31 overtime triumph in 1998.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: This will mark the second game of the Magnolia Bowl series and first to played in Oxford ... The Rebels are bowl eligible for the second straight year ... Ole Miss is off to its best start since 2003 ... The Rebels are aiming for their first three-game win streak of the season ... Dexter McCluster is averarging 197.0 rushing yards and 262.3 all-purpose yards with five TDs over the last three SEC games ... Shay Hodge is averaging 105.0 receiving yards over the last five games ... The Rebels are making their 22nd all-time appearance on CBS and second straight ... In their final home game, the Rebel senior class will be distinguished in pre-game ceremonies ... Ole Miss will also be honoring the 1959 team, which defeated LSU 21-0 in the Sugar Bowl en route to the program's first national championship.
OLE MISS HEAD COACH HOUSTON NUTT: Houston Nutt (Oklahoma State, 1981) is in his second season at the Ole Miss helm, after being named the University's 36th head football coach on Nov. 28, 2007. His first season in Oxford saw him lead the Rebels to a Cotton Bowl victory and earn SEC Coach of the Year billing for the third time in his career and Region top coaching honors for the fifth time. During his 10 years as the head coach at Arkansas, Nutt guided the Razorbacks to eight bowl berths, three SEC Western Division titles, two SEC Championship game appearances and an average of more than seven wins per season. He also served head coaching stints at Boise State and Murray State, where he captured two OVC Championships. Nutt is 5-6 against LSU as a head coach.
LSU HEAD COACH LES MILES: Les Miles is 50-13 in his fifth season as the head coach of the LSU Tigers. Miles guided the Tigers to a BCS Championship in 2007 and has led the team to three top-five final rankings. He has a career mark of 78-34 in nine seasons as a collegiate head coach. Prior to LSU, Miles served four seasons as the head coach at Oklahoma State from 2001-2004, posting a 28-21 record and guiding the Cowboys to three bowl appearances. One of those postseason berths was the 2004 Cotton Bowl, where his OSU squad lost to Ole Miss 31-28 in Miles' first confrontation with the Rebels. The 2002 Big 12 Coach of the Year, Miles served as an assistant with Michigan, Colorado and the Dallas Cowboys before taking over at OSU. He is 3-2 in his career against Ole Miss.
LSU SCOUTING REPORT: For the Tiger offense, sophomore QB Jordan Jefferson is averaging 170.6 passing yards per game and has totaled 12 TDs and four interceptions. Among his targets is one of the SEC's top receiving tandems in Brandon LaFell (43-560-9) and Terrance Toliver (42-547-3). Defensively, LSU ranks third in the SEC in scoring defense (13.7 ppg) and fourth in total defense (311.8 ypg). Junior LB Kelvin Sheppard is the team leader in tackles with 87, including 8.0 TFLs. The Tiger special teams unit is highlighted by senior returner Trindon Holliday, who averages 23.1 yards per kickoff and an SEC-best 14.0 per punt.
MAGNOLIA BOWL: In 2008, student governments from Ole Miss and LSU worked to enhance the spirit of the football rivalry and introduced the Magnolia Bowl. After first garnering the support of the universities' athletics departments and alumni associations, student leaders set forth in April 2008 with a "Name that Rivalry" campaign for students to provide input on the name via text messaging. The student governments then voted in their respective Student Senates. The student body president of the winning school will present the trophy to their team following the game, and the prize will remain with that team until the following year's encounter. Ole Miss prevailed 31-13 in the initial playing of the Magnolia Bowl.
OLE MISS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
• In No. 8 LSU, Ole Miss encounters its second ranked opponent of the year, having lost to No. 3 Alabama 22-3 on Oct. 10.
• Last year, Ole Miss faced five top-25 foes, all away from from Oxford ... The Rebels posted a 3-2 mark, defeating No. 4 Florida 31-30, No. 18 LSU 31-13 and No. 8 Texas Tech 47-34 (Cotton Bowl) and falling at No. 20 Wake Forest 30-28 and No. 2 Alabama 24-20.
• Prior to last year's Florida win, Ole Miss had dropped 15 straight games against ranked opposition ... The previous victory over a top-25 foe had been a 31-28 road win at No. 25 South Carolina in 2004
• Ole Miss is 56-129-2 all-time versus ranked teams.
LOUISIANA REBELS: Thirteen members of the Ole Miss roster hail from the Pelican state, including a pair of offensive starters from Baton Rouge in RB Brandon Bolden and C Daverin Geralds. Other Rebels from Louisiana include FB Ben Benedetto (Metairie), QB Danny Blanks (Baton Rouge), WR Lionel Breaux (New Orleans), CB Marshay Green (Bastrop), K David Hankins (Shreveport), OL Rishaw Johnson (Hammond), S Kendrick Lewis (New Orleans), DE Kentrell Lockett (Hahnville), CB Jeremy McGee (New Orleans), LB Patrick Trahan (New Orleans) and OL Alex Washington (Monroe).
50 WIN CLUB: With the win over Tennessee, Rebel head coach Houston Nutt earned his 50th career coaching victory in SEC play (50-46). Nutt is just the 14th conference coach all-time to reach that mark and only the third current coach, joining South Carolina's Steve Spurrier (105) and Georgia's Mark Richt (52). With a 91-55 overall mark as an SEC coach, Nutt ranks 18th all-time in the league in coaching victories and behind only Spurrier (156-54-1) among active coaches.
AMAZING McCLUSTER
• Senior Dexter McCluster posted school records of 282 rushing yards and 324 all-purpose yards against Tennessee ... The previous Ole Miss rushing record was 242 by Dou Innocent against Mississippi State in 1995, and the old all-purpose record had been 317 by Deuce McAllister vs. Arkansas in 1999 ... It also marked the most rushing yards ever surrendered by Tennessee.
• McCluster's 324 all-purpose yards is the 8th highest in SEC history and the 7th highest in an SEC intra-conference game ... His 282 rushing yards is the 11th highest in SEC history and the 7th highest in an SEC intra-conference game.
• McCluster's four rushing TDs against the Vols tie four others for the second-most in school history, most recently Randy Baldwin against Arkansas State in 1990.
• McCluster was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week and the SEC Offensive Player of the Week ... It marks his second SEC weekly award in the past four weeks and the third of his career.
• McCluster is averarging 197.0 rushing yards and 262.3 all-purpose yards with five TDs over the last three SEC games ... He has topped 100 rushing yards and 200 all-purpose yards in each outing ... McClusters' 79-yard TD run at Auburn marked the longest rush of his career and the longest by an Ole Miss player since Deuce McAllister galloped 80 yards for a score against Oklahoma in the 1999 Independence Bowl. Against the Razorbacks ... He finished with 186 rushing yards on the Plains.
• Against Arkansas, McCluster became the first Rebel in the modern era (records dating back to 1965) to top the 100-yard mark in both rushing and receiving ... McCluster posted team highs of 123 rushing yards and a career-high 137 receiving yards off a career high-tying seven grabs ... He finished with 260 all-purpose yards, which had been the most by a Rebel since McCluster's own career-best 268-yard performance in his Ole Miss debut against Memphis in 2006.
• In one week, McCluster jumped from not appearing among the SEC rushing leaders to ranking currently sixth with 755 yards ... He also stands seventh in the league in all-purpose yards with 1,177 ... McCluster is second on the team in receiving (31 rec, 394 yds) ... Last year, McCluster joined Florida's Percy Harvin as the only players to rank top 10 in the SEC in rushing yards, receiving yards, receptions and all-purpose yards.
• McCluster has risen to No. 2 on the Ole Miss career all-purpose yardage list with 3,549, behind only Deuce McAllister's 4,889 (1997-2000).
REBEL NOTEBOOK
• Ole Miss has earned bowl eligibility for the second straight year ... The Rebels previously made consecutive bowl games in 2002 and 2003 ... Ole Miss ranks 17th all-time in bowl appearances (32) and 12th in wins (20).
• Ole Miss is off to its best start since 2003, when the team opened at 8-2 overall ... The Rebels were 6-4 at this point a year ago.
• Ole Miss has opened SEC play 3-3 for the second straight year.
• The Rebels are the second-least penalized team in the SEC, having committed only 48 penalties for an average of 39.7 yards per game.
• The South Carolina loss snapped an eight-game win streak, which was the Rebels' longest streak since reeling off 10 consecutive triumphs during the 1971-72 seasons ... It was the second-longest win streak in the nation ... Ole Miss' previous loss was the 24-20 setback at No. 2 Alabama last year.
OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION
• Ole Miss is averaging 473.0 yards over the last five games.
• The Rebel offense has reached 500 yards of total offense three times this season and finished just eight yards shy of the mark with 492 against Tennessee ... The 553 yards against Arkansas marked the most by a Rebel offense since posting 567 against Wyoming in 2004.
• Ole Miss ranks fourth in the SEC in scoring offense (31.1 ppg) and fifth in total offense (405.6 ypg).
• Ole Miss is averaging 35.2 points per outing over its last 14 games ... Included in this span of games is a 59-0 blanking of Louisiana-Monroe, which was Ole Miss' largest margin of victory since 1969.
• The South Carolina game snapped a school-record streak of four straight games with 45 or more points.
STINGY DEFENSE
• Ole Miss has held the opposition under 300 yards of total offense five times this year, including four SEC games, and nine times under head coach Houston Nutt ... The Rebels limited Tennessee to 275 yards (99 rushing), Arkansas to 299 (45 rushing), Vanderbilt to 240 (69 passing), South Carolina to 285 (65 rushing).
• Ole Miss ranks 12th in the nation and 4th in the SEC in scoring defense, allowing just 15.9 ppg this year.
• Dating back to last season, the Rebels are holding opponents to just 14.5 points over the last 14 games ... The Rebel defense has posted two shutouts in this span.
• Ole Miss is No. 1 in the SEC in third down defense, holding the opposition to just a 26.8-percent success rate ... Southeastern Louisiana was limited to 0-for-14 on third down, while Alabama was just 4-of-20.
• The Rebels have allowed only 13 points in the first quarter this year off field goals against Alabama and Auburn and a TD by Tennessee.
PASS DEFENSE IMPROVEMENT: After ranking 10th in in the SEC in pass defense efficiency a year ago, Ole Miss stands third in the league and 14th in the NCAA in that category this season, limiting the opposition to an 101.49 efficiency rating. Ole Miss held Vanderbilt without a pass completion in the first half and limited the Commodores to just 69 passing yards. Alabama QB Greg McElroy entered the game against the Rebels as the nation's sixth-most efficient passer with a 165.48 rating and was held to 15-of-34 passing and an 80.44 efficiency rating.
BEHIND THE LINE: Ole Miss has risen to first in the SEC and 18th in the nation in TFLs (7.2 pg). The Rebels are also third in the conference in sacks (2.6 pg). Ole Miss, who tied for the nation's lead in TFLs in 2008 averaging 8.62 pg, posted 10 TFLs against both Memphis and Northern Arizona and nine against Tennessee. The Rebels posted four sacks against Vanderbilt and three each vs. Arkansas and Auburn. Ole Miss notched a pair against Alabama and was also credited with seven QB pressures. Junior NT Jerrell Powe is tied for fifth in the SEC with 10.0 TFLs, while junior DE Kentrell Lockett is among the league leaders with 8.0 TFLs and 4.0 sacks. Senior DE Greg Hardy had notched 6.5 TFLs and a team-high 5.0 sacks (0.62 spg is tied for sixth in the SEC) before his season-ending wrist surgery on Nov. 12.
REB ZONE: Ole Miss has been near perfect in the red zone thus far this season, ranking fourth in the SEC in red zone offense and third in red zone defense. In their 31 offensive trips inside the 20 yard line, the Rebels have scored 29 times, totaling 24 touchdowns (12 passing, 12 rushing) and five field goals. In 33 red zone opportunities for the opposition, the Rebels have surrendered just 10 TDs, held the foe to a field goal 14 times and forced four turnovers.
RED HOT HODGE: Senior WR Shay Hodge is averaging 105.0 yards and 6.2 receptions over the last five games and with a pair of 100-yard receiving games in that span. For the season, he ranks second in the SEC in both receptions (5.0 rpg) and receiving yards (81.0 ypg). Against Northern Arizona, Hodge posted a career-high 169 yards on seven catches with two TDs, which ties his single-game career best. It marked his fourth game of the season with at least seven receptions, and he registered a season-long 65-yard reception. His two TD catches pull him within four of the Ole Miss all-time record of 24 held by Chris Collins (2000-03). With five receptions for 77 yards against Tennessee, Hodge moved into second on the Ole Miss career lists for receptions (153) and receiving yards (2321). Hodge's four career 100-yard receiving games is tied for third in Rebel history, and his three this year equals the fourth-highest single-season total.
SNEAD FOR 2000: Junior QB Jevan Snead is just 17 passing yards shy of 2,000, which would make him just the second Rebel signal-caller to reach that mark in consecutive seasons. Eli Manning reached the 2,000-yard plateau in each of his three years as the starter (2001-03). There have been 10 seasons of 2,000-plus passing yards by a Rebel, including Snead's 2,762 in 2008, which is the fourth-highest single-season total at Ole Miss behind only Eli Manning's three starting campaigns.
SNEAD FOR SIX: Prior to taking a backseat to Dexter McCluster's rushing explosion against Tennessee, junior QB Jevan Snead had been responsible for 11 TDs in the previous four games, including all four of the Rebels' TDs against Northern Arizona. This season, he has passed for 17 TDs and rushed for three scores, which have all come in the last four games. Snead tied his career high with two rushing TDs against NAU and completed 16-of-29 passes for 235 yards with two TDs and no interceptions, marking his fourth game this year with no picks. Against Arkansas, Snead notched the first 300-yard passing game of his career, completing 22-of-33 for 332 yards with two passing TDs, one rushing TD and two interceptions. Snead has passed for multiple TD passes in 12 of the last 16 games and has topped 200 yards passing 12 times in his two seasons as a Rebel, including five games this year. Last year, Snead finished second in the SEC in TD passes (26) and third in passing average (212.5 ypg). He ranked third in the SEC (21st in the nation) in pass efficiency (145.5) and fourth in the league in total offense (217.1 ypg). He established Ole Miss season records for average yards per completion (15.0) and average yards per pass attempt (8.4) and ranks behind only Eli Manning on the Rebel single-season passing charts for efficiency (second), TDs (third) and yards (fourth).
GRAND GRANDY: It took freshman Jesse Grandy just a month to carve his name in the Ole Miss record book. In only his fourth game handling returns, Grandy notched his second kickoff return for a TD with an 82-yarder against Auburn. He is only the third Rebel to return two kickoffs for TDs in the same season and the first since John Avery in 1996. The other is Vernon Studdard in 1970. Grandy's current 28.6-yard average ranks second in the SEC and 12th in the nation. The Ole Miss single-season record is 24.6 ypr established last year by Mike Wallace. Grandy returned the opening kickoff of the UAB game 88 yards for a touchdown. The team's previous opening kickoff return for a TD was by Deuce McAllister against Arkansas in Oxford in 1999.
SONIC YOUTH: The Rebels' 2009 signing class is already making its mark on the Ole Miss program, particularly on special teams. In addition to Jesse Grandy's exploits (see previous note), P Tyler Campbell is the No. 2 punter in the SEC and No. 17 in the NCAA with a 43.7-yard average. In addition, K Andrew Ritter is averaging 65.1 yards per kickoff with 10 touchbacks. Offensively, WR Pat Patterson is fourth on the team in receiving yards with 163 on 11 catches, and he was among three true freshmen that scored touchdowns against Southeastern Louisiana, including Grandy on a 46-yard run and LB D.T. Shackelford on a 58-yard interception return. A pair of freshmen provided the offensive spark against UAB as Grandy returned the opening kickoff 88 yards for a TD, while RB Rodney Scott rushed for a team-high 57 yards and two TDs, the most rushing scores by a Rebel since 2007.
BALANCED BOLDEN: Sophomore RB Brandon Bolden continues to find different ways to contribute for the Rebels. The Baton Rouge native posted 127 all-purpose yards against Alabama, notching career bests of four receptions and 76 receiving yards, and against Northern Arizona, he racked up a team-high 85 rushing yards, including a 45-yard TD run, and a pair of catches for four yards. Bolden totaled 80 all-purpose yards against Arkansas with 62 rushing yards on 14 attempts and two catches for 18 yards, and at Auburn, he matched his career best of four receptions for 46 yards, including a career-long 43-yarder. As a rusher, Bolden has led the team in rushing in four games this year and is second on the team with an average of 56.9 ypg. He has topped 60 yards on the ground five times this year. He reached the 100-yard mark for the second time in his career with 105 yards on 13 carries against Southeastern Louisiana. At Vanderbilt, he ran for 89 yards on a career-high 16 carries. He notched a career-high two rushing TDs against Tennessee. As a receiver, Bolden is third on the team with 17 catches and 188 yards. Bolden has also contributed in the return game with an average of 23.1 ypr in his seven kickoff returns.
MORE OFFENSIVE NOTES
• A total of 15 Rebels have scored TDs this season, led by the eight scores of Dexter McCluster.
• Junior WR Markeith Summers is first on the team in yards per catch with a 22.9 average and is tied for second in TD catches with three ... Summers posted a career-high three catches for 25 yards against Northern Arizona ... He hauled in a career-long 65-yard reception against UAB ... He collected two grabs for 60 yards at South Carolina.
• Of his six receptions this season, senior FB Andy Hartmann has three TD catches, which is tied for second on the team.
• Three different Rebels scored their first career TD against UAB (Rodney Scott twice by rush, Lionel Breaux by catch, Andrew Harris by catch) ... Three TDs were accounted for by true freshmen (Scott twice by rush, Jesse Grandy by kick return).
• Freshman RB Rodney Scott's two rushing TDs against UAB were the most by a Rebel since BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for three scores in the 2007 Northwestern State game ... Scott topped the team in rushing for the first time in his career, finishing with 57 yards on nine carries.
MORE DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Senior S Kendrick Lewis has notched his first two career double-digit tackle performances and added a field goal block in each of the last two games ... Lewis leads the team in tackles (67) and forced fumbles (2) and is second in pass break-ups (8) ... At Auburn, Lewis finished with seven total tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and one pass break-up.
• Senior DE Kentrell Lockett boasts a team-high eight QB pressures and is second on the team with 8.0 TFLs and 4.0 sacks.
• In his first year as a starter, junior NT Jerrell Powe has risen to first on the team and fifth in the SEC in TFLs with 10.0.
• Junior LB Jonathan Cornell is averaging 9.0 tackles over the last three games ... He topped the team against Tennessee with a career-high 11 tackles.
• Junior S Johnny Brown has posted three double-digit tackle performances, including 10 against both Auburn and Alabama ... In the season opener against Memphis, Brown made his first start since his freshman year, topped the team with a career-high 15 tackles and recorded his second career interception.
• Senior LB Patrick Trahan has topped the team in tackles twice this season, most recently with seven total stops against Arkansas ... Trahan was also the Rebels' tackle leader against Alabama with a career-high 11, including a pair of sacks ... He is tied for second on the team with 4.0 sacks.
• Senior CB Cassius Vaughn is sixth in the SEC in passes defended at 1.0 per game ... Vaughn has recorded a team-high nine pass break-ups and his third career interception.
MORE SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• The Rebels have blocked three field goal in the last two games, including two by Kendrick Lewis ... Ole Miss blocked two field goal attempts against Northern Arizona with one each by Lewis and Kentrell Lockett, who collected the second kick block of his career.
• Senior K Joshua Shene connected on all six PATs but suffered his first missed field goal inside 40 yards against Tennessee, missing a 28-yarder .... Shene is now 9-of-11 in FGs this year ... Snead's blocked extra point at Vanderbilt snapped a streak of 88 straight PATs which stands as the second-longest in school history ... Last year, Shene led the SEC in FG pct. (17-of-21, 81.0 pct.) and PATs (52-of-52, 1.000 pct.).
• Freshman P Tyler Campbell is the No. 2 punter in the SEC and No. 17 in the NCAA with a 43.7-yard average ... Campbell has notched seven punts of 50-plus yards, including a 71-yarder against Alabama, which is the longest by a Rebel since Cody Ridgeway's 75-yarder in the 2001 Georgia game.
• Freshman K Andrew Ritter is averaging 65.1 yards per kickoff with 10 touchbacks ... Ole Miss is third in the SEC in kickoff coverage with a net of 43.6-yard average per kick.
OLE MISS ON TV
• All 10 of the Rebels' games this season have been televised ... Two games each have been on CBS, ESPN, the SEC Network and CSS and one each on ESPNU, FSN and CSS.
• This game will mark the Rebels' 22nd appearance all-time on CBS and third this year ... Ole Miss is 8-13 on the network and ended a five- game skid on CBS last November with the 31-13 win at LSU.
• A total of 94 Ole Miss games have been on TV over the past 13 seasons ... Last year, the Rebels appeared on TV seven times, posting a 5-2 mark.
• All-time, this game will be the Rebels' 179th TV appearance since Ole Miss made its network TV debut in the 1953 Sugar Bowl versus Georgia Tech ... Ole Miss is 82-94-2 all-time in TV games.
DEBUTS: A total of 30 Rebels, including 11 true freshman have made their debut in the Red and Blue this season: Ferbia Allen (RFr., TE), Tyler Campbell (Fr., P), Craig Drummond (Fr., DL), E.J. Epperson (RFr., TE), Jesse Grandy (Fr., WR), H.R. Greer (RFr., FB), Melvin Harris (RFr., WR), A.J. Hawkins (Fr., OL), Lekenwic Haynes (RFr., LB), Dan Hoffman (So., FB), Jason Jones (RFr., LB), Layton Jones (Jr., TE), Joel Kight (Fr., LB), Josh Lancaster (RFr., LB), Colby Landers (Sr., FB), Bobby Massie (Fr., OL), Jared Mitchell (RFr., S), Pat Patterson (Fr., WR), Andrew Ritter (Fr., K), Gerald Rivers (RFr., DE), Bryson Rose (RFr., K), Brandon Sanders (RFr., LB), Rodney Scott (Fr., RB), D.T. Shackelford (Fr., LB), Tim Simon (Fr., RB), Nathan Stanley (RFr., QB), Rodney Steen (Jr., DE), Trey Tripp (So., LB), Julian Whitehead (RFr., CB), Rudy Wilson (RFr., DB).
STARTERS: Eleven Rebels have made their first career start this season. NORTHERN ARIZONA: Bobby Massie (Fr., RT), Alex Washington (So., LG); ALABAMA: Pat Patterson (Fr., WR); VANDERBILT: Mark Jean-Louis (Sr., FB); SOUTH CAROLINA: Derrick Davis (Jr., FB); SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA: Rishaw Johnson (So., RG), Jerrell Powe (Jr., NT), Jeremy McGee (Jr., RCB); MEMPHIS: Brandon Bolden (So., RB), Bradley Sowell (So., LT), Ferbia Allen (RFr., TE).
GRADUATING REBELS: Four student-athletes on the Ole Miss football team have already received their undergraduate degrees. DT LaMark Armour, WR J.D. Lawhorn and K-P Justin Sparks are currently working on a second degree, while QB Billy Tapp is enrolled in graduate school.
