The University of Mississippi Athletics

2026 Track and Field Roster

Minor, Dekell
Dekell Minor

Dekell Minor

  • Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
    Jr. / Jr.
  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Hometown:
    Houston, Texas
  • High school:
    Sterling
  • Prev. School:
    Fort Scott CC
  • Major:
    Sport Management
TFRRS Bio
 
 OLE MISS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 1x NCAA Qualifier
 • 1x NCAA East Region Qualifier
 • 1x SEC Scorer
 • 1 SEC Point
 • 2x School Record Holder

2026 Outdoor (Junior)
NCAA Qualifier (4x100-Meter Relay)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (4x100-Meter Relay)
SEC Scorer (4x100-Meter Relay, 5th Place)
School Record Holder (4x100-Meter Relay)

Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships as the leadoff leg for Ole Miss' 4x100-meter relay, finishing 10th at the NCAA East Regional at 38.87 ... Also had a qualifying time in the 100-meter dash at 10.14 (+0.4), but scratched from the competition ... Ran on five 4x100 attempts for the Rebels in 2026, including a school record 38.65 to score in fifth place at the SEC Outdoor Championships and a season-opening 38.98 that made the 2026 relay the first in Ole Miss history to break 39 seconds ... Ran career-best in the 100-meter twice, first a 10.14 (+2.2) at LSU's Battle on the Bayou and then a qualifying semifinal time of 10.14 (+0.4) at the conference meet, but scratched the final.

2026 Indoor (Junior)
Competed in five meets in his first action as a Rebel ... Tied overall PR of 6.66 in the 60-meter dash to finish 14th at the SEC Indoor Championships, good for sixth all-time at Ole Miss ... Ran an indoor career-best 21.37 at altitude at the New Mexico Classic, which tied him for No. 11 all-time at Ole Miss indoors by season's end.

at Fort Scott CC
Three-time NJCAA All-American at Fort Scott Community College ... Twice earned All-America in the 100-meter outdoors, finishing seventh in 2025 (10.52) and fifth in 2024 (10.25) ... Was fourth at the NJCAA Indoor Championships in 2025 in the 60-meter dash (6.70) ... Was also part of national qualifying 4x100-meter relay teams, including a Region VI title squad in 2025 (39.72) ... Ran a 200-meter career-best 21.15 (+1.1) in 2025 ... Left Fort Scott CC with career-bests of 6.66 in the 60-meter, 10.20 (+3.6) in the 100-meter dash, 21.15 (+1.1) in the 200-meter outdoors, 21.44 in the 200-meter indoors and a long jump of 6.83m/22-5 at the 2024 NJCAA Region VI Championships.

High School
Played football in addition to track & field while at Sterling High School, where he was a member of 4x100, 4x200, and 4x400-meter relays ... Finished fourth at the 5A state meet in the 200-meter dash (22.11), also ran the third leg on Sterling's fourth-place 4x1 (41.94) ... Ran a high school best 21.74 at the 5A area meet his senior season ... Was third leg on 5A district champion 4x100 team as a senior in 2023.

Personal
Born April 4, 2005 to Lakeasha Green and Gentry Minor ... Majoring in sport management.
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