Progrums

Rebels’ Star Lineman Does a Sudden U-Turn to Boulder

The Ole Miss Rebels lost four-star defensive lineman Ben’Jarvius Shumaker, who after shutting down his recruitment days earlier, reversed course and committed to Deion Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes. He joins Coderro McDaniel in defecting from Oxford to Boulder, marking the sixth decommitment of Ole Miss’s 2027 class and leaving fans wondering if blind loyalty still exists in the NIL era.

Nothing says “we care about loyalty” like announcing the end of your recruitment and then sprinting to the nearest NCAA powerhouse for a bigger check. Rebel fans were probably gearing up for a warm, fuzzy feeling—until they got a cold, hard dose of NIL reality. In this high-stakes game of musical chairs, the last one standing with the fattest wallet wins. Pete Golding can console himself by telling the remaining commits they’re “like family”—until they cash in and turn on him next Tuesday. Welcome to college football recruiting, where promises last about as long as the timeout clock on fourth-and-goal.