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With all the hype surrounding the season, two losses earlier in the year had many fans wondering what was happening with Ole Miss.
Rumors quickly rose that Lane Kiffin was the frontrunner to land the Florida job if that opened up. Uncertainty surrounded the program despite the fact that they were still in the running to win the SEC and compete in the College Football Playoff.
Then Georgia came to town, and everything changed.
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The Rebels rolled over the then No. 2 Bulldogs 28-10, giving Lane Kiffin one of the program’s biggest wins in several years. They also happened to do it in front of some of the state’s best 2025 prospects.
That win had a massive impression on one of those recruits, too, as Choctaw County (Ackerman, Miss.) five-star wide receiver Caleb Cunningham has flipped his commitment from Alabama to Ole Miss.
Cunningham had been committed to the Crimson Tide since July 13.That’s a win in and of itself for the Rebels, but the other player on the sideline who was with him would be just as big, if not bigger.
Top-50 quarterback Deuce Knight accompanied Cunningham to Ole Miss and celebrated on the sideline despite his commitment to Auburn. Knight flipped his commitment in late September from Notre Dame to Auburn.
While those two schools dueled it out for Knight for several months, the Rebels never stopped pursuing him. They’re so invested in Knight that Ole Miss currently doesn’t have a quarterback committed to its 2025 class.
Knight’s recruitment so far has been highly covered and criticized.Last September, he committed to Notre Dame and helped build a class that quickly rose into the top 10. Auburn would get heavily involved over the summer, and Knight took several trips to campus before finally flipping at the end of September.
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Publish date : 2024-11-10 19:56:54
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