Staying Home: No. 3 DL prospect in nation chooses Ole Miss over Texas, LSU

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Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding stands on the field during warmups before the CFP Fiesta Bowl at the State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Ariz., on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. | Lauren Witte/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

One of the top players in the Magnolia State will be staying in Mississippi as four star defensive lineman Mitchell Turner committed to Ole Miss over Texas, LSU and Alabama on Tuesday.

Turner stands at 6’3″ weighing 285 lbs. out of Louisville, Miss. is ranked number one, two or three in the state depending on which recruiting site you visit. He is also a consensus top five defensive lineman nationally, so Turner had his pick of almost anywhere in the country to play college football.

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He reportedly visited Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas and Mississippi State in the last month before announcing his commitment on Tuesday. With a No. 64 national ranking overall, he becomes the highest ranked recruit in the Ole Miss class of 2027 and the eleventh four star prospect.

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Head coach Pete Golding and his staff have made the Magnolia state a priority clearly in this recruiting cycle as the first year head coach is not new to the recruiting game. Turner and fellow commit Ben’Jarvius Shumaker are two of the top players in Mississippi with plans to play for the Rebels, and two of the top four recruits in the state, Caden Moss and Antonio Berry, are trending toward a future in Oxford as well.

Turner’s commitment is a massive deal for Ole Miss as Louisville is typically Miss. St. stomping grounds for recruiting with its close proximity. It seemed it was going to be hard for another school to come in and move him to another state however.

With this latest commitment, Ole Miss is now No. 17 nationally and No. 8 in the SEC in recruiting for the class of 2027 with some time to continue to work. The defensive line this staff is putting together, however, will be one of the most talented and complete Ole Miss has seen in years. It’s clear Golding wants to get players who can control the line of scrimmage first and foremost and then build from there.

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