Ole Miss Starter Enters Switch Portal a Week After Saying He’d Keep

[ad_1] When a participant obtained a graphic made by their workforce for them to return to play subsequent season, it was sacred.

In the event you noticed that picture of a participant with celebratory textual content and 1000's of reposts from pleased followers, that was alleged to be it.

Go purchase their jersey. Everybody cheer and get a drink.

That has modified on this planet of the switch portal period, and it was by no means extra obvious than in the present day, when Ole Miss was rocked hours earlier than the portal closed.

Pete Golding's workforce had accomplished properly within the 15-day switch window, and although they misplaced some substantial depth and some proficient gamers, it felt like they'd prevented a gut-punch departure other than Trinidad Chambliss being denied an additional 12 months of eligibility.

Thursday, they obtained hit within the photo voltaic plexus and would possibly nonetheless be doubled over by the information that star EDGE Princewill Umanmielen is planning to switch colleges after allegedly re-signing with Ole Miss every week in the past.

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It is a large blow to Mississippi, which was relying on the defensive finish to be the anchor of its protection, as he led the workforce with 9 sacks in its exceptional 2025 season. With out him, they'll both have to seize somebody from the portal or promote inside, which is a hefty gap that may't be crammed by one participant.

Umanmielen has been immediately linked to his former coach, Lane Kiffin, and his LSU Tigers. Kiffin has been on the warpath the previous few days, elevating himself and his workforce as much as the No. 1 spot within the switch portal acquisition rankings.

Kiffin secured his golden boy, Sam Leavitt, to be the workforce's starter, Husan Longstreet to be the QB of the long run, and an intriguing sign caller prospect in Elon Faculty's Landen Clark.

If Umanmielen indicators with the Tigers, it could be an SEC-shifting transfer that would elevate the Tigers to attainable preseason favorites alongside the likes of Ole Miss, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas.