Princely Umanmielen did not have a lot of nice things to say about his former college football program at Florida after transferring to Ole Miss. He went scorched earth on the Gators and its staff.
On the flip side, Lane Kiffin and the Rebels received a lot of praise!
Umanmielen, a four-star recruit in the Class of 2020, committed to Florida over 27 other offers. Dan Mullen was the head coach in Gainesville for his first two seasons. Billy Napier took over in 2022.
Umanmielen recorded 39 tackles in each of the last two years with 11.5 total sacks. The presence of his 6-foot-5, 255-pound was a consistent problem for SEC tackles on the edge.
As a result of the blanket waiver granted to all athletes during the pandemic, Umanmielen has one year of eligibility remaining. He hit the portal as a graduate transfer and ultimately landed in Oxford for The Last Dance.
Ole Miss has a legitimate opportunity to compete for the national championship this year if all of the pieces come together as a cohesive. Princely Umanmielen is one of the players who could really break out and become a certified star.
The same could not and cannot be said for Florida. Napier is coaching for his job and his team would be lucky to make a bowl game, let alone the Playoff.
Umanmielen shed some light onto why that is during a press conference on Tuesday. He implied that the Gators not only fail to develop their players, but lack tangible game plans.
His comments were rather brutal.
Another Florida transfer drops the HAMMER on the Gators 😳🐊
— College Football Headlines (@CFBHeadlines) March 26, 2024
Princely Umanmielen who was the #2 overall DE in the transfer portal was asked about what part of his skill set he wants to improve & how the new staff was helping him.
He went on to say “Here (at Ole Miss) i feel… pic.twitter.com/D6ZF0wjVs2
Kiffin has assembled an all-star coaching staff that focuses on the mantra “Pro Mindset,” meaning that they approach the collegiate game as they would the NFL. While winning is important, playing development is an even larger focus at Ole Miss because those two things ultimately go hand-in-hand.