Ole Miss contesting Princewill Umanmielen’s entry into transfer portal, per report
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Deadlines spur action. We see it at every major sport’s trade deadline. Heck, you saw it with your homework and liely your child’s homework. Yesterday, we saw it in college football, as a number of players decided last-minute that they wanted to enter the choppy waters of the transfer portal. One player, though, may get pulled out of the pool by his former school.
According to CBS Sports’ Chris Hummer and Matt Zenitz, Ole Miss is “contesting the portal entry of standout edge Princewill Umanmielen.” Umanmielen recently signed a new contract with the Rebels, who Hummer adds are not expected to process his portal entry.
Umanmielen, a Manor, TX native, slotted outside the top 250 recruits in 247Sports’ Composite rankings for the 2023 class. He began his career at Nebraska, and played 2 years for the Cornhuskers before transferring to Oxford last offseason. He dominated for the Rebels in 2025, posting 9 sacks and 13 tackles for loss in 15 games. Those amounts were drastically more than he recorded at Nebraska (7 TFL’s, 1.5 sacks) in 23 contests.
Ole Miss, fresh off its College Football Playoff run, is trying to reload — rather than rebuild — under Pete Golding. Barring something significant, the Rebels won’t have Trinidad Chambliss anymore, which will make that task more difficult. Losing Umanmielen would only compound things. Ole Miss opens the 2026 season versus Louisville.
