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Rebels continue to make waves

One of the top storylines in college football recruiting for the 2013 cycle just got even more interesting.

Chris Jones

Defensive end Chris Jones, the nation's No. 2 overall prospect, is making an official visit to Ole Miss this weekend. He is committed to Mississippi State currently.

Rebels247 reported last night that five-star defensive end Chris Jones, the nation’s No. 2 overall prospect, was on an official visit to Ole Miss. Jones, from Houston (Miss.), is currently committed to Mississippi State.

The Rebels have been working to get the 6-foot-6, 270-pounder on campus for an official for weeks and have him in right now.

It could not have been a better weekend for him to visit if spending time with other top national prospects is of interest to the talented pass rusher.

Ole Miss has the nation’s No. 1 overall prospect, defensive end Robert Nkemdiche (Loganville, Ga./Grayson), the nation’s top offensive line prospect, tackle Laremy Tunsil (Lake City, Fla./Columbia), five-star safety Tony Conner (Batesville, Miss./South Panola) and five-star receiver and Ole Miss commit Laquon Treadwell (Crete, Ill.) on campus for officials.

Nkemdiche and Conner are considered leans to the Rebels while Tunsil is said to have Georgia and Alabama at the top of his list with an edge to the Bulldogs.

Should the Rebels flip Jones from their in-state rivals and sign Nkemdiche as expected, it would give Ole Miss the nation’s top two prospects out of the high school ranks, along with the nation’s top junior college prospect, defensive tackle Lavon Hooks (Northeast Mississippi Junior College), who signed with Ole Miss in December.

After picking up a commitment Friday night from three-star wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo (Cedar Hill, Texas), Ole Miss moved up to No. 14 overall in the 247Sports team rankings, jumping Oklahoma. If the Rebels land commitments from any of the highly-rated prospects on campus this weekend, it will likely boost them into the top 10.

All the potential for this class isn't in this weekend, either.

While Ole Miss is battling Vanderbilt for former Auburn commit and four-star running back Jordan Wilkins (Cordova, Tenn./St. Benedict), the word is that the Rebels are in good shape. He made his official visit to Oxford last weekend and plans to announce his decision on signing day.

Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze and staff, which includes excellent recruiters like Chris Kiffin and Wesley McGriff, continue to make headlines on the recruiting trail. On Feb. 6, national signing day, there's a good chance that the headlines will read "consensus top five class" and perhaps even higher.

JC Shurburtt

    • what are they doing that Houston Nutt couldn't do ?

      Catsailor ●

    • Wow!!! Ole Miss could have a DLine for the ages.

      KeepOnDucking

    • Catsailor said...

      what are they doing that Houston Nutt couldn't do ?

      Somehow keeping the KKK off campus.

      wps88 ●

    • wps88 said...

      Somehow keeping the KKK off campus.

      Is it really that racist at Ole Miss? lol

      Man of Troy ●

    • Man of Troy said...

      Is it really that racist at Ole Miss? lol

      lol duh

      Read this:

      Racist students riot in Mississippi over Obama win

      Racist University of Mississippi students shouted racial epithets, burned Obama signs, as police swarmed.

      americablog.com

      wps88 ●

    • wps88 said...

      lol duh

      Read this:

      Thanks, man. I didn't know it was that bad down there.

      I gave you an uv, man. Don't know who gave you the dv, though.

      Man of Troy ●

    • Man of Troy said...

      Is it really that racist at Ole Miss? lol

      Ha it's no more racist at Ole Miss than it is at bama or arky. Wps is gonna point out the "riot" in which nobody got hurt, no property damage and 2 ppl were arrested for drunk in public, it was just a bunch of dumbass drunk freshman on both sides. Then wps will use the KKK march a few years back, you know the one that was in no way affiliated with the university our their students and really couldn't be turned down a permit due to the right for peaceful assembly.

      gtownreb

    • those so called "riots" consisted of 6 drunk freshman students. The only reason people were present was because a fire alarm in a near by dorm was pulled. The only reason the word riot is associated with the event is due to the Daily Mississippi and a student writer who "broke" the story. Both the paper and the writer have apologized since

      olemissillini ●

    • Man of Troy said...

      Is it really that racist at Ole Miss? lol

      In no way is it as racist at Ole Miss as anywhere else in the South. This "riot" was a media-overblown reaction of a couple of freshmen who had never experienced an election before, followed by many incorrect social media postings drawing a larger crowd of spectators. An official incident report has now been released explaining the details of the election night.

      UMSoP_Rebel ●

    • No, it is not. Ask anyone who has actually been there that's not an MSU fan, and you'll get the truth! Certain fans (Bulldogs and Hogs among others) are just upset that the Rebels are building something that will things very difficult for them in the near future! By the way, this is coming from an MSU graduate that is a DIE HARD REBEL!!!!!!

      jstaggs

    • jstaggs said...

      Certain fans (Bulldogs and Hogs among others) are just upset that the Rebels are building something that will things very difficult for them in the near future!

      Yea... That's it...

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      wps88 ●

    • Man of Troy said...

      Thanks, man. I didn't know it was that bad down there.

      I gave you an uv, man. Don't know who gave you the dv, though.

      The current Student Body President is African American if that tells you anything. There was no riot and Ole Miss is not racist. Ole Miss is one of the most accepting places I have been too Anywhere in the nation!

      This post was edited by billroach on 1/26/2013 at 6:23 PM

      billroach

    • billroach said...

      Ole Miss is one of the most accepting places I have been too Anywhere in the nation!

      Racist attacks against Ole Miss student

      Mary Woods says it started on Aug. 24 with racial slurs written on her son Jamal's dorm room door at Ole Miss. Two months later his truck tires were slashed, the N-word scratched into the paint and th

      www.myfoxmemphis.com

      wps88 ●

    • gtownreb said...

      Ha it's no more racist at Ole Miss than it is at bama or arky. Wps is gonna point out the "riot" in which nobody got hurt, no property damage and 2 ppl were arrested for drunk in public, it was just a bunch of dumbass drunk freshman on both sides. Then wps will use the KKK march a few years back, you know the one that was in no way affiliated with the university our their students and really couldn't be turned down a permit due to the right for peaceful assembly.

      Have you been to Bama? The actual campus? It is far from any level of racism from the MULTIPLE times I've been there.

      McTide15

    • McTide15 said...

      Have you been to Bama? The actual campus? It is far from any level of racism from the MULTIPLE times I've been there.

      Exactly. And the U of Arkansas is in the northwest corner. That's the hippy, liberal part of the state. No racism at all up there; lots of interracial couples.

      wps88 ●

    • wps88 said...

      Exactly. And the U of Arkansas is in the northwest corner. That's the hippy, liberal part of the state. No racism at all up there; lots of interracial couples.

      So y'all are a bunch of dope smoking, acid dropping, baby killing hippy liberals?? You're right! Y'all are Waaaay better off. Your posts are always dumb. Won't be long you'll find yourself banned like delta.

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      Rebel_30 ●

    • Rebel_30 said...

      So y'all are a bunch of dope smoking, acid dropping, baby killing hippy liberals?? You're right! Y'all are Waaaay better off. Your posts are always dumb. Won't be long you'll find yourself banned like delta.

      What are you talking about? Wps88 is a good poster. Hating racists makes him a bad guy? I guess that makes me a bad guy, too.

      Man of Troy ●

    • Rebel_30 said...

      So y'all are a bunch of dope smoking, acid dropping, baby killing hippy liberals?? You're right! Y'all are Waaaay better off. Your posts are always dumb. Won't be long you'll find yourself banned like delta.

      Playattachment

      wps88 ●

    • Rebel_30 said...

      So y'all are a bunch of dope smoking, acid dropping, baby killing hippy liberals?? You're right! Y'all are Waaaay better off. Your posts are always dumb. Won't be long you'll find yourself banned like delta.

      I'm not liberal, although I am pro-choice.

      Edit: and did you really just start a thread on your board asking for other Rebel fans to come ITT and defend Ole Miss' racial issues? God, you suck.

      Link:
      http://olemiss.247sports.com/Board/59412/come-together-rebs-and-defend-16194357

      This post was edited by wps88 on 1/26/2013 at 7:41 PM

      wps88 ●

    • Sticks and stones big guy. If a handful of people really represented what a much larger body of people believed...this would be one f'd up world. I hope you feel better about yourself.

      rebelsfan14 ●

    • rebelsfan14 said...

      Sticks and stones big guy. If a handful of people really represented what a much larger body of people believed...this would be one f'd up world. I hope you feel better about yourself.

      Troll (Internet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

      en.m.wikipedia.org

      wps88 ●

    • wps88 said...

      And yet we have another story full of allegations. Can you tell me, did anything become of the investigations on these "racial attacks"? The media and others love to try and paint the South, especially the University of Mississippi, in a negative light and it is something they will have to fight for decades. Because of its past it was probably warranted up to a point, but no other school in the country has done a better job of trying to rid itself of a racist image. Go visit it for yourself, why don't you, then maybe you can make an informed decision.

      memreb8610

    • wps88 said...

      Thank you for providing me with a definition of troll. I am very appreciative.

      rebelsfan14 ●

    • memreb8610 said...

      And yet we have another story full of allegations. Can you tell me, did anything become of the investigations on these "racial attacks"? The media and others love to try and paint the South, especially the University of Mississippi, in a negative light and it is something they will have to fight for decades. Because of its past it was probably warranted up to a point, but no other school in the country has done a better job of trying to rid itself of a racist image. Go visit it for yourself, why don't you, then maybe you can make an informed decision.

      My mother lives in Tupelo. I drive thru the state pretty quick. If I drive too slow and look around I feel like I'm on the set of Mississippi Burning.

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      wps88 ●

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