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Rebels flip to Altmyer in opposition to Central Arkansas

Printed 12:10 pm Thursday, September 8, 2022

It’s Luke Altmyer’s flip to begin for Mississippi at quarterback.

And coach Lane Kiffin is about able to have this matter settled. Altmyer is ready to make his first begin Saturday night time for the Twenty second-ranked Rebels (1-0) in opposition to FCS foe Central Arkansas (0-1) after USC switch Jaxson Dart went many of the approach within the opener.

Maybe the 2 video games might be sufficient to kind out as soon as and for all who’s the starter.

“We’d all the time prefer to have it discovered,” Kiffin stated. “This isn’t superb.

“Luke will go first on this sport, so that provides each guys a chance to go first. We’ll see how he performs.”

Altmyer didn’t get many passing possibilities within the opening win over Troy. He was 1 of two for 13 yards after taking part in in 5 video games as a freshman behind Matt Corral. Dart went 18 of 27 for 154 yards with a landing and an interception in his Ole Miss debut.

Central Arkansas misplaced its opener to Prime 10 FCS group Missouri State 27-14, scoring each touchdowns within the fourth quarter.

The Rebels try to not stay up for their first highway sport, at Georgia Tech.

“We’ve bought to assault this sport the identical as we’re attacking an even bigger sport later within the 12 months,” Ole Miss defensive again Tysheem Johnson stated. “We’ve bought to assault each week the identical.

“That’s how we’re going to have the ability to play nice and never play right down to our opponent.”

STAR RUNNERS

Ole Miss tailback Zach Evans, a switch from TCU, ran for 130 yards on 20 carries in his Oxford debut. Central Arkansas counters with its personal standout runner. Darius Hale had 99 yards within the opening loss to Missouri State.

Hale ran for 1,015 yards and 17 touchdowns final season and was runner-up for the Jerry Rice Award given to the highest freshman in FCS.

TRANSFER QBS

Like Ole Miss probably down the road, Central Arkansas has turned to a switch quarterback. Former Northern Iowa participant Will McElvain began within the opener. He accomplished 18 of 31 passes for 173 yards with a landing however was intercepted twice.

TFLs

Ole Miss linebacker Khari Coleman turned solely the third Rebels participant with 5 tackles for loss in a sport since 1999 in opposition to Troy. David Walker had 4 TFLs for Central Arkansas within the opening sport. Each gamers had a pair of sacks.

At Ole Miss, Mark Robinson (2021) and Kendrick Clancy (1999) had been the final gamers with 5 stops behind the road in a sport.

NEW LINEBACKERS

Kiffin had excessive reward for his linebackers after the opener, beginning after all with Coleman. One other switch, former Central Michigan standout Troy Brown, had 11 tackles and a quarterback hurry. Austin Keys made 4 tackles in his second profession begin.

“They did very well,” Kiffin stated. “It might in all probability be the equal of if we had been sitting right here and the quarterback was 80% completion between the 2 of them, 4 touchdowns, no picks or one thing like that.”

PREVIOUS MEETING

Central Arkansas really led 20-14 on the half in the one different assembly between these two groups a decade in the past. Ole Miss wound up successful 49-27, although the victory was vacated due to NCAA violations.

Central Arkansas is 0-3 in opposition to present Southeastern Convention groups, however two of them had been losses to Arkansas within the Nineteen Twenties.