Fiesta Bowl: Ole Miss RB Kewan Lacy misses time after 73-yard TD run, returns in 2nd half
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Ole Miss RB Kewan Lacy didn’t return to the Fiesta Bowl in the first half after suffering an apparent injury on a 73-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter, though he ended up returning in the second half of Ole Miss' 31-27 loss to Miami in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
The score at the start of the second quarter was Lacy’s third carry of the day. After the touchdown, he was replaced in the backfield by backup Logan Diggs. The ESPN broadcast referenced an apparent right hamstring injury for Lacy.
You can see that Lacy slowed up on the touchdown run as he broke free and replays showed that he appeared to be laboring as he got closer to the end zone. He returned to the game in the third quarter with a sleeve on his right leg.
KEWAN LACY 73 YARDS TO THE 🏠 pic.twitter.com/h7jsXm77V9
— ESPN (@espn) January 9, 2026
“They’re looking at him so we’ll figure out at halftime,” Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said in his halftime interview on ESPN. Lacy’s TD was the only one Ole Miss scored as the Rebels trailed 17-13 at the break.
Lacy finished the game with 11 carries for 103 yards, 26 of which came after halftime. Diggs had four carries for 10 yards.
Lacy has been a star in 2025. He entered the game with 1,464 rushing yards on 295 carries and has scored 24 touchdowns counting his long run on Thursday night. He also has 28 catches for 173 yards. As Chambliss finished in the top 10 in the Heisman voting, Lacy was an equally important part of Ole Miss’ offense as the team made the College Football Playoff for the first time.
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