Ole Miss is shutting down Kewan Lacy for the rest of the 2026 season, a move that could mean the star running back has already taken his final snap in an Ole Miss uniform.
Lacy, an All-American for the Rebels in 2025, has been battling injuries for most of this year. He sat out Ole Miss’ last two games after dislocating his shoulder against Texas on Oct.
- Before that, he had already been playing through a similar shoulder issue that showed up in Ole Miss’ big win over Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers in September.
The shoulder has apparently reached the point where Ole Miss decided there was no reason to push it any further. According to Pete Nakos of On3, the Rebels are pulling Lacy from action.
That decision comes with Ole Miss sitting at 6-3 and probably outside the College Football Playoff picture, with Oklahoma, Wofford and Mississippi State left on the schedule. In that spot, protecting Lacy’s long-term health makes sense.
What happens next is the bigger question. If Lacy gets healthy, he would be one of the biggest names on the transfer portal market.
Kiffin and LSU would almost certainly take a run at him again, given the connection there, but so would plenty of other blue-blood programs. Lacy started his career at Missouri, and he’s from Dallas, Texas, which makes schools like Texas or SMU possible fits if he wants to head back home.
The NFL is also in the mix. Lacy could be a name to watch for the 2027 NFL Draft, and there’s a case that he would have been a first-round pick if he had been eligible to come out after the 2025 season as a sophomore.
His stock has taken a hit because of the injuries he dealt with in 2026, but there’s still a path where he chooses the NFL even if it means going later in the draft. The risk is obvious: another injury in college football in 2027 could turn him from an intriguing pro prospect coming off an injury into someone who isn’t drafted at all.
For now, though, the reality is simple: it’s realistic that Lacy has played his last snaps for the Rebels.
This season, he rushed 78 times for 388 yards and five touchdowns. In 2025, he carried the ball 306 times for 1,567 yards and 24 touchdowns.
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