Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels are scorching on the recruiting path.
June was robust on the dedication entrance, and July appears to be like to be even higher. IMG Bradenton (Fla.) Academy defensive again Main Preston turned the third pledge within the first six days of the month to go public with a pledge Saturday evening.
The 4 stars ended up selecting Ole Miss over finalists Florida, Colorado and Virginia Tech.
“Me and coach Wes Neighbors have been locked in for some time now,” Preston advised Rivals. “After I went up there, I felt at residence. It is the place I need to be, a spot with nice individuals round me, with a fantastic teaching employees that may develop me and take my recreation to the subsequent stage.
“From the teaching employees to the opposite individuals on campus, that is the place I need to be.”
The versatile IMG secondary recruit, who hails from Virginia, can play each linebacker and linebacker. He has expertise in every and strikes on the coaching stage.
Within the SEC, he can work in the identical place.
“They anticipate me to come back in there and make a direct influence,” Preston stated. “They’re shedding 10 guys within the secondary after this coming season, so that they anticipate me to come back in there and produce. They are saying I’ll play all 5 positions.
“With the ability to play anyplace in highschool is essential to me. It is essential for me to get on the sector early within the SEC program.”
The versatile imaginative and prescient in Oxford comes from head coach Kiffin, defensive coordinator Pete Golding. The newest Insurgent hung out with a number of trainers whereas on the town most not too long ago.
That is when he pulled the set off on this system.
“Coach Golding, that is my man,” Preston stated. “He is a really energetic man. I acquired to see his coach in particular person throughout practices and stuff. Coach Kiffin is my man. We have been locked in for the reason that official assembly once I met him. Nice conversations with him. I have been quietly excited for some time. , than me, they stated that I used to be essential to them.
“All of it ended once I went there on my official go to. It was nice hospitality, and simply speaking to the teaching employees — assembly them one-on-one — the issues they have been telling me about what I may do made me really feel good.”
The newest blue-chipper on the upcoming Insurgent roster has a message for his new fan base.
“They turn into arduous staff,” Preston stated. “Nice man on the sector, off the sector. The one who will come and put together for this system.
“Sizzling Toddy! Let’s go! Let’s work!”