Ole Miss Lands Four on Media Preseason All-SEC Team; Rebels Picked to Finish Seventh

ATLANTA– (Release) Ole Miss football had four student-athletes selected to the Preseason All-SEC team on Friday in a vote by media members at the 2025 SEC Media Days this past week.

Representing Ole Miss on the media’s All-SEC team are junior kicker Lucas Carneiro (second-team), junior linebacker Suntarine Perkins (second-team), senior defensive tackle Zxavian Harris (third-team) and junior linebacker Princewill Umanmielen (third-team).

Lucas Carneiro

Carneiro, a Lou Groza Award semifinalist and first-team All-American last season, brings multiple years of eligibility and experience to the Ole Miss squad. Serving as Western Kentucky’s primary placekicker for the last two years, Carneiro connected on field goals at an 87.1 percent clip for the Hilltoppers. Carneiro had one of the best seasons for a kicker in WKU history in 2024, earning CUSA Special Teams Player of the Year, finishing the season 18-for-19 on field goal attempts and 41-for-41 on PATs. He was 6-for-6 from 50-plus yards, with two 54-yard makes.

Suntarine Perkins

Perkins, already a preseason All-American by both Walter Camp (second-team) and Phil Steele (fourth-team), lit up the stat sheet for the powerful Rebel defense as a sophomore in 2024. Perkins helped contribute to team program records in sacks (52) and tackles for loss (120), which both led the nation, ranking fourth on the team with 60 tackles while tying for the team lead in both TFL (14.0) and sacks (10.5).

Those 10.5 sacks ranked tied for second in Ole Miss single-season history, and his 14.0 TFL ranked tied for 10th all-time. His most notable game last fall came against Oklahoma, where he notched 4.0 sacks – the most by a Rebel defender in a single game since 1993. In two years as a Rebel, Perkins owns 98 total tackles, 19.5 TFL and 14.0 sacks across 26 games played and 10 starts.

Zxavian Harris

Harris enters his fourth year as a key member of the Ole Miss defensive line. Since 2022, Harris has played in 37 games and started 10. All told, Harris owns 65 tackles, 8.5 TFL and 2.5 sacks as a Rebels, including career-highs in all three last fall. Harris has also been crucial on special teams, blocking five kicks across his career – which puts him two shy of the SEC all-time record of seven.

Princewill Umanmielen

Umanmielen, a 2023 second-team Freshman All-American, comes to Ole Miss with previous ties to the program. The younger brother of former Ole Miss defensive end and NFL Draft selection Princely Umanimielen, Princewill played in 23 games for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, recording 35 tackles, seven for a loss, and 1.5 sacks. The Austin, Texas, native is ranked as the ninth-best player in the transfer portal according to 247 Sports and is a top-25 overall transfer by On3 and Rivals. A 6-foot-5, 245-pound junior, Umanmielen was a 2024 Academic All-Big Ten member.

Ole Miss picked 7th in preseason order of finish

Ole Miss enters year six under head coach Lane Kiffin, who has led the Rebels to five consecutive bowl berths and three 10-win seasons – including the first consecutive 10-win campaigns at Ole Miss since 1959-60 across both the 2023 (11-2) and 2024 (10-3) seasons.

Kiffin’s 2024 Rebel squad proved to be one of the most statistically consequential in Ole Miss history, shattering program records in total yards (6,845), yards per play (7.3), passing yards (4,561), passing yards per game (350.8), sacks (52) and tackles for loss (120) en route to a 2025 Gator Bowl victory and a seven-round era record eight NFL Draft selections.

Ole Miss will have quite a different look for 2025, however. The Rebels enter this fall a consensus top-25 team across several media projections, but will look to replace 63 lost lettermen and 20 starters from last year. Kiffin and squad have quickly set about replacing that core, though, welcoming in the No. 2 rated transfer class and the No. 15 rated high school signing class to help surround returning key players such as sophomore quarterback Austin Simmons, junior wide receiver Cayden Lee, and junior linebackers TJ Dottery and Suntarine Perkins.

PRESEASON SEC FOOTBALL MEDIA POLL

Predicted Order of Finish

1. Texas – 3,060 points

2. Georgia – 2,957 points

3. Alabama – 2,783 points

4. LSU – 2,668 points

5. South Carolina – 2,109 points

6. Florida – 1,986 points

7. Ole Miss – 1,979 points

8. Texas A&M – 1,892 points

9. Tennessee – 1,700 points

10. Oklahoma – 1,613 points

11. Auburn – 1,272 points

12. Missouri – 1,170 points

13. Vanderbilt – 936 points

14. Arkansas – 764 points

15. Kentucky – 512 points

16. Mississippi State – 343 points

First-Team All-SEC

QB – LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina

RB – Quintrevion Wisner, Texas

RB – Le’Veon Moss, Texas A&M

WR – Ryan Williams, Alabama

WR – Cam Coleman, Auburn

TE – Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt

OL – Kadyn Proctor, Alabama

OL – Cayden Green, Missouri

OL – DJ Campbell, Texas

OL – Austin Barber, Florida

C – Jake Slaughter, Florida

DL – Keldric Faulk, Auburn

DL – Dylan Stewart, South Carolina

DL – Colin Simmons, Texas

DL – Christian Miller, Georgia

LB – Anthony Hill Jr., Texas

LB – Whit Weeks, LSU

LB – CJ Allen, Georgia

DB – KJ Bolden, Georgia

DB – Michael Taaffe, Texas

DB – Daylen Everette, Georgia

DB – Jermod McCoy, Tennessee

P – Brett Thorson, Georgia

PK – Peyton Woodring, Georgia

LS – Beau Gardner, Georgia

KS – Peyton Woodring, Georgia

RS – Zachariah Branch, Georgia

AP – Zachariah Branch, Georgia

Second-Team All-SEC

QB – Garrett Nussmeier, LSU

RB – Jaydn Ott, Oklahoma

RB – Caden Durham, LSU

WR – Aaron Anderson, LSU

WR – Ryan Wingo, Texas

TE – Oscar Delp, Georgia

OL – Ar’maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M

OL – Trey Zuhn III, Texas A&M

OL – Jaeden Roberts, Alabama

OL – Fernando Carmona Jr., Arkansas

C – Parker Brailsford, Alabama

DL – Caleb Banks, Florida

DL – Tim Keenan III, Alabama

DL – LT Overton, Alabama

DL – R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma

LB – Deontae Lawson, Alabama

LB – Harold Perkins, LSU

LB – Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss

DB – Malik Muhammad, Texas

DB – Domani Jackson, Alabama

DB – Will Lee III, Texas A&M

DB – Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina

P – Jack Bouwmeester, Texas

*PK – Trey Smack, Florida

*PK – Lucas Carneiro, Ole Miss

LS – Rocco Underwood, Florida

KS – Trey Smack, Florida

RS – Barion Brown, LSU

AP – Zavion Thomas, LSU

Third-Team All-SEC

QB – Arch Manning, Texas

RB – Nate Frazier, Georgia

RB – Jam Miller, Alabama

WR – Eric Singleton, Auburn

WR – Kevin Coleman Jr., Missouri

TE – Jack Endries, Texas

OL – Earnest Greene III, Georgia

OL – Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M

OL – Xavier Chaplin, Auburn

OL – Trevor Goosby, Texas

C – Connor Lew, Auburn

DL – Tyreak Sapp, Florida

DL – Trey Moore, Texas

DL – Cam Ball, Arkansas

DL – Zxavian Harris, Ole Miss

LB – Taurean York, Texas A&M

LB – Arion Carter, Tennessee

LB – Princewill Umanmielen, Ole Miss

DB – Keon Sabb, Alabama

DB – Boo Carter, Tennessee

DB – Bray Hubbard, Alabama

DB – Isaac Smith, Mississippi State

*P – Devin Bale, Arkansas

*P – Aidan Laros, Kentucky

PK – Alex McPherson, Auburn

LS – Ben Anderson, Oklahoma

KS – Will Stone, Texas

RS – Zavion Thomas, LSU

*AP – Eugene Wilson III, Florida

*AP – Jadan Baugh, Florida

* – Indicates a tie

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