{"id":676477,"date":"2026-05-31T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676477\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:54:08","slug":"4-star-wr-miguel-whitley-commits-to-ole-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676477\/","title":{"rendered":"4-star WR Miguel Whitley commits to Ole Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans St. Augustine<\/a> four-star wide receiver Miguel Whitley<\/a> has committed to Ole Miss<\/a>, per Rivals\u2019 Hayes Fawcett.<\/p>\n

He chose the Rebels over LSU in another big recruiting win for Pete Golding<\/a> and Co. Tennessee and Arkansas were also in the mix for the coveted pass-catcher.<\/p>\n

Whitley is the No. 205 overall prospect and No. 30 WR in the 2027 cycle, according to the\u00a0Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a>, a weighted average that utilizes all major recruiting media companies. He\u2019s also the No. 7 player in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Rivals ranks Whitley higher than other recruiting services. He checks in as the No. 66 recruit and No. 11 receiver in the recently-updated 2027 Rivals300.<\/p>\n

The 5-foot-11.5, 185-pounder began to trend toward the Rebels earlier this month and he was back in town this weekend. He\u2019s leaving the Magnolia State as the SEC program\u2019s latest commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe official visit went great. It\u2019s a lot of people from The Boot here, so I feel at home,\u201d Whitley told Rivals\u2019 Sam Spiegelman after going public with his pledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went there, I met with DK (Metcalf), so just seeing that really opened my eyes \u2026 seeing the biggest of the biggest come from that school,\u201d he said earlier this spring. \u201cIt\u2019s like a blueprint.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a junior for St. Augustine, one of the top high school programs in The Boot, Whitley caught 46 passes for 869 yards and 14 touchdowns, according to MaxPreps. He\u2019s gearing up for a monster senior campaign.<\/p>\n

More on Ole Miss recruiting<\/p>\n

Ole Miss is heating up on the trail heading into the summer and it now has 12 total commits<\/a>. The class ranks inside the top 20 of the Rivals Industry Team Recruiting Rankings.<\/p>\n

Ackerman (Miss.) Choctaw County four-star defensive lineman Ben\u2019Jarvius Shumaker<\/a> remains the class headliner, checking in as the No. 72 recruit and No. 7 DL in the nation. He\u2019s been pledged since March 6.<\/p>\n

Chattanooga (Tenn.) Baylor School four-star quarterback Keegan Croucher<\/a> has been committed since October and remains in the fold despite the coaching changes in Oxford. Currently amidst a big weekend at the Elite 11 Finals, Croucher is the No. 13 QB in the cycle. <\/p>\n

Along with Whitley, May has also brought the Rebels commitments from McKinney (Texas) Lewisville four-star cornerback Taelyn Mayo<\/a>, Chicago Morgan Park four-star safety Darrell Mattison<\/a>, St. Thomas More (Conn.) four-star EDGE Marvin Nguetsop<\/a>, Baton Rouge (La.) Central three-star cornerback Mason Moore<\/a> and Brentwood Academy three-star QB Crews Jenkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Orleans St. Augustine four-star wide receiver Miguel Whitley has committed to Ole Miss, per Rivals\u2019 Hayes Fawcett.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,295013,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-676477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-miguel-whitley-27-st-augustine","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}