Ole Miss is staring at another brutal blow, and this one hits right at the heart of the offense. Kewan Lacy is expected to miss the rest of the season as he continues to deal with a shoulder injury, according to On3’s Pete Nakos.
Lacy originally dislocated his left shoulder in the loss to Texas and has already sat out the past two games. Unless something unexpected changes, his 2026 season is over.
That leaves him with 78 carries for 388 yards and five touchdowns, plus 10 catches for 33 yards.
The timing makes the news sting even more for the Rebels. With the regular season winding down, Ole Miss’ College Football Playoff hopes are already hanging by a thread, and losing Lacy removes one of the biggest playmakers from the equation.
There’s also the bigger picture here. Lacy may have already played his final game in an Ole Miss uniform. Nothing is set in stone, but he could choose to enter the 2027 NFL Draft rather than return for his senior season.
It would be a rough ending to a college run that carried so much expectation into the fall. Lacy came into the year with a huge reputation, widely viewed as one of the top running backs in the country and a real Heisman Trophy threat.
That hype made sense after what he did last season, when he piled up 306 carries for 1,567 yards and 24 touchdowns.
Instead, the season never really got rolling for him. The injury trouble started in the opener against Louisville and never let up from there.
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