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JUCO LB Raymond Collins Commits to Ole Miss Rebels Football

Mississippi native was in Oxford for a recruiting visit over the weekend

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Ole Miss is red (white and blue) hot on the college football recruiting trail right now. 

Especially within the state of Mississippi, where Monday evening verbal commitment Raymond Collins resides. The former Gulfport (Miss.) Harrison Central star, now at Jones College, becomes the fifth in-stater to pop for Lane Kiffin's program thus far in the class. 

The linebacker recruit, who totaled 46 tackles, including seven for loss and 2.5 sacks as a freshman at JC in 2022, is the third pledge in four days for the Rebels -- each from the home state. Collins announced his pledge to the program after spending time in Oxford over the weekend.

Collins, who should have two-plus years of eligibility remaining after his junior college career wraps up, could also potentially join the summer class of 2023 and enroll in time for fall camp. Either way, the 6-foot-1, 238-pound prospect bolsters a linebacker unit undergoing plenty of change in town under new defensive coordinator Pete Golding. 

Southern Miss, Arkansas State and Akron also offered Collins as a junior college prospect. He was courted by South Alabama early in his recruitment as well, but the Rebels jumped in before the end of January. From that point, it was about setting the spring visit and after that it was a matter of when and not if Collins would be on board. 

Collins joins quarterback Demond Williams, fellow linebacker Fred Clark, wide receiver Jeremy Scott, running back Chris Davis and defensive lineman Jeffery Rush in the current Ole Miss class of 2024.

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