A Visit with Ole Miss Offensive Lineman Signee Cam East
Ole Miss football signee Cam East won’t have to go far to watch his new team play in this year’s Sugar Bowl.
East, a New Orleans native, helped get the Rebels’ Party in the ‘Sip started in the 2022 recruiting cycle when the 6-foot-7, 280-pound offensive tackle flipped from State to the Rebels.
Im officially a Rebel!!🔵🔴 @CoachThornton61 @Lane_Kiffin @CoachFigueroa @foster20504 @OleMissFB pic.twitter.com/Gpssksmmmo
— CAM EAST ✞ (@cam3ast) December 15, 2021
We had a chance recently to catch up with the newly signed East to talk about his decision to play for Coach Kiffin and the Rebels.
RW: Was there a moment you just knew Ole Miss was the fit for you and your future?
Cam: The moment I felt Ole Miss was for me was when I went on my official visit. I had a great experience with the players, coaches, and fans at the game!
RW: What stood out most about the way Ole Miss recruited you?
Cam: What stood out the most with the way Ole Miss recruited me was how much love they showed me through the entire process. I really felt all that love.
RW: What are you looking most forward to about Ole Miss and being a Rebel?
Cam: I’m looking forward to getting better, being dedicated to the grind, making lifetime memories with my teammates, and winning a championship!
RW: What would you tell a future recruit who is looking at Ole Miss that makes it stand out?
Cam: Something I would tell a future recruit about Ole Miss is that it’s an absolutely beautiful place, there are amazing people behind the program and in the town. They are definitely going to treat you right when you go down there, and to top it off the way the program is run is meant to make you a better football player and a better man.
Fit in the Sip
The 2022 recruiting class for the Rebels is stacked with talent and, as they say, each one of them is built differently. The ‘Cajun Knight,’ as I call East, is the No. 46 OT in the nation and the No. 23 overall player at any position in Louisiana in the class of 2022, as ranked by 247Sports.
The powerhouse from St. Augustine High School brings some much-needed size and power to the front, and pair that with his flexibility and footwork and the future certainly looks bright for this Rebel.
Lee Ann Herring-Olvedo
Lee Ann serves as the Director of Recruiting for The Rebel Walk. She 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.
