It will go down as one of the biggest recruiting wins of the Pete Golding era as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels.
To be fair, that era goes back to just late November 2025, but this recruiting win would still be monumental if Golding had held the head-coaching job in Oxford for 10 years.
On Tuesday, four-star defensive tackle Mitchell Turner from Louisville, Mississippi, committed to Ole Miss.
Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers, as well as Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns, were also involved in this recruiting battle, but this was a recruiting win that Golding and the Rebels largely beat out the Alabama Crimson Tide for.
Golding took an official visit to Ole Miss in early June, and that was the big moment in his recruitment.
“On the official visit is the point when they moved ahead of Alabama for sure,” Turner told Rivals. “Being on that visit, spending more time with the coaches and just being there changed things. It was a big visit for me, and that really put Ole Miss as the top.”
