What is up, Everydayers. We’re 20 days out from kickoff in Nashville, and fall camp is where September gets won. The pads are on, the right-tackle battle is heating up, and the national respect keeps stacking for a roster that returns its biggest stars. Let’s get you caught up. Hotty Toddy.
On the Latest Locked On Ole Miss
On the latest show, Steven made the case that ESPN’s new 2027 NFL draft-talent tiers put Ole Miss on the same shelf as Georgia and Ohio State — nine Rebels named, five of them in the back seven of the defense. A secondary that had zero draftable defensive backs a year ago now has four. And Progressive is set to become Vaught-Hemingway’s on-field sponsor — one of just two SEC programs the brand picked, alongside Georgia. That’s not a poll voting on hype; that’s outside money and NFL scouts telling you where this program actually sits.
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First Week of Camp Wraps — Coordinators Are Up Next
Sat., Aug. 15 · last 48 hours.
Week one of fall-camp media access is in the books, and the Rebels carry real momentum from a 13-win playoff season with Trinidad Chambliss, Kewan Lacy and Suntarine Perkins all back in the fold. The next reveal comes Tuesday, when defensive coordinator Bryan Brown holds his first availability of the summer. (Yahoo Sports)
A New Name Is Rising in the Receiver Room
Fri., Aug. 14.
With last year’s top targets gone, the wideout job is wide open — and transfer Horatio Fields is reportedly making the loudest case in camp. At 6-foot-2, 210, he gives Chambliss a bigger body opposite the shifty Deuce Alexander, with Syracuse transfer Johntay Cook II also pushing hard for snaps. (Last Word on Sports)
Another Top-10 Stamp: Ole Miss No. 9 in SI’s Preseason 25
Wed., Aug. 12.
Sports Illustrated slotted Ole Miss ninth in its preseason Top 25 — the Rebels’ highest placement in the major polls so far. They sit behind SEC foes Texas and LSU, with Georgia leading the league at No. 3 and Notre Dame on top nationally. The national respect keeps climbing. (HottyToddy.com)
Pads Come On: Odom and Terez Davis Lead the Talk
Wed., Aug. 12.
The Rebels strapped on full pads for the first time Wednesday. Tight end Caleb Odom said narrowing his focus to one position has been “really beneficial,” while left tackle Terez Davis credited the veterans around him for speeding up his learning inside Ole Miss’s up-tempo attack. (Ole Miss Athletics)
Rebels Land a 4-Star In-State Defensive Lineman
Tue., Aug. 11.
The recruiting board keeps tilting Ole Miss’s way. Right in the middle of fall camp, the Rebels picked up a pledge from a four-star defensive lineman out of Mississippi — rated among the top players in the state and a top-10 national interior prospect in his class. (Saturday Down South)
The Right-Tackle Battle Is Camp’s Biggest Question
Mon., Aug. 10.
The offensive line’s last open job is the storyline to watch: LSU transfer Carius Curne and Miami transfer Tommy Kinsler IV are battling at right tackle, upside against experience. Receiver health and building Chambliss’s chemistry with a new-look target group round out the early camp questions. (Last Word on Sports)
Baker: “Not About Putting My Stamp on Things”
Mon., Aug. 10.
New coordinator John David Baker made his approach clear as Week 2 opened: don’t reinvent what works. “It’s more so like we’ve been very successful here over the last five, six years because we’ve understood… what are our pieces?” Continuity and tempo stay the foundation. (Ole Miss Athletics)
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