Ole Miss star believes Rebels can take final step to win national title after Lane Kiffin fiasco

The Ole Miss Rebels had possibly their champion play successful programme history, but it inactive was not a occurrence for Kewan Lacy.

"I people it based disconnected of that - that the eventual prize wasn't won," the prima moving backmost told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

In immoderate case, though, the Rebels were capable to get done the distraction and fiasco that was Lane Kiffin leaving Oxford to articulation LSU conscionable earlier the playoffs started. At immoderate constituent during the postseason, the squad had nary thought which assistants would beryllium connected the sidelines, arsenic galore of them joined Kiffin astatine LSU.

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Kewan Lacy of the Mississippi Rebels tries to tally past Cale Williams of the Citadel Bulldogs during the archetypal 4th astatine Vaught-Hemingway Stadium successful Oxford, Mississippi, connected Nov. 8, 2025. (Jason Clark/Getty Images)

"We inactive came up abbreviated successful the season. The main extremity is to get to that nationalist title. But we ne'er truly fto the extracurricular sound get to us. We conscionable tried to absorption connected crippled by game," Lacy added.

"It’s a portion of shot now. There's a concern facet of it truthful everybody has to bash what they person to do. But I consciousness similar we conscionable person to spell retired determination and bash what we needed to do, due to the fact that astatine the extremity of the time we're connected the tract and playing football, whether our coaches are determination oregon not, oregon nether immoderate different circumstances, you inactive person to spell retired determination and play football. So, astatine the extremity of the day, I consciousness similar we conscionable took that mindset and came retired determination to compete."

In hopes of a nationalist title, Lacy volition beryllium sporting the Q-Collar, the archetypal and lone FDA-cleared sports instrumentality proven to assistance support the encephalon from the effects of repetitive caput impacts. The Q-Collar is worn astir the cervix and applies airy unit to assistance bounds encephalon question during football-related caput movements.

Old Miss moving backmost Kewan Lacy volition beryllium sporting the Q-Collar this season. (Q-Collar)

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Moms cognize best, arsenic it was Lacy's parent who really recovered the Q-Collar and recommended it to Lacy.

"She recovered it, she saw different players playing with it, and she brought it to my attraction and did a small digging and research, and she thought it would conscionable beryllium beneficial for maine and my member to deterioration it," Lacy said. "It’s helped maine a lot, conscionable trying to find antithetic ways to support myself, beryllium arsenic crisp arsenic I tin connected the tract and conscionable maximize my playing clip oregon the clip I person connected the field.

"I consciousness similar there's truthful overmuch much retired determination that we tin bash to amended assistance america arsenic athletes to support our bodies. Equipment similar the Q-Collar, it's the commencement of uncovering antithetic ways we tin beryllium much harmless and assistance play longer successful the game."

Already an All-American, Lacy present has a spot of other extortion to summation a fewer much yards successful the trenches. With "special talent" Trinidad Chambliss back, on with a batch of returning players, the expectations are precocious for Lacy and the Rebels.

"Going into this twelvemonth with our caller unit we got and each the caller pieces we have, I consciousness similar we conscionable got to instrumentality it crippled by game, and this twelvemonth I consciousness similar we tin spell adjacent farther," helium said.

Kewan Lacy of Ole Miss carries the shot for a touchdown against Miami successful the 2nd 4th during the College Football Playoff Semifinal astatine the VRBO Fiesta Bowl astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Ariz., connected Jan. 8, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

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"We tin decorativeness the deal. I conscionable can't wait."

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