As the second transfer portal window is in effect following Spring football, Lane Kiffin is mostly expected to focus on playing defense, keeping members of his deep and talented 2024 squad out of the portal. However, on Friday, Kiffin started things off on offense, addressing perhaps the thinnest position group on the team. New Mexico Lobos running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt committed to the Rebs, reversing an earlier pledge to transfer to Arizona. An Alabama native who started his career at Alabama State in 2019, Croskey-Merritt had a pretty middling career, statistically speaking, before busting out with a 1,190-yard, 17 touchdown campaign in 2023, averaging 6.3 ypc. Given that he’s already played significant snaps in five football seasons, it is… unclear how Croskey-Merritt has any eligibility left, but we’ll take it, I suppose.
Croskey-Merritt is currently listed at 5’11 and about 205 lbs, and aside from his considerable productivity, he shows above-average speed and quickness, an ability to make his body narrow to hit sub-optimal gaps, good recognition in the pass blocking game, and a knack for minimizing negative plays.
His commitment comes at a position of great need for Ole Miss. Ulysses Bentley IV has the potential to be electric as a starter, but has spent a lot of his Ole Miss career banged up. Behind him, there’s a true sophomore without a career carry in Kedrick Reescano, a former walk-on, albeit a really good one, in Matt Jones, and a quality P5 starter who is recovering from a major knee injury, status unknown (Logan Diggs).
At this point, it is heavily assumed that the Rebs will take another running back from the portal, with targets including former Ole Miss and current Miami back Henry Parrish, Indiana bruiser Trent Howland, and Peny Boone, a sought-after portal rusher who just three months ago transferred from Toledo to Louisville.
New Mexico police issued an Amber Alert Sunday for missing a 10-month-old baby. The incident was part of a deadly shooting and suspects remain at large. Photo courtesy of Clovis Police Department.
May 5 (UPI) — Police in rural New Mexico continued to search for a missing 10-month-old girl Sunday after officials said the infant was abducted amid a mass shooting on Friday in the town of Clovis.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert for the missing child Eleia Maria Torres, on Friday, and it was still active as of Sunday morning.
Police in Clovis said the baby went missing when two women were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds. The dead women included the child’s mother. The relationship of the other woman was not immediately known.
The mother’s 5-year-old child was also shot and suffered a head injury. She was treated locally and then transported to a regional hospital in Lubbock, Texas, where officials said she is recovering.
“It is with a heavy heart that I stand before you today to address the tragic incident that unfolded at Ned Houk Park on Friday,” Deputy Chief of Clovis Police Trevor Thron said during an update Sunday, providing as many details as he could about on the missing infant and the suspect, or suspects, who remain at large.
The missing baby has brown eyes and brown hair, measures 28 inches tall and weighs 23 pounds, according to officials.
“Our hearts are with the victim and her family during this incredibly difficult time,” Thron said. “And we fervently hope for swift and complete recovery.”
Thron reported the suspect’s identity remains unknown as do the motives for the shootings. Thron said the suspect may have been in a maroon Honda. He said Sunday that investigators found a small piece of maroon debris at the scene but that “we cannot be certain if it was part of the incident.
A 10-month-old girl was reported missing in New Mexico after her mother and another woman were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
An Amber Alert was issued for Eleia Maria Torres, according to New Mexico State Police. She is 28 inches tall, weighs 23 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair.
The Clovis Police Department responded on Friday at about 4:30 p.m. to Ned Houk Park at 700 County Road 17 near Clovis. When officers arrived, they located two deceased women, identified as 23-year-old Samantha Cisneros and 23-year-old Taryn Allen, lying on the ground near a silver minivan, according to KCBD.
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An Amber Alert was issued for 10-month-old Eleia Maria Torres. (New Mexico State Police)
A five-year-old girl, who police said is Cisneros’ daughter, was also found nearby with a head injury. She was transported to a hospital for treatment.
Officers found an infant car seat, stroller and a small baby bottle at the scene and, suspecting that a baby may have been present during the crime, began to search for the child.
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A 10-month-old girl was reported in New Mexico after her mother and another woman were found dead in an apartment from apparent gunshot wounds. (New Mexico State Police)
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After speaking with family, officers learned Cisneros was the mother of the injured five-year-old girl and 10-month-old Eleia. Police believe the killer was the one who abducted Eleia.
Police said there is no suspect, but that they believed the person responsible may have left in a maroon Honda.
The incident remains under investigation.
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