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00:00 Jordan Watkins is coming back to school and that's actually a pretty major deal.
00:04 You're looking at a wide receiver room that has a chance to be increasingly
00:08 special over the coming weeks.
00:10 I mean, it's just going to get better and better and better, honestly.
00:13 And when you look at the commitment of Jordan Watkins,
00:18 who committed with these in the same vein that AJ Brown did,
00:23 like in 2017 or 2018, I'm not going anywhere.
00:27 The Wolf of Wall Street thing, that was pretty fantastic.
00:31 Jordan Watkins was the heart and soul of the wide receiver unit in 2023, just was.
00:38 And if you look at the fact that he broke his hand,
00:40 they figured out a way to make it work.
00:42 He got back there, didn't miss a game and was returning punts with a broken hand.
00:47 This is a guy that has done everything that we could have possibly wanted and
00:52 asked for at the wide receiver position.
00:55 As transactional as college sports has become, and how much players,
01:01 for lack of a better word, mercenaries,
01:05 Jordan Watkins has laid it all on the line for Ole Miss football.
01:10 And because of that, he deserves a special place in Ole Miss fans heart.
01:14 But his return gives Ole Miss a slot receiver at a plus type position.
01:21 So we talk about this getting really kicked off, and
01:24 we're not going to count the actual previous signees, okay?
01:28 So I understand this wide receiver room is a little bit bigger, and
01:31 I'm going to leave off some names here.
01:33 But these are some important names that Ole Miss fans need to watch for
01:36 in the 2024 receiving class.
01:38 Number one, Jordan Watkins,
01:42 number one potential slot receiver in the Southeastern Conference.
01:45 Juice Wells coming in might have something to say about that, but
01:48 you could have competition at that position.
01:52 But Jordan Watkins comes back, gives Jackson Dart a security blanket.
01:57 That is what Jordan Watkins became at the end of the year.
02:00 Whenever there was a big throw,
02:02 they figured out a way to get the ball to Jordan Watkins.
02:04 Big catches made all season long by Jordan Watkins, absolutely major role.