Top player in Mississippi Suntarine Perkins reaffirms his commitment to Ole Miss
OXFORD, Miss. — MVP of the state championship game. Mississippi’s Mr. Football for Class 3A. Max Preps Mississippi Player of the Year. Mississippi MVP of Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game. Those are just a few of the recent accolades earned by Ole Miss commit Suntarine Perkins.
Although Alabama had been pushing hard as of late, the talented Raleigh High star reaffirmed his commitment to the Rebels Sunday night via Twitter.
@_kbolden @CoachMoCrum @Lane_Kiffin @OleMissRebs5 @247Sports @LemmingReport @olemisssports67 #StayintheSip 🔵🔴 Hotty Toddy pic.twitter.com/wiUoXQrQUu
— suntarine perkins (@suntarine) December 12, 2022
“To my family, thank you for all your support and unconditional love. Your support at games, practices and workouts means the world to me and you are my why.
To the city of Raleigh, thank you for all of your prayers and support. It has been an awesome ride. This has been a long process getting to this point but I want to thank all the schools that offered and spent time recruiting me.
At this point, I want to let the world know that I’m 100 locked in and 1000% going to Ole Miss. Excited for the future and can’t wait to get to work.”
After a great deal of speculation in the high school recruiting world, Rebels are feeling easier about Perkins, the top-ranked pledge in the Rebels’ 2023 class, remaining solid with his commitment to attend Ole Miss.
Perkins, who is being recruited to the Rebels as a linebacker — but who could play running back or receiver — finished his senior season with 2,081 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns.
He also was a staple on the 14-1 Lions’ defense where he notched 92 tackles, 5 sacks, 4 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries.
After the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game Saturday, Perkins arrived in Oxford for his official visit to Ole Miss. His visit must have gone well given his recommitment to the Rebels.
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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.
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