306 carries. That's Ole Miss's official number for Kewan Lacy in 2025 — an FBS high and a single-season school record, alongside 1,567 yards and 24 touchdowns. Fifteen or more carries in twelve separate games, a season-high 31 against Florida, 20.4 a game. (PFF counts 307; a third figure of 308 is also circulating.) Offensive coordinator John David Baker, on Aug. 10: I don't want him to carry that ball that much. And the reason — running it that many times between the tackles, you're going to break. And he did. He had shoulder surgery in the offseason after being hurt against Tulane in the first round of the playoff. Baker's pitch: carries down, touches level. Then on Monday, asked directly whether the deeper room means he won't carry it 300 times again, Lacy said: we'll just see how the game goes, we just got to go 1-0. That is not a man buying in. The honest counterweight: Baker's carries-vs-touches distinction is real, and the room behind Lacy is good — Makhi Frazier from Michigan State and Joshua Dye, who put up 1,831 yards and 28 touchdowns at the FCS level. Then later: Ole Miss isn't rotating three defensive tackles. It's five. Next to Will Echoles — first-team All-SEC, 26 pressures, most of any Power Four DT, and a new national NIL deal with SeatGeek — the competition is Jehiem Oatis, Michai Boireau, Andrew Maddox, Jamarious Brown and Kamron Beavers. Golding named three of the five; the back half has almost no SEC snaps. Does Lacy carry it 25 times on Sunday? And who's the second-best defensive tackle on this roster? Comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #KewanLacy #WillEcholes #SECFootball #CollegeFootball
306 carries. That's Ole Miss's official number for Kewan Lacy in 2025 — an FBS high and a single-season school record, alongside 1,567 yards and 24 touchdowns. Fifteen or more carries in twelve separate games, a season-high 31 against Florida, 20.4 a game. (PFF counts 307; a third figure of 308 is also circulating.)
Offensive coordinator John David Baker, on Aug. 10: I don't want him to carry that ball that much. And the reason — running it that many times between the tackles, you're going to break. And he did. He had shoulder surgery in the offseason after being hurt against Tulane in the first round of the playoff. Baker's pitch: carries down, touches level.
Then on Monday, asked directly whether the deeper room means he won't carry it 300 times again, Lacy said: we'll just see how the game goes, we just got to go 1-0. That is not a man buying in.
The honest counterweight: Baker's carries-vs-touches distinction is real, and the room behind Lacy is good — Makhi Frazier from Michigan State and Joshua Dye, who put up 1,831 yards and 28 touchdowns at the FCS level.
Then later: Ole Miss isn't rotating three defensive tackles. It's five. Next to Will Echoles — first-team All-SEC, 26 pressures, most of any Power Four DT, and a new national NIL deal with SeatGeek — the competition is Jehiem Oatis, Michai Boireau, Andrew Maddox, Jamarious Brown and Kamron Beavers. Golding named three of the five; the back half has almost no SEC snaps.
Does Lacy carry it 25 times on Sunday? And who's the second-best defensive tackle on this roster? Comments.
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