Lane Kiffin Accused of Destroying Ole Miss Locker Room as LSU HC Makes His Stance Clear

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Who would have thought the “transfer portal king” would pull his ultimate antics against his former team? After making the move to LSU, Lane Kiffin is pulling every string possible to add key players to the team, like going the extra mile to Knoxville for Sam Levitt. But now he is not just bringing in top players but also trying to get the entire lot from Ole Miss; that’s not sitting well with the program.

“[Kiffin is] trying to destroy our locker room,” a program source said, according to reports from On3.

Ole Miss and LSU both hold elite transfer portal classes, but the situation escalates beyond competition as he is interfering in Ole Miss’s recruiting business. Kiffin, who’s now at LSU, aggressively targets his former program’s players, including offensive tackle McKale Boley, linebacker Luke Ferrelli, edge Jordan Renaud, and outside linebacker Blake Purchase.

Things got complicated when the running backs coach tried to bring running back Kewan Lacy into the team but failed. The linebacker Princewill Umanmielen resigned from Ole Miss but later entered the transfer portal. On top of it, offensive lineman Devin Harper recommitted to Ole Miss but later took a visit to Baton Rouge.

Harper was with TJ Dottery visiting the LSU Tigers. Dottery didn’t sign a new contract with Ole Miss even though they had been in the talking stage for weeks. But things turned nasty this week when Lane Kiffin shared contract details through agents connected to Ole Miss players in the transfer portal. Now using Dottery and other players, Kiffin is trying to get Harper and Umanmielen to his team.

This is giving Ole Miss the feeling that they are failing to keep their roster together, as one Rebels source bluntly sums it up, taking a shot at Kiffin.

“[The Rebels are] in hand-to-hand combat with [Kiffin and LSU],” another Ole Miss source said to On3.

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