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Lane Kiffin Reveals Which Position Group He’s Most Excited for in 2024
6/19/2024 | Football
OXFORD, Miss. – You never know what you might hear on the Rebel Road Trip. Lane Kiffin revealed at the stop in Memphis which position group he's most excited for on the 2024 Ole Miss football roster.
In somewhat of a surprise, the Rebels' offensive-minded head coach didn't pick his elite receivers or a talented new-look group of running backs—he went straight to the defensive line, per the Clarion Ledger's David Eckert.
"I would say the D-line, because we really haven't had a premier D-line since we've been here, and so we have a chance to have a mix of guys that really could be high NFL picks up there," Kiffin said. "In this conference, that's a total game changer – any conference, but especially here. We saw at Georgia last year the impact that can have."
Ole Miss returned two star veteran players and NFL prospects in JJ Pegues and Jared Ivey. The Rebels also added to the position group two of the top players available in the transfer portal, Walter Nolen and Princely Umanmielen.
The Rebels aren't just strong at the top of the depth chart. This is the deepest Ole Miss has been at the position group since Kiffin arrived with plenty of other talented defenders who will play key roles in the D-line rotation like Suntarine Perkins, Xzavian Harris and many more.
Stay tuned to OleMissSports.com for all the latest news on Kiffin and the Rebels. Sign up for The Sip, the official newsletter of Ole Miss football, to have our best content dropped to your inbox.
In somewhat of a surprise, the Rebels' offensive-minded head coach didn't pick his elite receivers or a talented new-look group of running backs—he went straight to the defensive line, per the Clarion Ledger's David Eckert.
"I would say the D-line, because we really haven't had a premier D-line since we've been here, and so we have a chance to have a mix of guys that really could be high NFL picks up there," Kiffin said. "In this conference, that's a total game changer – any conference, but especially here. We saw at Georgia last year the impact that can have."
Ole Miss returned two star veteran players and NFL prospects in JJ Pegues and Jared Ivey. The Rebels also added to the position group two of the top players available in the transfer portal, Walter Nolen and Princely Umanmielen.
The Rebels aren't just strong at the top of the depth chart. This is the deepest Ole Miss has been at the position group since Kiffin arrived with plenty of other talented defenders who will play key roles in the D-line rotation like Suntarine Perkins, Xzavian Harris and many more.
Stay tuned to OleMissSports.com for all the latest news on Kiffin and the Rebels. Sign up for The Sip, the official newsletter of Ole Miss football, to have our best content dropped to your inbox.
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