Given his previous relationship with staff, Kewan Lacy's move to Ole Miss was 'smooth and easy'

OXFORD – There were no big surprises for sophomore running back Kewan Lacy during his most recent courtship from Ole Miss. He had been through the same process with the Rebels rather recently.

Lacy, a four-star recruit in the 2024 class out of Dallas, was heavily recruited by Ole Miss out of high school. Lacy ran for 1,513 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior at Lancaster High and ultimately chose to enroll at Missouri last summer. As a freshman with the Tigers, Lacy ran for 104 yards in six games, good for sixth-most on the team.

When he decided to enter his name in the transfer portal in December, Lacy’s familiarity with Ole Miss’ coaching staff from previous recruiting attempts made Oxford a natural fit. Head coach Lane Kiffin’s high-flying offense didn’t hurt, either.

“I didn’t have to make any new relationships with anybody,” Lacy said. “I already knew what I was coming into or what I wanted to go into. So, I felt like it was just smooth and easy.”

Lacy, listed at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, figures to play a sizable role in the backfield for a Rebels team lost nearly 70% of its rushing yardage from a season ago. Running backs Henry Parrish Jr. and Ulysses Bentley IV and quarterback Jaxson Dart accounted for 1,592 of the team’s 2,284 rushing yards last year. Ole Miss’ leading returning rusher is Domonique Thomas, who totaled 197 yards.

“Hitting the portal, it was just finding the best fit for me and where I could show my abilities,” Lacy said. “And I just felt like, coming out of high school, this was one of my top choices. So I just felt like, ‘Why not?’ It’s a good program, I love the offense.”

Lacy, along with senior Logan Diggs – an LSU transfer from last year’s class who missed nearly all of 2024 recovering from a knee injury before returning for the Gator Bowl – and…

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Publish date : 2025-04-04 03:59:00

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