2025 defensive lineman Reginald Vaughn continues to be a top Ole Miss top target: ‘The baby blue looks pretty good on me’
OXFORD, Miss. — Highly coveted in-state defensive lineman Reggie Vaughn has become one of the nation’s top prospects. The 6-foot-2, 257-pound Madison, Miss. native visited Ole Miss recently for Junior Day and will remain one of the Rebels’ top targets.
Thanks for taking time out of your schedule to visit my boy pic.twitter.com/OGTtLNBSKu
— Romonda V (@v_romonda) January 24, 2024
“It was great being there and meeting the coaching staff. I learned a lot from (defensive line) Coach (Randall) Joyner. I watched plays from this season and broke down the type of formation. We even took a quiz. I also dressed out, and the baby blue looks pretty good on me.”
Reggie Vaughn on his Junior Day visit to Ole Miss
The four-star prospect out of Hartfield Academy stands as the No. 27 defensive lineman in the nation and the No. 10 overall player at any position in the state of Mississippi for the class of 2025.
Check out my junior season highlights‼️@v_romonda @CraigBowman2 @wpg_coach_rip @coachdt48 @CoachKJohnson1_ @LetsGo_Bo5@CoachWilk04 @CoachBoUT @Coach_PatKuntz https://t.co/hUyea84UEK
— Reginald Vaughn (@ReginaldVaugh48) January 21, 2024
Vaughn already has quite the offer list to choose from within the SEC. In addition to the Rebels, he has offers from Florida, Tennessee, LSU, Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State and Texas. He also holds offers from Indiana, Georgia Tech, Tulsa, Penn State and Georgia State among others.
Winning games in the trenches is easier when you have a talent like Vaughn. With his solid mechanics and ability to play several roles on the defensive line, he’s the sort of player a defensive coordinator dreams of signing.
The Rebels continue to make a strong push to keep this stellar talent at home, and from the start of the season Ole Miss has been a team Vaughn has kept a close relationship with and eyes on.
And that bond continues to strengthen.
Vaughn’s talent has stemmed not only from his success, but from also finding strength in adversity. This past fall, Vaughn endured a life-changing moment few of us can imagine at his young age when he lost his father in the middle of the season. His dad passed away following Reginalds’s visit to Ole Miss.
When I heard the news, my heart dropped for this young man and his family to whom I had just reached out to talk to about that visit.
In the blink of an eye, those around him no longer focused on just Vaughn’s exceptional football talent but shifted into witnessing a young man continue to rise in spite in of tragedy, to rise in spite of feeling an immense void, and to rise for his family — not just the ones by blood, but also his brothers on the football field
Each week had to be harder than we can imagine for Vaughn, but every single time the young man showed up and played his heart out under the lights. And he did so all the way to winning the MAIS 5A State Championship.
🌽bread did this just for his Dad 💔🙌🏾💪🏾 who will be with him on every football field he walks on@HartfieldHawks @CraigBowman2 @wpg_coach_rip @LetsGo_Bo5 @_kbolden @coachdt48 @CoachKingWill @247Sports @RivalsCole @CoachBoUT @MacCorleone74 pic.twitter.com/OgmiX666nB
— Romonda V (@v_romonda) October 19, 2023
Again, the road ahead will not be the same without his father, but Reginald is focusing on a future that he and his father worked so hard for. The Rebels will be working around the clock to keep Vaughn at home. We will keep you updated on the recruiting journey of this 2025 Mississippi playmaker.
Lee Ann Herring-Olvedo
Lee Ann is the Director of Recruiting for The Rebel Walk. She is a veteran SEC sports journalist and NFL content writer. She is also the Sr. Editor for MESPORTS digital. Herring-Olvedo is a Brown University graduate who loves good cigars, good games, and a smooth glass of bourbon — not necessarily in that order.
