Ole Miss Football: Tuesday Spring Practice Report

OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss football held spring practice Tuesday, March 31, with limited media availability — twelve minutes, to be exact. In the first media viewing of spring, we were able to watch drills with the Rebels’ deep quarterback room as well as some punt return work.

The QB Room

First off, we were able to see Ole Miss’ deep quarterback room. A total of seven quarterbacks threw today. Some of these names have been in the room, with Trinidad Chambliss, AJ Maddox, Maealiuaki Smith, and George Hamsley all present and throwing. The newest quarterbacks were also working out: Auburn transfer Deuce Knight, Louisiana transfer Walker Howard, and true freshman Reese Wise.

Chambliss looks as sharp as ever, even appearing to have a higher release point than what we saw last season.

Trinidad Chambliss putting in the work.
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Knight showed his coordination and talent while rolling the opposite way of what would be natural to him, completing the deep ball of at least 40 yards with relative ease.

We saw a little bit of what could make Deuce Knight special today. In rollout drills, Knight contorted his body rolling to the right, throwing a dime nearly 40 yards down the field.

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Four players were snapping the ball to the quarterbacks: Brycen Sanders, Patrick Kutas, Jalan Chapman, and Troy Everett. We also saw big Florida transfer Enoch Wangoy as he worked one-on-one with offensive line coach John Garrison. There are mumblings of Wangoy being the steal of the portal cycle.

Former players in attendance

We saw new coaches Terrence Metcalf and Marcus Woodson in action today. Metcalf, who is helping out Garrison with the offensive line, looks like he could still play the game, while Marcus Woodson, who joins as an assistant coach/co-defensive coordinator, is as energized as ever.

Rebel alumni in attendance include former star wide receiver DK Metcalf, who has been here quite often this offseason, and former tight end Caden Prieskorn, whose younger brother, tight end Brady Prieskorn, transferred in from Michigan.

News and notables

Nevada transfer edge rusher Jonathan Maldonado looked good in the end zone where he was working on pass rush drills off to the side. The other big-name edge player from the portal class, Jordan Renaud, who transferred in from Alabama, is on campus but is not practicing right now due to injury. He will be wearing jersey No. 1 and is expected to be back in a couple of weeks.

Five players were wearing a yellow jersey, indicating they are limited participants in practice. Those players are: starting center Brycen Sanders, South Carolina transfer tight end Michael Smith, linebacker Ford Beeker, linebacker Raymond Collins, and Caleb Odom.

Weight gain/loss

Several players have added weight, with notable names including Antonio Kite, Joenel Aguero, John Wayne Oliver, Kamron Beavers, and Oscar Bird gaining 10 pounds each.

Sanders, Kam Franklin, Chambliss, Caleb Cunningham, AJ Maddox, Cedrick Beavers, Connor Howes, Hayden Bradley, Samari Reed, Wyatt Smalley and Will Echols each gained five pounds.

Some have lost weight, with Kewan Lacy, Suntarine Perkins, Dante Core, and Shekai Mills-Knight all dropping five pounds. Ladarian Clardy, Luke Hasz, Nick Cull, and Micah Stallworth each have dropped 10 pounds. Offensive lineman Joe Koury dropped a whopping 15 pounds, a big number in one year.

Punt coverage

There were three notable things to take away from the punt coverage we watched Tuesday. Isaiah Hartrup looked the best at returning the ball, as he was the ‘twitchiest’ one out there. Nick Cull and new longsnapper Caleb Blankenship were the loudest ones out there, hyping up their teammates. The last thing the media got to see before leaving was Cedrick Beavers getting the ball out on punt coverage. Teammates started running towards him, showing the closeness of this group.

We’ll have all the notes from the press conferences that featured head coach Pete Golding and quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. Follow along with us as we continue to bring you coverage of Spring practice. Football is officially back!