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Lee\u2019s decision became public after the final of the portal being open to entrants, but as long as his paperwork was filed by the midnight deadline last night, his name officially be entered over the next few days. The 5-foot-11, 180-pounder was one of the team\u2019s top receivers over the past two seasons, hauling in 44 passes for 635 yards and three touchdowns this year.<\/p>\n
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That followed a sophomore campaign where he was second on the team in receptions (57) and third in receiving yards (874) as the Rebels put together one of the best offensive seasons in the country. But with a major shakeup on Ole Miss\u2019 coaching staff after Lane Kiffin left for LSU \u2014 including wide receivers coach George McDonald joining the Bayou Bengals \u2014 Lee is looking for a new home.<\/p>\n
The Tigers are expected to be one of the major contenders to land him once he officially hits the portal.<\/p>\n
Lee is expected to have one year of eligibility remaining at his next destination. He becomes the 20th player from Ole Miss\u2019 2025 roster to announce his intentions to enter free agency, joining a list that includes some key players from the team that made the College Football Playoff semifinals.<\/p>\n
Star defensive end Princewill Umanmielen<\/a> entered the portal on Thursday, striking a big blow to Pete Golding\u2019s defense for next season. He joined breakout defensive end Dashawn Womack<\/a>, a former LSU transfer who was one of the team\u2019s best edge defenders this season. As of publication, neither of those have landed at a new school.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n A few former Rebels have already landed in Baton Rouge, though. Offensive lineman Devin Harper<\/a> and wide receiver Winston Watkins Jr.<\/a> have both committed to LSU.<\/p>\n On the flip side, the Rebels have restocked their roster for Golding\u2019s first year. Former five-star wideout Johntay Cook, formerly of Syracuse and Texas, announced his commitment to Ole Miss on Friday night. He finished the 2025 season with 45 catches for 549 yards and a pair of touchdowns and will be a key figure in the efforts to replace Lee.<\/p>\n Ole Miss has also shored up its defensive secondary with the additions of Auburn transfer Jay Crawford<\/a>, Florida\u2019s Sharif Denson<\/a>, Florida State\u2019s Edwin Joseph<\/a> and Georgia\u2019s Joenel Aguero<\/a>. Each were partial or full-time starters at their previous schools and will be counted on to rebuild the Rebels\u2019 back end.<\/p>\n Golding and Go. also landed former five-star quarterback Deuce Knight<\/a>, who could be the team\u2019s opening day starter depending on the result of Trinidad Chambliss<\/a>\u2018 eligibility lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ole Miss wide receiver Cayden Lee plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal after three seasons with the Rebels, according to On3\u2019s Hayes Fawcett. Lee\u2019s decision became public after the final of the portal being open to entrants, but as long as his paperwork was filed by the midnight deadline last night, his name officially … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ole-Miss-standout-WR-Cayden-Lee-plans-to-enter-NCAA.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17276,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17274\/revisions\/17276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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