Ole Miss adds Marshall transfer linebacker Jaden Yates; First Team All-Sun Belt defender led league in tackles
OXFORD, Miss. — On Thursday, Marshall transfer linebacker Jaden Yates committed to Ole Miss per a report from Pete Nakos.
114 total tackles(13th in the nation)
7 TFLs
1 Sack
2 PBUs
First team all conference
2 fumble recoveries
Conference leading tackler
AGTG🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/AYu8ZiKO9C— 100 yard landlord🦈 (@jad5nyates) December 5, 2024
Yates will have three years of eligibility remaining and had portal interest from Colorado, Houston, Florida State, Tennessee, USC, UCLA and others.
Yates was a force in the Sun Belt Conference this past season, finishing with 114 tackles, tops in the league, and was named All-Sun Belt First Team.
He ranked 13th in the nation in total tackles.
The 6-foot-1, 215-pound Yates notched seven tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries, two pass breakups, and one sack last season. He also tallied 10+ tackles five different times in 2024.
In the class of 2023, the Gahanna Lincoln (Ohio) linebacker was a three-star prospect who chose Marshall over Kentucky, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Yates will look to join Suntarine Perkins and TJ Dottery as linebackers in Pete Golding’s defense.
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn's love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
