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Record crowd attends annual 'Meet the Rebels' event

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A group of volunteers who are spending their time helping Ole Miss students move into their dorms pose for a photo.This year, over 1,000 volunteers from the university and community have signed up to help residents get into their rooms.

UM Move In begins this weekend

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Carloads of students of the University of Mississippi, new and old, have filled the streets of Oxford this weekend as six days of Move In for on-campus residents began Saturday.

According to Student Housing, about 5,000 students are moving into on-campus housing for the upcoming fall semester. The Move In is taking place Saturday through Thursday, with a different residence hall or area of campus being active that day. By allowing students to move into multiple residence halls on separate

sides of the campus at once, it allows for the highest number students moving in to do so while not creating additional traffic or crowding issues. Some of the larger residence halls have move in times divided by floors so that residents will be able to move items into the building without having to fight through large crowd of people trying to do the same.

The last time the university held a single Move In day was in 2011. In 2012, it was a three-day Move In. Each year, the incoming freshman class grows larger and more residence halls are added. The current model of a six-day Move In came about as a logical response to having to get more

and more residents into their rooms.

Jennifer McClure is the assistant director for marketing at Student Housing. McClure said that Move In days make up the biggest event of the year for her department. She said that they spend all year working out the logistics and getting everything ready behind the scenes to make sure everything runs smoothly for the students and their families.

“The logistical challenges are probably the biggest thing we deal with during the Move In days.” McClure said. “We have so many people that live on campus. We TURN TO MOVE PAGE 2

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LHS shows flashes of talent, skill in jamboree with Southaven

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Record crowd attends annual 'Meet the Rebels' event

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

A sea of red, and two shades of blue, covered the artificial turf located inside the Manning Center Saturday afternoon. An estimated crowd of 10,000 fans attended the annual “Meet the Rebels” event.

Quarterback Chad Kelly was surrounded by fellow quarterbacks Shea Patterson and Jason Pellerin. A line that seemed to stretch a mile long waited to get Kelly’s autograph on posters, footballs or even apparel.

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze had his own station to sign gear and merchandise for fans. He also had two security guards to make sure nobody stopped long enough to get a video.

At one of the far ends of a signing table, former Lafayette High standout Eli Johnson sat signing autographs. He figured he might get a hand cramp by the end of the event.

“It’s really exciting just to see how many people will come out and stand in a line just to meet the Rebels. It’s exciting to see how much they care for the team,” Johnson said.

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Left, Ole Miss linebacker Ray Ray Smith gets a high five from 5-year-old Oxford resident Sam Ross during the annual "Meet the Rebels" event at the Manning Center. Right, Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly signs autographs for fans. An estimated 10,000 people turned out for the event.

Jack Turner, who played against Johnson at Oxford, was one of the many fans at the event. He was blown away by the turnout as well.

“I’ve been coming my whole life. They’re always really big no matter how good Ole Miss is or not, we always have a great show-

ing,” said Turner, who is set to study accounting at Ole Miss.“We have a great roster this year. It’s always a toss up, but if we come out 3-1 in this first four games, I would be very happy. It could be 1-3, but I don’t see that happening. They have a great chance. It just matters if they’ve got their head in the

game right. It’s by far the toughest challenge anyone is going to be facing. There is very high hopes for the end of this year.”

Peter Ross and his 5-year-old son Sam stood in line to get the autograph of the Ole Miss defensive players. The two were on the way to find Kelly and tight end

Evan Engram, Sam’s two favorite players this year, next. Peter has attended a number of the events over the years.

“It gets bigger and bigger each year and it means a lot, especially for the kids, to meet the players and get autographs,” Peter Ross said. “Our little boy loves it and that’s why we do it. He’s come the last four years. This is definitely the biggest. It seems like everybody is having a good time and ready for football to start. I think the winning brings more fans out here.”

Fans also could get in line to take a picture with the Sugar Bowl, Magnolia Bowl and Egg Bowl trophies. Ross said the Sugar Bowl trophy really means a lot to the fans.

“The schedule is tough and you can be a good team and still be 84,” Peter Ross said.“You could lose the first game and still play for a national championship. That’s how tough the schedule is. Three of your first four opponents are top 15 teams, probably top 10 teams. Georgia is very talented.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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spread the Move In out over the course of several days to make the process as easy as possible, but anytime you’re bringing that many people to one place at relatively the same time, even how we have it divided up, it’s always challenging.”

McClure went on to elaborate on the different obstacles that have to be worked out, like where will all of the students park where they can unload all of their stuff to get it to their dorm, adequate signage and directions more. She said that it is the planning of the little details like this that makes the organizing of the event the massive undertaking that it is.

The student resident assistants (RAs) undergo two weeks of training in preparation for the move in. They will have to understand the ins and outs of the check in process in each building that is necessary in order to keep records strait during the massive influx residents over such a short time. In addition to that, the over 1,000 student, faculty, staff

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This year, the volunteers will be helping over 5,000 students new and old get into their residence halls where they will be living during the upcoming fall semester. and community volunteers show up to help everyone get situated. McClure said these volunteers range from student organizations and churches, to just people in the community who want to welcome the new residents. McClure said everyone gives such a warm welcome to everyone coming to town that it makes for a wonderful environment and a great start to the year.

McClure went on to say that Move In is one of her favorite times of the year because she gets to see many new and familiar faces as well as the fruition of all of the hard work she and her department have been putting in for the past

year.

“Oh, absolutely,” she said when asked if she liked the Move In days. “My staff and I do so much to make sure this goes smoothly. It’s such an exciting time for us. This is our big project that we prepare for all year. We’ve actually already started a file for Move In 2017 and are adding to it everyday. We’re constantly looking for new ways to improve them. It’s absolutely our most fun time. We’re getting a lot of new residents, we get to see a lot of returning residents and it’s officially the start of our year.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Lolita Gregory of MS Blood Services works to save lives Lolita Gregory spends her very busy days working to save the lives of Mississippians by making sure the state has an adequate supply of blood at all times.

Gregory is a regional operations manager with Mississippi Blood Services. She splits her time in a few different places around North Mississippi, managing blood banks in the region.

The Byhalia native is working on her doctorate degree in pharmacy administration from the University of Mississippi.

Gregory set aside some time during her busy schedule Wednesday afternoon to sit down with Oxford Citizen reporter Chaning Green to discuss her work and the importance of blood donation.

due in large part to the summer months. It’s not unlike us to experience this during this time of the year. People are still out of their normal groove, unlike the fall and winter months when school is in and people have a more set schedule and way of doing things. The summer involves a lot of travel, vacation time and people are out of their norm. We feel the impact of that, and we feel it greatly.

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Lolita Gregory stands in front of two empty donor beds at the Oxford branch of Mississippi Blood Services. Gregory is a regional operations manager and works to make sure the state maintains an adequate blood supply. wanted. I did a lot of traveling with the American Cancer Society, and my husband and I realized that we wanted to settle down and start a family. I had actually had a former colleague who had made the switch to Mississippi Blood Services and told me about the position and that’s how I came on board. That was in 2003.

has put quite a new spin on things for us. Whenever we have instances like that, we actually have to make revisions to our medical history screening and questionnaire, which calls for immediate training. We have to retrain our staff if there is any kind of change in that questionnaire. I mean if there’s a period getting added to a sentence, we will be sitting down in a meeting to talk about that period.

In light of the documented Zika transmission, we’ve had to add travel to Miami-Dade County to our deferral list. So that took some training and with that we have to have a revision and reprint of our manual BDRs (blood donor records). It’s just required us to change some things in our policy and procedures and how we’re dealing with donors. It’s required us to educate donors about risks and, while it isn’t a scare, we want to be sure that people take certain precautions. I’m sure our donors would love to know that we do take these precautions because we want to make sure our blood supply is safe for the patients who will be receiving them.

Chaning Green: How long have you been in your current position?

Lolita Gregory: I have been with Mississippi Blood services for a little over 13 years. My official title is Regional Operations Manager, and I have three offices that I oversee in North MissisGreen: Do you like your sippi. There is this office job? here in Oxford and we have Gregory: I love it. It’s very a branch in Greeneville and challenging.There’s always a Grenada. new need for something.

One of my many responsiGreen: How did you end bilities is overseeing the moup in this position? bile units. These are the Gregory: I went to school units we dispatch to actually at Ole Miss. I received my go out and collect blood. So undergraduate degree in ex- you could imagine between ercise science and went on people calling out sick and to graduate school and re- vehicles breaking down and ceived a master’s in wellness different groups forgetting and health promotion. when our units are showing That’s the beginning of up that day, it can be quite a when I came to be involved lot to maneuver around.You in this field. Upon graduat- have to be on your toes at all ing, I went to work with the times.

American Cancer Society as a community service repreGreen: Before our intersentative. Basically, I was re- view you spoke about a sponsible for health meeting on the Zika virus promotion programs for you had to attend.What is it cancer patients and cancer like to deal with all the differsurvivors. ent disease scares that come The position I’m currently across your desk? in became vacant. At that Gregory: I wouldn’t want Green: What is one of the time, it was just a manager to say that the Zika virus is a challenges you encounter in position and was not re- scare for us right now. How- this job that people probagional, but it was in the ever, since the revelation of bly wouldn’t anticipate? healthcare field, which I the transmission Florida, it Gregory: Our biggest chal-

lenge is keeping the community aware of the need for blood. It seems like a very simple thing, but it’s not.

Right now we have a very critical need for platelet donors. When we send out messages telling donors that our need is critically low, what that means is that our supplies are almost depleted. If we don’t get what we need from our donors in the state of Mississippi, we unfortunately have to look outside the state to meet those needs. That’s never a good thing. You never know the state of another state’s supply or if they are even able to help.

So, that’s honestly our biggest challenge every day.

Communicating that need

and just making that connection with people. Once you tell them there is a need, how do you actually get them in the door? Everyone reacts to that message differently. Some people come quickly; others hear it and come a week or even month later. Our biggest challenge is communicating the importance of keeping an adequate supply for the state of Mississippi. We want to be able to take care of Mississippi.

Green: What is one of the biggest needs currently?

Gregory: Right now we’re in a critical need for platelets. Our donations for platelets have significantly dwindled down, and that is

Green: What keeps you coming back to work everyday? Why are you proud to work here?

Gregory: This is going to sound incredibly cliché, but knowing that the work we are doing is saving lives.

That’s what it all comes down to. Point, blank, period. That’s what it is. When you think about our donor technicians and the people out there collecting the blood and the recruiters who go out and set up out blood drives, when they don’t come to work, it’s not like the person who doesn’t show up to the burger joint, or the person who skips their shift at the retail store.

In those instances, a customer would have to wait in a longer line or might not get their sandwiches as quickly.

But for us, if we have to turn someone away because we are not adequately staffed, we just lost the potential to save three lives. What we do is very important, and we take it very seriously. It’s a lot of stress, but being a part of this and helping people is a really amazing thing. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Left, children participating in 2016 summer program Carrot Camp work in one of the gardens that are scattered throughout the Oxford School District. Carrot Camp is just one of the many projects Good Food for Oxford Schools Works on throughout the year.

Right, Elizabeth Speed, left, and Mary Elizabeth Smithson hold up carrots during their FoodCorps training.

The new grant Good Food for Oxford Schools received from the United Way is funding Speeds work with the program.

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GFOS receives United Way grant

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The UnitedWay of Oxford and Lafayette County has awarded Good Food for Oxford Schools a large grant to be used to further implement and highlight nutritional and horticultural

education in the classroom.

The grant totals $9,250 and will be going to fund the organization’s Growing and Learning School Garden Education Program. Two of the main goals of the program are to facilitate the growth of the district’s garden program and provide training in the

district so that they may better incorporate the school gardens into their curriculum. Director of GFOS Eleanor Green said that teachers can often feel intimidated when asked to relate the gardens to what they are teaching in class. Green is hoping this grant will

change that for them.

“We’re going to bring in trainers to help the teachers connect what they’re doing in the classroom to the garden outside,” she said. “A lot of the time, these teachers think, ‘there’s nothing in the garden for me and my class because I’m not a science teacher.’ But math, English, reading, art, music— all of those things can happen in the garden, and be connected to the core curriculum that is required. It’s about incorporating the gardens into the curriculum, across the curriculum.”

With the new grant money, the organization will be able to add an addition FoodCorps Service Member, local parent Elizabeth Speed.

As a member of FoodCorps, she will be working with schools in the district, teaching students about nutrition and wellness. For the past year, FoodCorps member Mary Elizabeth Smithson has worked with GFOS in a variety of different ways, including going into the different schools in the district and spending time in classrooms making healthy

recipes and teaching kids about the uses of different vegetables. Speed will be helping Smithson to cover more ground in the district.

According to the MS Center for Obesity Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center,“Mississippi has the highest rate of childhood obesity in the nation.

Nearly half of Mississippi children are overweight or obese. Children as young as eight years old are being treated for Type II diabetes and high cholesterol.”

With this grant, GFOS will be acquiring more resources to fight back at that.They are and have been working to improve school lunches with a farm to school program that would ensure that at least some of the food being used by the cafeterias is coming from local sources so that students and teachers alike have a better understanding of what goes into getting their food from the ground to their plates.

Green said that the grant money would also be providing the foundation for a new resource library. The library will be available for use

by teachers in the district and will include books, video lessons, instructional guides, handbooks and more to help better equip them with the tools they need to get the most out of the school gardens. Money from the grant will also go to funding signage or all the gardens.

Green said that not only will the signs be in place to identify what each plant is, but how it grows and what animal or insects helps it along the way.

Out of everything Green is hoping the grant will allow her organization to do, she said that she is most looking forward to providing resources and training to teachers in the district and is glad to see that they are enthusiastic about learning how to broaden their curriculum.

“I’m really excited that we’re finally going to be able to provide some training for the teachers,” she said.“This is something they’ve been asking for, and now we have the capacity to do that.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthgreen

BRIEFING Couch to 5K to begins Monday Run Oxford and the Oxford Park Commission will begin another Couch to 5K training program this week. The program is an eight-week course that begins with more walking

than running and gradually increases to more running than walking. The program offers coached, team training three times a week at Pat Lamar Park.

Training culminates with participants running a 5K at a slow, relaxed pace. $30 program fee includes a t-

shirt and race entry to the "Great 38" 5K race on October 8th on the University of Mississippi's campus.

See oxfordparkcommission.com for registration information. Questions?

Email runoxfordc25K@gmail.co m or call 601-415-1718.

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Eastland historian to deliver brown bag lecture

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Author and historian Lee Annis will be coming to speak at the University of Mississippi’s J.D.Williams Library Archives and Special Collections as a part of their latest brown bag lecture series Tuesday where he will lecture about late Mississippi Sen. James Eastland.

Annis is coming to promote his new book titled“Big Jim Eastland: The Godfather of Mississippi.” The author did much of the research for the biography in the archives of the UM library. The James O. Eastland Collection in the archives is one of the most extensive congressional collections housed there.

When US Sen. Pat Harrison died in office in 1941, Mississippi Gov. Paul B. Johnson, Sr. offered the position toWoods Eastland, who suggested instead that Johnson appoint Eastland’s son, James to finish out the late senator’s term. After this four-month stint of serving

in the senate, Eastland would do so again in 1943 and remain in his position until his resignation in 1978.

During those initial four months, Eastland gained a lot of attention for his avid support of the cotton industry, as he himself was a cotton farmer by trade. This attention translates into votes and get Eastland elected in a regular election two years later. When he returned to the senate in 1943, Eastland’s tenure saw the rise of the civil rights movement and McCarthyism. The senator served as chairman of the Internal Security Subcommittee, which, among other things, investigated the Communist Party. Eastland was a strong supporter of segregation and eventually came to be seen as the embodiment of Southern support of the practice. Eastland claimed to have killed over 120 civil rights bills during his time with congress.

Leigh McWhite is the political papers archivist for the J.D. Williams Library. She is

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care. It is her job to help researchers, students and scholars navigate the massive collection that totals more than 1,500 linear feet of documents. She said that the

large collection is a popular one for people to peruse.

“Historically speaking, he was a very important senator, and yet he was always very good at keeping a low publicity profile,” she said.

“His collection is significant.

We have researchers that come from all over the world to view the materials we house here. People come to not only research Eastland himself, as is the case with Lee Annis with his book, but we see other researchers and scholars interested in using the collection to explore other avenues of history, to which Eastland is connected.”

McWhite went on to talk about the different researchers she has guided through the collection including one researching Robert F. Kennedy’s trip through the Mississippi Delta to assess the area’s food shortages. Researchers come to the collection looking for information on everything from the civil rights movement the Tennessee-

Tombigbee Waterway.

McWhite said that Eastland was either directly involved with or at the very least constantly surrounded by so many of the biggest movements and events that took place during the latter half of the 20th century, that his collection is an invaluable research tool.

Annis’s visit and brown bag lecture, called so because attendees are encouraged to bring a lunch to the event, coincide with the Department of Archives and Special Collections’ latest display of in the Faulkner room on the third floor of the library. Eight display cases in the current exhibit feature examples of what can be found in a congressional collection of records. McWhite said the Eastland Collection is the collection used as an example in the exhibit.

The brown bag lecture is set for Tuesday, August 12 at noon. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Kendricks helps drive local interest in 2016 Olympics

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n regards to the 2016 Olympics, Sam Kendricks has been the focus of so many locals from an interest standpoint. And why shouldn’t he be? As Jim Dees pointed out in his latest “Tales of the Town,” Sam is one of just two natives from Lafayette County to take part in the Olympic games. There have been a number of Ole Miss athletes that have competed in the annual games, so Kendricks is in a long line of Rebels to compete for a medal.

But it’s so rare to have Olympians grow up here, improve their skills on equipment at one of our local high schools and then come back here to live. Not long after Sam, and his father Scott, get home from South America, the plan was to get in a few more meets in Europe. And then Sam was going to be off to fulfill his commitment with the U.S. Army.

USA Today published a great story on Sam that came out Friday, a day before qualifying for the pole vault. It talked about his commitment to both sport and country. For the record, Kendricks is one of just 19 athletes in the 2016 Olympics who are either in the U.S. armed services, retired from duty or set to enroll in one of the three service academies.

Former Oxford football coach Johnny Hill told me the other day he saw Sam at the movies the night before leaving for Rio. Hill saw him grow up into Olympic athlete. One of the most amazing things Hill ever saw Sam do was walk 20 yards on his hands. He did it all the time out there at Bobby Holcomb Field. Everything Sam has gotten it’s been through hard work. He never took a short cut or a day off.

No matter what happens in Rio, Sam has a bright, bright future in the sport. It’s hard to believe that he won’t be in a few more Olympic games in the future. Tokyo will host the 2020 games, and it would be great to see Kendricks in the land of the Rising Sun. Heading into the games, Sam TURN TO KENDRICKS PAGE 13

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Lafayette football coach Michael Fair address his team following Friday night's jamboree action with Southaven.

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LHS shows flashes of talent, skill in jamboree with Southaven

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

SOUTHAVEN – One of the first things Michael Fair told his Lafayette Commodores following Friday night's jamboree action with the Chargers of Southaven was how proud he was of them. He liked the effort, and he liked how his offense and defense looked in most stages of the two quarters.

A few untimely mistakes derailed an even more positive review for Fair and his staff as Southaven topped the Commodores 14-0. Fair told his players that it felt like they would have won the game 7-0 if not for the mistakes.

“The first drive of the game, I felt like we were coming off the ball pretty good.

We get it to a third-and-1 and we get a penalty for a mouthpiece so that changes the deal there and we don't execute on third-and-5 and we punt,” Fair said.“Then they get the ball and we miss a tackle for a 2-yard loss on the first play.

If we make that tackle, I think the whole complexion of the game is different. We have a real young football team with the

guys that are being called on that haven't been called on much, playing different positions.”

Fair was excited about where the team was heading into the first game action against Horn Lake. He added there was room for improvement, and there is some film to use now from a corrections standpoint. There were two starting offensive linemen that up until the start of summer camp this year were starters on the defensive line.

“We also have a left tackle (Nick Onsby) that has been playing there for three, four days with (Ke'untae) Booker being out. So it changes a little bit but those guys are still called on to execute,” Fair said. “We missed a few assignments here and there, but I think we'll be OK.” One of Southaven's touchdowns came after a turnover, and it set up a short field for Southaven. Fair felt like his defense got better, and ran to the football more, as the scrimmage action went on.

“I thought our defense, how we finished up today, is who you will see each week. They got comfortable out there

and they were running to the ball and playing team defense,” Fair said.“This is the most important thing we've done so far. We were able to evaluate everything we've done. We've got a lot of film to watch. It's one thing when I tell them they're doing the wrong thing, but when you show them, sometimes that's what they need. Every young man gets coached differently. Sometimes you can tell them, sometimes you have to show them. Right now, we have both. It will be a good learning tape for them.”

Southaven head coach Ed Rich had a lot of good things to say about the Commodores following the contest.

“It's a traditionally talent rich Lafayette team. That's what they got.

They have a lot of athletes,” Rich said.

“They have some good skill guys and defensively they have some size up front.

We knew they were going to be a problem.”

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Rebels' Jefferson ready to do more than just contribute

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Van Jefferson handled the media Thursday like he has handled the football being thrown by the Ole Miss quarterbacks, with touch, and grace. The redshirt freshman started turning heads this past spring and that continued the first week of summer drills.

It’s obvious that Jefferson, who played his high school ball just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, should contribute greatly to a deep group of wide receivers in 2016. Just how many balls Jefferson catches remains to be seen, but his ability has been praised by both head coach Hugh Freeze and position coach Grant Heard.

“He’s the best route runner we have, as far as getting in and out of breaks, and his hands are very, very steady,” Freeze said. “He’s got adequate speed to stretch the field. In tight quarters, when he gets out of a break, his separation is as good as any I’ve coached here, and that’s his gift.You can tell he’s been coached — of course his dad is a wide receiver coach in the NFL. But when you start watching one-on-ones and grading those one-on-ones, the guy is very difficult to guard in and out of breaks in a one-on-one situation. He understands the spacing, understands when to tone the route down, when to speed through a zone. He kind of just has a feel for it.”

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Wide receiver Van Jefferson is ready to make an impact on offense for the Ole Miss Rebels after his redshirt season in 2015. has carried over to the summer, Jefferson said. He added that he expected to make a good impact because of the success of the spring.

“Fall is going good right now,” said Jefferson, who doesn’t keep up with where he is on the depth chart.“We go out and compete everyday and just go out and play in order to get ready for Florida State.”

It’s been almost a year that Jefferson resigned himself to sitting out his first season

in Oxford. He didn’t want to redshirt when he first arrived, but he said it wasn’t God’s plan for him to make an instant impact like LaquonTreadwell did for the Rebels in 2013.

“I sat and waited patiently and this year I’m ready to go,” Jefferson said. “At a certain time, I realized (redshirt year) was good.

Talking to my mom and dad, they were telling me to be patient and that this was God’s plan for me and to wait for it. That’s what I did and it’s all working out for the better.”

Fellow wide receiver DeMarkus Lodge was in the same signing class as Jefferson. He ended up playing in 2015, but he only finished with one reception for a 12-yard touchdown.

“He made that decision and he didn’t get the reps that he wanted but he did score a touchdown, and I was proud of him,” Jeffer-

son said. “This year, he’s ready to ball and make some plays.We’re both going to be out there making some noise.”

DK Metcalf, AJ Brown and Tre Nixon are the three newest additions to the wide receiver position. Jefferson’s arm has been around the necks of each, giving them guidance in their first week of summer drills.

“I told them that Coach Heard is going to get on you a lot. That’s normal coming in and they understand that,” Jefferson said.

“They know if they make a mistake to just go and play the next play. All three of them are looking really good and I’m anxious to see what they can do as well.”

The playbook is no issue for Jefferson.

Gaining separation from a defensive back isn’t a real problem either.

“I credit that a lot to my father (Shawn).

With him playing in the NFL and him coaching so high talented guys, I owe that to him,” Jefferson said.“I remember being in the field everyday and him putting me through drills.

That’s something that God blessed me with, and I can use it pretty well.”

Jarvis Landry of the Miami Dolphins is a player that Jefferson looks at because his father coaches him. The past two seasons, Landry, who played at LSU, has 194 catches for nearly 2,000 yards.

“He’s been a good mentor to me. I like watching him and Calvin Johnson and guys like that,” Jefferson said.“At the end, I just try to create my own and make my own plays.”

In order to gain separation, Jefferson said a receiver needs quick feet. Again, Jefferson credited his father with improving that aspect of his game.

“And with that, you have to rep it, rep it, rep it and eventually it will click,” Jefferson said.

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Ole Miss was picked to finish eighth in the SEC this season in soccer by the coaches who make up the 14-team conference. Ole Miss enters the year ranked No. 22 in the nation. The Rebels are one of five teams to make the NSCAA Preseason Top 25 rankings. The Rebels are coming off their first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance after a banner year with 14 victories, tied for third most in school JOSH MCCOY | OLE MISS ATHLETICS history.

Ole Miss finished third in the league Ole Miss coach Matt Mott and his Rebels were picked to finish eighth in the SEC this season in standings in 2015.

Florida was tabbed the favorite to win soccer. the league title, while Texas A&M and Auburn checked in second and third, respectively. Eighteen players return from last year’s squad including nine who started on a regular basis, while the Rebels also welcome seven newcomers (First-Place Votes in Parentheses) 7. Kentucky 98 to this season’s team.

Team Points 8. Ole Miss 85 9. Tennessee 84 The regular season for Ole Miss opens 1. Florida (10) 165 2. Texas A&M (4) 154 10. Vanderbilt 56 Friday at home against Louisiana- 3. Auburn 141 11. Georgia 52 4.

South Carolina 135 12.

Arkansas 35 Lafayette, while the SEC slate gets unLSU 108 13. Alabama 29 derway Sept. 9 at home against 5.

6. Missouri 105 14. Mississippi State 27 Missouri.

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Jalen Julius is looking to make plays for the Ole Miss Rebels as both a punt returner, and at defensive back.

Julius ready to make an impact at DB, returner for Rebels

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

This is the second full season at cornerback for Jalen Julius. And things are going well for the Ole Miss redshirt freshman from Orlando, Florida. Sitting on the sidelines in 2015 ultimately helped out Julius, who admitted it was tough at first to see others helping the Rebels win.

“I realized that I had to get stronger and also get used to my position because it was new to me,” said Julius, who could have easily been on offense since he was recruited as an athlete. “I think corner is good for me because I’m quick and quick hips and stuff like that.”

Another position that Julius is comfortable with is punt returner. He and Tre Nixon, another Florida native, have been fielding punts during practices. Julius had a knack for making big plays in the return game when he was in high school.

“I’m a playmaker, so if they kick it to me, hopefully I’m going to score,” Julius said.

Ole Miss hasn’t been very good at returning punts the past few seasons. Of all the things that have improved under Hugh Freeze, making plays in the punting game hasn’t been a strength.

“If I get the starting punt return job, I can make big plays,” Julius said. “I’m comfortable with it. I think I have a knack for it.”

There is a chance Julius works his way into the top four rotation wise at corner.

Getting reps this year will be big for 2017, especially with Carlos Davis and Tony Bridges graduating. Ken Webster, a junior, could also find his way to the NFL if he has a great season.

“I feel like (Webster and Bridges) are great corners and that I can learn a lot from them,” Julius said. “They’ve taught me a lot when I’ve gotten in and when I get a chance, I’m comfortable to make plays.”

The toughest part of playing corner for Julius, he said, was staying patient and not guessing, which could lead to big plays for the offensive players. Julius said going up against the great receivers at Ole Miss is tough, but good for him.

“In my opinion, we have the best receiving corps in the nation. Everyday, we’re going to get better and compete because we have the best group of receivers,” Julius said. “It’s going to help us out in the long run.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Turnovers, sacks sink Chargers against Charleston

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

There's a learning curve when a person takes on any new job. Oxford Charger coach Chris Cutcliffe and quarterback John Reese McClure are learning that together.

McClure completed seven of his 13 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown in a 14-7 setback to Charleston, but he accounted for all three of the Charger turnovers Friday night. All three of those occurred in Charleston Tiger territory.

McClure was sacked four times, and that, along with the turnovers, doomed the Chargers in Cutcliffe's dress reheresal as a head coach.

While mistakes were to be expected in the two quarter contest, Cutcliffe didn't think they would

happen in the two areas the team excelled at the first two weeks of practices. Those included sound tackling and not turning the ball over. He didn't think those two things would should up like they did against Charleston.

“It's like I told our team (after the game), we can draw plays, design blitzes and coverages and all that fun stuff, but if we don't take care of the football and don't tackle well, we aren't going to win football games,” Cutcliffe said. “Those are two things we've got to do a better job of. Those are things we've done a great job of the first two weeks of practice. It's certainly correctable issues.”

The first seven minutes of the game played out like how Cutcliffe envisioned, at least defensively.

The Chargers forced a Tiger fum-

ble on their first defensive play of the game. Oxford was able to thwart a long Charleston drive in its next possession with another fumble recovery inside the red zone. Those were responded with Charger drives that ended with an interception and a punt.

After the Chargers fumbled the ball back to Charleston early in the second quarter, the Tigers marched 42 yards on 10 plays and they capped the drive with a 22yard pass from Tre Truly to DeQuan Street on fourth-and-17 to put the Tigers up 6-0 after the PAT was blocked.

Following a turnover on downs late in the game by Charleston, McClure found Barry Flowers behind the defense for a 38-yard touchdown pass on the very next play. It was the longest gain by ei-

ther team in the game. After a made Gray Jenkins PAT, Oxford led 7-6 with 3:40 left.

Charleston responded with a clock-milking seven play, 70-yard drive that was capped by a 33-yard pass play to Rickey Sutton. Truly ran in the two-point conversion to give the Tigers a 14-7 lead with 39 seconds left.

A deep interception from McClure on the second play of the ensuing drive stopped any threat of an Oxford comeback attempt.

After going through his first live game as a head coach, Cutcliffe thought the team and coaching staff executed well from a game management standpoint.

“I was real happy about our communication among our coaching staff working together for the first time,” Cutcliffe said.“I was

happy about our substitutions whether it was special teams or different personal groupings on offense and defense. All of that went smoothly. Those are things you look for in a jamboree. Just from a game management standpoint, I thought it went well.”

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HiramWadlington finished with nine rushes for 27 yards and had 50 all-purpose yards. Flowers led all receivers with three receptions for 60 yards and the lone Charger score. DeChristian Cummings and Jamar James each recovered fumbles for Oxford in the game. The Chargers ended up with negative 2 rushing yards as a team. Oxford will travel to Southaven next Friday night to kickoff the regular season. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

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Running back Jamarcus Quarles was praised by head coach Michael Fair for the way he ran the ball.

Action FROM 10

second touchdown. He pointed out that everyone was really just starting to play together in the new positions.

“I thought we played well. The offensive line, they've never been in those positions,” Ard said. “We were moving the ball. I had a real bad screwup on that first one. I was trying to throw it to his back shoulder and I should have thrown it away.We had a couple of mistakes, but we're going to get it all fixed. I think right now, we're better than we were this time last week.

“Our offensive line has improved so much from our first day of practice. I thought the receivers did well.

And the defense did a lot better. They're all new playing together for the first time. I think we're going to be great the first week. Coach Fair is going to get us ready.”

Kickoff with Horn Lake at William L. Buford Stadium is set for 7 p.m. The contest can be heard on 105.1 FM. John.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

was projected to win a medal. Of course he had the second highest clearance this year, behind Renaud Lavillenie of France.

Of course Raven Saunders, the current Ole Miss Rebel competing in Rio, finished fith in the shot put and Connie Price-Smith is coaching the women’s track team. They are two great reasons to keep up with what the goes on in track.

The first week of the games are now behind us. It brought a lot of success for the United States in the sports of swimming and gymnastics.

Those are the two sports that everyone seems to watch and keep up with. Michael Phelps and Simone Biles could do no wrong in Rio. Neither could the other four women who made up Team USA gymnastics. The “Final Five” will be coming to your breakfast table in the future as they all made the cover of the Special K cereal boxes.

Track and field is still popular with spectators, but it’s not the draw it once was. It’s clear that swimming and gymnastics are the top things to watch. That’s really been the case for a while, and this year reminds us all of that.

There are a number of great sports to watch at the Olympics. There are also a lot that don’t appeal to me either. Does anyone out there watch cycling? What about table tennis?

Rowing was on the first week. It was fine to watch in the finals. Not sure it’s an event that will attract much attention in years that don’t have an Olympics. A sport that was brought back to the games this year was golf.

Not sure how many of us are watching that when some of the most recognized players are still on the pro tour. Team USA basketball, on the men’s side, isn’t nearly as fun to

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Michael Phelps continued to improve his lengthy credentials by winning four more gold medals this past week at the 2016 Olympics. watch either. When the Dream Team came together in 1992, that was the only thing I really wanted to keep up with. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic and Charles Barkley together on one team? That was big. It was fun to see the pros destroy the rest of the field. After demonstrating to the rest of the world, five out of the last six games, that our pros were better, the All-Star Team USA just doesn’t register as much to me.

It’s fun to watch a lot of the different sports that we don’t get to see much of on TV. Judo is one of those.

Weightlifting and beach volleyball are two others. If you have any others that you like to watch, drop me a line. And just remember, we only have another week to cheer like crazy for another four years.

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