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Ole Miss had a top-15 recruiting class on National Signing Day but there was one glaring omission: No quarterback.
It was not from lack of trying.
Coach Lane Kiffin and his staff did everything to flip Auburn high four-star quarterback commit Deuce Knight down the stretch and after multiple visits to Oxford – including for the Egg Bowl – there was some optimism that Knight might flip.
Kiffin had visited with him. The Lucedale (Miss.) George County standout had been committed to Notre Dame for more than a year but flipped to Auburn in early October. It was then that Ole Miss got even more heavily involved and tried to flip him again.
It didn’t happen.
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At his signing day press conference, Kiffin talked about the quarterback market and the brave new world of NIL payments. Not mentioning Knight or any other quarterback name, the Rebels are taking a unique approach to paying up for high school quarterbacks – essentially deciding to not pay top dollar.
Kiffin feels his analytics and history are on his side. With so many quarterbacks hitting the portal, is throwing a high percentage of your money at a high school quarterback always the right move? He doesn’t seem to think so.
“I’ve said now for two years you have to be really careful with that, with high school quarterbacks,” Kiffin said. “Sometimes we’re on a guy and the price gets too high. That’s the world we live in now and you have salary…
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Author : Rivals
Publish date : 2024-12-10 13:27:00
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