Morning Report: Ole Miss Rebels Portal Momentum Continues in Multiple Sports

Ole Miss baseball and football have both made an impact in the transfer portal in recent days.

Welcome to the Morning Report, a piece from The Grove Report that highlights the news from the day surrounding the Ole Miss Rebels.

Today is June 8, 2023, and here's the news you need to know out of Oxford.

1. Ole Miss baseball and football have both landed key transfers this week.

Lane Kiffin and Rebels football landed Teja Young from Florida Atlantic earlier this week, and Mike Bianco's baseball team grabbed an outfielder from Mercer on Tuesday night. The transfer portal continues to play a vital role not just at Ole Miss, but across college athletics.

2. Speaking of Mercer, The Grove Report's preseason football preview series began this week with a preview of the Mercer Bears.

Staff writer Ben King has written content on the Bears' offense, defense and team as a whole so far this week. This series will continue later today here on the site.

3. Speaking of the transfer portal, that's a topic of conversation on today's Locked On Ole Miss Podcast.

Steven Willis discusses some prep recruiting and the transfer portal landscape on Thursday's show. You can find today's episode on our homepage.

4. NIL payouts could be a roadblock to new installment of EA Sports College Football

It seemed that name, image and likeness would help bring back the franchise, but things are never as simple as they seem. You can see details on that development here.

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