Five-star 2023 safety Sonny Styles set for June 22 visit to Ole Miss
OXFORD, Miss. — Athletes and the colleges pursuing them are wasting no time making the most of the end of the recruiting dead period that came June 1. Recruits are jet-setting from place to place and schools are competing to see who will win the battle for some of the best talent we have seen in some time.
While the 2022 class is loaded with top prospects, the 2023 group is not too far behind and they, too, are making the most of their time this summer.
Sonny in the ‘Sip
It is about to get more ‘Sonny in the Sip’ come June 22nd as 2023 five-star safety Sonny Styles of Pickerington, Ohio will be making an official stop in Oxford. Styles took to twitter to drop his Summer officials
June visits…fall visits coming soon!!!! @Hayesfawcett3 pic.twitter.com/3RinLB7of8
— Heem ♛ (@sonnystyles_) June 2, 2021
Styles is listed as the No. 1 safety prospect in the nation by the 247Sports Composite index and is ranked the No. 1 overall player of any position in the state of Ohio’s 2023 class. The 5-star prospect is the nation’s No. 15 player, according to the Composite, and is ranked as the nation’s No. 2 safety according to 247Sports.
Lee Ann Herring-Olvedo is The Rebel Walk’s Director of Recruiting.
Styles will wrap up his June tour in the heart of SEC country with a stop in Tuscaloosa to camp at Alabama on June 23, following his trip to Oxford on June 22nd, and will wrap up in Baton Rouge at LSU on June 24th.
Styles may have just finished his sophomore season; however, he is already considered an elite talent—and not just on the football field but also on the basketball court.
He currently holds football offers from: Boston College, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Indiana, LSU, Miami, Miami (Ohio), Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, Toledo and West Virginia.
Styles’ older brother Lorenzo plays for the Fighting Irish, while his father played for Ohio State.
Quick Take
What catches the eye most about this 6-foot-5, 216-pound safety is his natural ability to get after the football in the air. Styles has speed and fluidity, without question, but his instincts are also exceptional. He is always on the hunt when it comes to locating the ball and attacking.
One thing quite enticing for elite players who have an abundance of offers is not just the chance to play in the SEC — but to have the opportunity to make an impact sooner rather than later. That could be the case for Styles in Oxford!
Hotty Toddy!
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(Sonny Styles feature image credit: Birm/Lettermen Row)
Lee Ann Herring-Olvedo
Herring-Olvedo sees college football the way championship programs do—from inside the personnel room. Every evaluation, every roster move, every recruiting battle tells a bigger story about identity, culture, and how a program is built to win in December, not just July.
With more than 15 years covering the SEC and the national recruiting landscape, Herring-Olvedo has built a reputation as one of the sport’s most respected personnel-driven voices—blending film evaluation, roster construction, and long-term program vision through a true front-office lens. Her coverage of powerhouse brands like Ole Miss Rebels and Kentucky Wildcatshas consistently gone beyond headlines, focusing instead on the blueprint behind winning programs: development, fit, culture, and recruiting strategy.
That foundation was formed early at Brown University, where she worked in player personnel and recruiting while competing as a student-athlete. Inside those recruiting operations rooms, she learned how elite organizations are truly built—through relentless evaluation, relationship building, projection, and trust in the board. Those experiences shaped the way she studies the game today: part scout, part storyteller, part architect.
Her analysis and reporting have appeared across major platforms including ESPN, NFL coverage spaces, USA Today Sports, and Saturday Down South. She also brought her personnel-minded approach to the airwaves as an on-air analyst for the Wake Up 502 College Football Show on Big X Sports Radio 96.1, where she became known for combining film-room detail with a wider understanding of roster identity and program trajectory.
In 2025, covering the rise of Houston Cougars football under Willie Fritz reignited the part of the sport that first drew her into football—the culture, the edge, the belief that a roster can reshape an entire city. That inspiration led to the launch of Coogs 365 Sports, a platform built to cover Houston athletics through a true scouting and recruiting lens while connecting the emotion of the game to the heartbeat of H-Town.
Now, Herring-Olvedo returns to The Rebel Walk where with an even deeper perspective shaped by years inside recruiting circles, national SEC coverage, and hands-on evaluation experience. Her return brings a familiar voice back to Ole Miss coverage—but with an evolved lens rooted in roster architecture, player development, and the modern realities of building championship-caliber football in the NIL and portal era.
For Herring-Olvedo, recruiting has never been about stars beside a name. It is about identifying competitors, projecting growth, and building a locker room capable of sustaining success. Her philosophy mirrors the best front offices in football: stack traits, trust culture, and never stop building.
