Lane Kiffin and the Rebels continue to roll: Ole Miss gets commit from Oklahoma transfer DB Keyshawn “Key” Lawrence
OXFORD, Miss. — The Ole Miss coaching staff has made more stops than St. Nick as of late, jetting from place to place to secure the next great Rebels to join the talented group in Oxford. Following his announcement today, they’ve now added Oklahoma transfer safety Keyshawn “Key” Lawrence to their list of talented portal players.
biggest 🦈 on the land #LLTF pic.twitter.com/J6G7lD84Xa
— KE(Y) LAWRENCE 💰C❌C (@KeShawn2x) December 14, 2023
After three seasons with the Sooners, Lawrence entered the portal and will look to close out his career as an Ole Miss Rebel. The former 4-star recruit in 2020 class is no stranger to the SEC, having committed to the Tennessee Vols before hitting the portal for the Crimson and Cream.
The 6-foot-1, 235-pound Lawrence started six games for the Sooners this season, and will have one year of eligibility remaining.
The Nashville native tallied 44 tackles in 2023 with two INTs, three pass breakups and a forced fumble. Over the 2021 and 2022 seasons, he played in 24 games. He notched 105 total tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, one interception, seven pass break-ups and five forced fumbles. He earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors in 2021.
Out of high school, Wells was a highly-coveted safety out of Ensworth in Nashville where he was ranked as the No. 84 overall recruit in 2020, the No. 5 safety and the No. 1 athlete in the state of Tennessee.
The Rebels have now landed another elite talent in Lawrence, who took to social to announce he is the next playmaker heading to the Sip.
This is a MONSTER get for the Rebels for so many reasons, but what stands out about Lawrence from his high school career to his collegiate career is the physicality and intensity he brings when he hits the field. He possesses great size with physical, strong hands, and he has a great football IQ and is always around the ball.
Welcome to the Sip! Hotty Toddy!
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.
