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Jaivion Martin hoping to turn heads at Arkansas on Friday
FAYETTEVILLE — Pflugerville (Texas) Class of 2026 three-star tight end Jaivion Martin is among the campers at Arkansas on Friday.
Martin, 6-3, 255, had a very good sophomore season. He caught 32 passes for 557 yards and two touchdowns. The colleges have taken notice with nine already extending an offer including Arizona State, Duke, North Texas and several others. Prior to Arkansas’ camp on Friday Martin talked about why he chose to make the trip to Fayetteville.
“Really I just wanted to see how it was,” Martin said. “How they look. Looking at the coaches and I wanted to come see for myself. How they are looking on my end.”
If Martin attends Arkansas he would play for Morgan Turner, who has put numerous tight ends in the NFL.
“I’ve seen that,” Martin said. “That is why I came. He’s a really good coach. He’s been putting people in the NFL and hoping he can do same for me if I come here. I’m expecting to have a good relationship with him after this camp.”
As far as your play at tight end, what do you do well?
“I catch the ball,” Martin said. “I can get open and can catch difficult balls. Catching puts me over the top right now.”
Martin was working inside the Walker Pavilion doing some testing prior to the camp. He likes what he has seen of the facilities to this point.
“I have been impressed so far,” Martin said. “This is a good indoor field. Looking at the weight room. Coach Turner said he’s going to give me a tour of the facilities so I can see more.”
With nine offers so far Martin has seen the colleges showing strong interest. He talked about what an offer from the Razorbacks would mean to him.
“A lot,” Martin said. “I watch their games a lot and been keeping up with them. I asked my mom can I go because I want to see how it feels up there? So far I’ve been loving it and all the hospitality I’ve been getting.”
If the Razorbacks do offer him they will become his first in the SEC. That would hold special meaning to Martin.
“It would mean a lot,” Martin said. “I love the SEC and I love competing with people. That’s my favorite thing. Compete, that’s what the SEC is. The best place. For me I’m expected to play (in SEC) because I like to work.”
He rates among the Top 10 tight ends in the nation in 2026 by 247Sports. Click here for list.
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Today’s Locked On Ole Miss Podcast discusses why Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels will beat the Arkansas Razorbacks in Saturday’s matchup. This will be the next opportunity to play clean football, and I think they will put it together against the Hogs and Sam Pittman and cut down on the penalties that have been allowing teams to stay in the game.
This matchup is absolutely massive for the Rebels because of what it means in the season as a whole, and Taylen Green against the Ole Miss defense will draw everyone’s eye. People look at the Arkansas stats and assume this is a typical Bobby Petrino team, and that isn’t quite right. John Nabors of Locked On Razorbacks said that if Ole Miss goes up by 14, it is over because this team is not a play-from-behind team.
In our final segment of the day, we give our final thoughts on Ole Miss vs. Arkansas and talk about expectations for Saturday and why everything points to an Ole Miss win, but Ole Miss fans before a trip to Fayetteville have seen this movie before.
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The No. 19 Ole Miss Rebels have a big test on Saturday when they travel to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, and we now know what uniform combination coach Lane Kiffin’s team will feature on the field.
For the first time in two years, the Rebels will not be wearing a different uniform combination in each of its regular season games. Ole Miss is reusing the uniform it wore earlier in the year at South Carolina, opting to don powder blue helmets, white jerseys with powder blue accents and white pants.
You can view the uniform reveal below, complete with modeling from edge rusher Princely Umanmielen.
Powder, White, White 🥶#DripInTheSip | #HottyToddy pic.twitter.com/ERpGWqXdYr
— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) November 1, 2024
Since this is the first year the Rebels have ever used this jersey, they are technically undefeated all-time in this uniform combination after knocking off South Carolina 27-3 in Columbia earlier this year. They hope that good luck follows them to Fayetteville this weekend, a place they have not won since 2008.
The last time Ole Miss reused a uniform combination during the regular season came in 2021, but the last time they did it in a campaign including the postseason was in 2022 when they repeated a uniform in the Texas Bowl against Texas Tech. Assuming this is the Rebels’ only road jersey in this year’s rotation, we should also see a repeat when Ole Miss travels to face Florida later in November.
Kickoff on Saturday between Ole Miss and Arkansas is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT, and the game will be televised on ESPN.
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