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  • 1 week ago | wlbt.com | Matt DeGregorio

    GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Eight players from Ole Miss’ 2024 roster heard their names called during the 2025 NFL Draft. The rest of the FBS schools in Mississippi combined for zero. “It’s been an amazing five years,” described head coach Lane Kiffin. “We’ve won a lot of games and I’ve made a lot of great relationships with people there, with people at the university. So many players come in. Some of them just got drafted and moved on to NFL teams. I think it’s close to 20 that signed.

  • 1 week ago | wdam.com | Matt DeGregorio

    GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Eight players from Ole Miss’ 2024 roster heard their names called during the 2025 NFL Draft. The rest of the FBS schools in Mississippi combined for zero. “It’s been an amazing five years,” described head coach Lane Kiffin. “We’ve won a lot of games and I’ve made a lot of great relationships with people there, with people at the university. So many players come in. Some of them just got drafted and moved on to NFL teams. I think it’s close to 20 that signed.

  • 2 weeks ago | wlox.com | Matt DeGregorio

    GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Eight players from Ole Miss’ 2024 roster heard their names called during the 2025 NFL Draft. The rest of the FBS schools in Mississippi combined for zero. “It’s been an amazing five years,” described head coach Lane Kiffin. “We’ve won a lot of games and I’ve made a lot of great relationships with people there, with people at the university. So many players come in. Some of them just got drafted and moved on to NFL teams. I think it’s close to 20 that signed.

  • 2 weeks ago | wlox.com | Matt DeGregorio

    D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi is a breeding ground for spectacular athletes. That showed during the 2025 NFL Draft as D’Iberville alum Justin Walley heard his name called in the 3rd round. With Justin Walley’s selection by the Indianapolis Colts, he becomes the third member of the Mississippi Gulf Coast region to be drafted in the top three rounds in as many years. “You can’t truly understand it.

  • 1 month ago | wlox.com | Matt DeGregorio

    MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - Baseball in Mississippi is a brotherhood. No one exemplifies that more than former Ole Miss star Kemp Alderman and top-three Brewers prospect Cooper Pratt. Alderman, who was selected in the second round of the 2023 MLB Draft, grew his passion for the sport with a blue-collar mindset that is unique to the success of many great Mississippi-born athletes. “Being raised in Mississippi taught me to work hard and be grateful for what I have,” Alderman said.

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Matt DeGregorio
Matt DeGregorio @Matt_DeGregorio
5 May 25

Ole Miss set a program record with eight players drafted in the 2025 NFL Draft. Lane Kiffin reflected on the program’s historic last five years, Jaxson Dart, and much more: https://t.co/3GVfaEmcK7

Matt DeGregorio
Matt DeGregorio @Matt_DeGregorio
5 May 25

No state has more NFL players per capita than Mississippi. D’Iberville alum Justin Walley joined an elite list of players from the Magnolia State to hear their name called in the NFL Draft: https://t.co/oGnn5mWqdj

Matt DeGregorio
Matt DeGregorio @Matt_DeGregorio
29 Apr 25

“He worked so hard and invested so much in his three years here. They’re getting a great quarterback and a great leader.” Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin shares his thoughts on the Giants selecting Jaxson Dart in the first round of the NFL Draft: https://t.co/4QAuZC39R1