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3 players with skyrocketing stock after win over Mercer

Sara Kessell
NCAAFSeptember 4, 2023
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School soccer is eventually below. Just about every team ranked within the AP major 25 poll played this weekend. That includes the Ole Skip football Rebels, who are rated 22nd. Their matchup from FCS school Mercer was not the most noteworthy game of the 7 days 1 slate. But it did provide as a awesome heat-up match for their 7 days 2 contest from the Tulane Green Wave, who are also ranked inside of the leading 25 with a rating of 24.

Mercer was no match for Ole Miss. The Bears ended up 35-level underdogs heading into the activity. They lost by nearly double that spread the closing score was Ole Pass up 73, Mercer 7. But that does not suggest there isn’t anything at all to study about Ole Skip following their Week 1 triumph. A ton of players stood out for them and noticed their stock increase. 3, in specific, stood out more than the others.

3) Tre Harris

Tre Harris built his Ole Overlook soccer debut this week, and it did not disappoint. Harris started his vocation at Louisiana Tech. His initially two seasons were being reasonably nondescript he totaled 41 receptions for 592 yards and 4 touchdowns by two a long time at Ruston. But he emerged as a junior. Harris hauled in 62 receptions for 935 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2022.

On the lookout for a greater spotlight, Harris hit the transfer portal and landed in Ole Miss. It will make sense Ole Miss out on has been a mini factory producing NFL receivers. The likes of these NFL receivers include things like AJ Brown, DK Metcalf, Elijah Moore, Van Jefferson, and Jonathan Mingo. Just after Ole Miss out on misplaced Mingo (a next-spherical pick by the Carolina Panthers) and Malik Heath (an undrafted no cost agent picked up by the Inexperienced Bay Packers), they wanted a receiver. They and Tre Harris were a best marriage.

That relationship is already developing dividends. Harris balled out in his Ole Miss out on football debut. He caught 6 balls, obtained 133 yards, and scored 4 touchdowns. His initial 3 receptions all went for scores, and people all arrived in the very first 3:15 of video game time.

Tre Harris put himself on the map this 7 days. He is anyone to enjoy in following week’s tilt versus Tulane.

2) Quinshon Judkins

Zach Evans was a massive get for Ole Pass up football when he transferred there last time. He was a former five-star recruit who averaged above 7 yards a carry as a result of his initially two seasons at TCU. But Quinshon Judkins was not bothered by the levels of competition. Judkins substantially outproduced Evans. Judkins handled 130 more carries (274) than Evans (144), ran for 631 yards (1,567) than Evans (936), and caught 3 much more passes (15) than Evans (12). Judkins did all this as a freshman even though Evans was a junior.

Zach Evans is absent now and with the Los Angeles Rams, so the Ole Miss out on backfield is practically all Judkins’. Judkins was again to doing his factor. He managed 13 carries for 60 yards and two touchdowns though snagging two receptions for 11 yards.

It wasn’t a dominant overall performance by Judkins, but even now a very great one. He was now the quantity a person again a year ago but ought to have even additional of a stranglehold on the place this 12 months for the Rebels. He will go on to place up massive numbers.

1) Jaxson Dart

Jaxson Dart was a incredibly hot commodity in the 2021 recruiting class. In accordance to ESPN, Dart was ranked as the 20th-best prospect in the course and only a few spots driving USC superstar quarterback Caleb Williams. USC lovers hoped that Dart would be their superstar quarterback when he dedicated there, but it did not function out. As soon as USC hired Lincoln Riley as their head coach and Riley brought Williams with him, there wasn’t room for Dart, so he transferred to Ole Miss out on football to hyperlink up with a different previous USC Trojan in Lane Kiffin.

Dart’s 1st Ole Pass up season was great, but could’ve been far better. He accomplished 62.4% of his passes, threw for 2,974 yards and 20 touchdowns. But he also threw 11 interceptions. Ole Skip introduced in an additional quarterback transfer in Spencer Sanders, formerly of Oklahoma State, to contend with Dart this offseason. Dart eventually won out and started off Week 1.

The levels of competition appears to have introduced the best out of Dart. Dart went 18-23 for 334 yards and four touchdowns. His poise and ball placement was fantastic all working day.

Sure, it was only Mercer. But Dart seemed good. His inventory, as properly as Quinshon Judkins’ and Tre Harris’ stock, is on the increase for a pivotal matchup subsequent week versus a tough Tulane workforce.

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