Visitors List | Ole Miss set to host commits and top targets in Friday’s Egg Bowl
OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss hosts Mississippi State Friday in the annual Egg Bowl, and plenty of the nation’s top recruits and Rebel commits will be on hand to watch this in-state rivalry game.
After last Saturday’s loss to Florida, Ole Miss is looking to regroup, beat the Bulldogs — and keep their slim college football playoff hopes alive. This year’s Egg Bowl is not just a chance for the Rebels to find redemption after the defeat in The Swamp, but it’s also an opportunity for Ole Miss to recruit and build for the future.
We are just a short week away from National Signing Day, coming December 4, so this Friday matchup in the Vaught will mean a great deal to the recruiting momentum the Rebels look to keep going.
Lane Kiffin and his staff will have some of the Ole Miss commits on hand for official visits, and these players will no doubt help recruit other prospects on hand for the Battle of the Golden Egg.
Also, for those keeping up with five-star wide receiver Caleb Cunningham, who recently flipped to Ole Miss from Alabama, don’t be worried if you don’t see him in the Vaught Friday. Cunningham will not be in town because he will be playing in the Choctaw County playoff game later Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. against East Webster.
Below are the playmakers you need to know who are scheduled to be in Oxford. As always, this list is subject to changes but we will keep you updated.
Official Visits – 2025 Players
Dillon Alfred | 4-star WR | Saraland, AL| WR No. 60 | AL No. 23 | Ole Miss Commit
Highlights !!!🔥🔥🥱 pic.twitter.com/YYlNLQfpOs
— Dillon M Alfred ✟ (@Dalfred006) October 19, 2024
Kenneth Boston | 3-star OT | River Oaks, LA | OT No.76 | LA No.37 | Ole Miss Commit
92 yard scoop and score 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/SAFxPWzcJX
— Kenneth Boston Jr (@KenneyB51) August 31, 2024
Andrew Maddox | 4-star DL| Oak Grove, MS| DL No.24, MS No.8 | Ole Miss Commit
Real Dawg!! @_iamdrewww_
— anthony maddox (@amaddox9595) February 4, 2024
Cortez Thomas | 4-star SAF | Holmes Co., MS | SAF No.26, MS No.10 | Ole Miss Commit
2025 Visitors
Ladarian Clardy | 4-star SAF | Escambia, FL | SAF No.24, FL No. 30 | Ole Miss Commit
Check out my 3 Td’s from last night playoffs game😳🔥🔥 #round2 pic.twitter.com/ecPEcH5C5O
— Ladarian Clardy (@_ladarian34) November 16, 2024
Shekai Mills Knight | 4-star RB | The Baylor School, TN | Natl. No. 141 | RB No.7 | TN No. 2 | Ole Miss Commit
Ole Miss commit Shekai Mills-Knight was explosive all afternoon for Baylor School 🤩 159 yards rushing and a TD @sk_begreat pic.twitter.com/aGW8B1DHcm
— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) August 25, 2024
Bradley Ilunga-Bisselele | 3-star LB | The Baylor School, TN
Blessed To be 10-0‼️@ErikKimrey @cbrownrun11 @CoachGerry10 @ECWagnac @CSmithScout @ewestmoreland42
⬇️Regular Season Highlights⬇️https://t.co/a4qox2r5eH pic.twitter.com/BSplKcm9hJ— Bradley Ilunga-Bisselele (@bigtruss_1) November 4, 2024
Jakheem Shumpert | 3-star OT | Northwest Mississippi Community College, MS | Natl. JUCO No. 21, JUCO OT No. 2 in MS, JUCO No. 10
#AGTG FULL SZN HL#RINGME #BEATEC #STATEWEEK @JuCoFootballACE @JUCOFFrenzy https://t.co/oOZJjBmdtp
— Jakheem “ OGRE ” Shumpert 58 🃏 ✞ (@JakheemShumpert) November 16, 2024
2026 Visitors
Xavier McDonald | 4-star WR | Morton, MS | Natl. No.49 | WR No.5 | MS No.4
Mid-season highlights (4 Games)https://t.co/7gj3B1UOCc@M3SPORTS_ @Dedric_McDonald@zjones_mhs @shayhodge3
@MarshallRivals@SWiltfong247 @samspiegs @ChadSimmons_ @Zach_Berry @TomLuginbill @CraigHaubert@MacCorleone74— Xavier Mcdonald (@Xavierkeonmac) October 1, 2024
Jared Curtis | 5-star QB | Nashville Christian, TN | Natl. No. 4 | QB No.1 | TN No.1
Jared Curtis throws another TD to Javin Drewelow for Nashville Christian on #FridayNightRivals@javindrewelow @NCSFB @_NCSathletics @NCSEAGLES @MyTV30_Sports
@JillJelnick @MaffeiInTheMorn @BrunoReagan @coachbroshow @NCSRecruiting #football #highschoolfootball pic.twitter.com/1Ky77psqfg— Thurday Night Lights and Friday Night Rivals (@TNL_FNR_HSH) October 12, 2024
Zion Legree | 3-star ATH | Pine Forest, FL | Ole Miss Commit
A couple plays from last Fridays win! @TheOfficialPFFB @CoachTC22 @JohnGarcia_Jr @ChadSimmons_ @adamgorney @SWiltfong_ @C3Elite7v7@JeremyO_Johnson @ReuseRecruiting @On3Keith@UIFballRecruits @Recruit2Illini @stephenwagOn3 @BenjaminRivals @Blake_Alderman pic.twitter.com/kjLFIxdlKI
— Zion “BEAN” legree (@allstarbean) November 4, 2024
Jaeden ‘JJ’ Hill | 3-star RB | Tupelo, MS | Mississippi State Commit
First 7 games:
22 touchdowns
1,173 rush yards
90 receiving yards @ChadSimmons_ @ThardiN1235 @BHoward_11 @MacCorleone74 @BAMACoachG @DHill39 https://t.co/BoGlT8Ezgk— Jaeden “JJ” Hill (@JaedenHill5) October 14, 2024
Ty’lan Fortune | 3-star WR | Leake Central, MS
Check out my highlight – https://t.co/6n5jWAu3Bb Last Game Of Jr Szn!
— Ty’lan Fortune (@TylanFortune) November 9, 2024
Tray Moore | WR | Southaven, MS
Full Junior seasons highlights🐍🥷🏽 https://t.co/iJnZCJSzRS @Vol_Sports @Tommypernetti15 @CanesFootball @CoachGMcDonald @duckscrootin @OhioStateFB @_USMrecruiting @Coach_Mont_ @gobigrecruiting @DartmouthFTBL
— Tray Moore (@Toquicktray) November 10, 2024
Christian Ward | 4-star WR | George Walton, GA | WR No. 41| GA No.29
Last game of my Jr. season, not the outcome we expected. I appreciate all my coaches and teammates! @WaltonRecruits @coachdbrunner @SlideoutCoach @BALLERSCHOICE1 @BrettGreenberg_ @JeremyO_Johnson @ChadSimmons_ @jeffsentell @RustyMansell_ @adamgorney @LemmingReport @SWiltfong_ pic.twitter.com/H8AeoP8MB7
— Christian Ward|c/o 2026 WR/DB (@ward_chris1) November 17, 2024
O’Mari Johnson | 4-star WR | Wesson Attendance Center, MS | WR No. 34 | MS No. 8
felt good to be back🙏🏽 #junioryear✅@Pat_CurranMedia @JARaiderFB @shayhodge3 @MacCorleone74 pic.twitter.com/NpGsPuyBS0
— ATH O’Mari “rari mari” Johnson (@rarimari1) November 17, 2024
Zachary Washington | 3-star ATH | St.Francis, IL
After a great win last night were going 7-2 into the playoffs. here are my regular season highlights @SFHSFBWheaton @CoachMac44 @AllenTrieu @SWiltfong_ @EDGYTIM @GregSmithRivals @IamClint_C https://t.co/Bqqb2px4os
— Zachary Washington (@zach5washington) October 26, 2024
Mack Sutter | 4-star TE | Dunlap, IL | Natl. No. 96 | TE No.6 | IL No. 2
Junior Year Highlights@EDGYTIM @AllenTrieu @adamgorney @GregSmithRivals @TomLoy247 @SWiltfong_ https://t.co/Xj5eq2R5Pz
— Mack Sutter (@M4ckSutter) November 12, 2024
Emanuel Tucker | 4-star OT | New Albany, MS | OT No.17 | MS No.8|
3-0🔥 pic.twitter.com/oHqAzdFdBH
— Emanuel Tucker (@EmanuelTucker7) September 23, 2024
Gabriel Osenda | 3-star OT | The Baylor School, TN | OT No.31 | TN No.11
End of regular season highlights the rest on Hudl! on to playoffs! @ErikKimrey @LeverageMatters @CoachCole54 @Andrew_Ivins @ChadSimmons_ @JohnGarcia_Jr @SWiltfong_ @adamgorney @RivalsFriedman @samspiegs @BrandonHuffman #TM4L pic.twitter.com/BDpE8KgOWb
— Gabriel “Big Squish” Osenda (@gabriel_osenda) November 3, 2024
Danny Beale | 4-star DL | Cross County, AR | Natl. No.97 | DL No.12 | AR No.1
Check out this video! https://t.co/Em1NB3FbTL
— Danny Beale III🥋 (@DannyBeale57) November 19, 2024
Jaimeion Winfield | 4-star DL | Richardson, TX | Natl. No.64 | DL.No. 8 | TX No.10
https://t.co/XA7gJJEEBC
Thru 7 games
35 tackles
9 assists
20 tfls
5.5 sacks
19 pressures
1FG Block— Jaimeon winfield (@13saxxx) October 23, 2024
JJ Bush | 3-star LB | Theodore, AL
Junior Season Stats !
69 Total Tkl 30 Solo 39 Assist 22 TFL @CharlesPower @LukeStampini @FCRecruits @ChadSimmons_ @GregBiggins @BrandonHuffman @AL6AFootball @YellowhammerFB @norvellv75 @CoachNelson06 @CortezNelson97— Jaden “JJ” Bush (@JJ_Bush251) November 25, 2024
Preston Crump | CB | Corinth, MS
Week 12 vs Lafayette https://t.co/TSnnXi8dLH@CoachDy3 @Jordan_Black10 @coach_wiseup @coachevans_2 @Rockstar_Reed @PrepRedzoneMS
— Preston Crump (@pre_2solid) November 11, 2024
Gavin Howard | 3-star ATH | Holmes Co. Central, MS | ATH No. 25 | MS No.11
https://t.co/JWIlIobDJH@CoachRogers88 @Malik_Dear22 @a11dub @adamgorney @DemetricDWarren @SWiltfong_ @ChadSimmons_ @MacCorleone74
— Gavin Howard (@GavinTalk2Em) October 9, 2024
2027 Visitors
Deshawn Dillion | 4-star WR | Northwest Rankin, MS | Natl. No 22 | WR No.3 | MS No.2
https://t.co/hdxjjvGLtX #hudl @bshields0244 @shayhodge3 @MacCorleone74 @davidmh__ @Coach_CJBailey @BankstonNic @ESPN3ALLDAY @CoachDLindsey @CoachAlexFaulk @AlanCross__ @Coach_Leb @HailStateFB @SouthAlabamaFB @OleMissFB @_kbolden @Collins_OleMiss @CoachUno1 @coachtonyhughes
— therea1deshawndillon (@DeshawnDillon2) November 27, 2023
Braylon Williams | LB | Lamar, TX
Bench 345 today for my MAX Bench freshman going GREAT!!! @CoachSkinz @coachmo @CoachSkinz @SMUFB @AggiesToday @RazorbackFB @MeanGreenFB @TexasTechFB @UTEPAthletics @BUFootball @Huskers @mcnatety @TheUCReport @UANextFootball pic.twitter.com/SDxWL416xI
— ⭐️BRAYLON “BEAST” Williams⭐️ (@BraylonW_2027) March 9, 2024
Dolph McDonald | 4-star CB | Morton, MS | Natl. No.37 | CB No.4 | MS No.4
https://t.co/UaYDNXSUkf
Freshman Season🔒🔒🔒
7 INTS 1 PICK 6 65 TLKS 3 FR
11 REC 195 YDS 3 TDS@zjones_mhs @M3SPORTS_ @shayhodge3
@GHamilton_On3@MacCorleone74
@rivalsCole @SWiltfong247 @samspiegs @ChadSimmons_ @MSGRIDIRON @bshields0244 @PrepRedzoneMS— Dolph McDonald (@DolphEMcdonald) November 13, 2023
Jayce “Juice” Johnson | QB | Lowndes, GA
5-0 headed into Region play over 700 yards 9 Total TDs
🎥 Mid Season: https://t.co/aDX5MafwZd@Coach_FredM @lhsvikingsfbrec @CarterVikingsFB @LHSvikingsFB @adamgorney @JeremyO_Johnson @RustyMansell_ @BrooksAustinBA @Andrew_Ivins @MrTNT21 @CoachKornDawg @RecruitGeorgia pic.twitter.com/5o4Pt4G22n
— Jayce “Ju7ce” Johnson (@JayceJohnson09) September 22, 2024
2028 Visitors
Damarion Mays | WR | Life Oak Cliff
Check out Damarion Mays’ after game 7 Highlights: 45rec, 1057 yards, 10 TDs on @Hudl https://t.co/FFsL8rVVDc #hudl
— Damarion Mays (@Champfa6ix) October 31, 2024
Game info:
Ole Miss and Mississippi State kick off at 2:30 p.m. Friday. The game will be broadcast on ABC. It is going to be a big weekend in the ‘Sip, and we look forward to bringing you plenty more with our Rebel commits and prospects.
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.