{"id":864977,"date":"2025-08-14T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/nebraska-cornhuskers-transfer-ole-miss-football-lineman-has-lane-kiffins-attention\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:07:13","slug":"nebraska-cornhuskers-transfer-ole-miss-football-lineman-has-lane-kiffins-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/nebraska-cornhuskers-transfer-ole-miss-football-lineman-has-lane-kiffins-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Cornhuskers Transfer, Ole Miss Football Lineman has Lane Kiffin’s Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels reeled in a commitment from Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive line transfer Princewill Umanmielen this offseason via the NCAA Transfer Portal.<\/p>\n

The versatile defender made the move to depart Matt Rhule’s program with Kiffin and Co. scooping up Umanmielen over a myriad of programs in the free agent market.<\/p>\n

Princewill is the younger brother of former Ole Miss edge rusher Princely Umanmielen. <\/p>\n

On Saturday, Kiffin took the podium where he discussed the his new defensive lineman and what he can provide the program this fall.<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re a little bit different. He\u2019s had a really good camp. He\u2019s actually the defensive player of the game Saturday, so that\u2019s been great to see \u2014 against not just the pass, but against the run too. And playing physical. So we\u2019re really excited about him,” Kiffin said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Over his two years at Nebraska, Umanmielen registered 35 total tackles, seven tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. <\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Princewill Umanmielen’s Instagram. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Heading into the 2025 season, the veteran will look to help the Rebels recover from the loss of his brother to the professional ranks this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just taking it game by game and trying to go 1-0, attacking the day,\u201d Umanmielen said this offseason. \u201cJust taking it day by day. Stack days. Got to win every day. Can\u2019t take days off because it\u2019s going to come back and bite me in the ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first-year Rebel, he understands the depth in the trenches for the program with each player flaunting a different “bag” heading into the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like there\u2019s a variety of things that we can all do,\u201d Umanmielen said. \u201cEverybody got different bags, you know? It\u2019s just deep. We can do whatever, and everybody\u2019s versatile, everybody can play different positions. So that\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

“We was doing a lot of things during the summer that was working on the details of our pass rush and other things well.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Princewill Umanmielen’s Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Another defensive weapon that has turned heads across Fall Camp is linebacker Suntarine Perkins with Kiffin praising his critical component.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s had a great camp coming back from injury. Love the way that he practices, prepares. Great for our young players to see. Actually had a pick six for a touchdown, interception return for a touchdown to start a two minute drill Saturday,” Kiffin said.<\/p>\n

“And he\u2019s just really a great piece to be able to work with because he\u2019s so unique.”<\/p>\n

Now, the Rebels will continue navigating Fall Camp with the 2025 season opener against Georgia State inching closer for the program.<\/p>\n

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Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels reeled in a commitment from Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive line transfer Princewill Umanmielen this offseason via the NCAA Transfer Portal. The versatile defender made the move to depart Matt Rhule’s program with Kiffin and Co. scooping up Umanmielen over a myriad of programs in the free agent market. Princewill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":864978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131817,3790,23691],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-864977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cornhuskers","8":"category-football","9":"category-nebraska"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}