OXFORD, Miss. — When Ole Miss finally opens its season against Furman next Saturday, a lot of eyes will be glued to televisions to watch the Rebels as college football darlings.
Despite his persona on social media, Lane Kiffin isn’t the only reason fans are keeping a close eye on the program this fall. It’s mainly his high powered offense led by quarterback Jaxson Dart and wide receiver Tre Harris which have folks talking in August.
“He’s not crazy, he’s pretty chill”@OleMissFB WR Tre Harris shares some insight on his coach @Lane_Kiffin and his QB @JaxsonDart pic.twitter.com/gRlPaUaiF9
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) August 20, 2024
“I do believe we are the best,” Harris said about his connection with Dart on offense. “We have a really, really good chemistry that we worked on constantly throughout the offseason. Constantly putting in routes, him throwing me the ball and things like that. And, you know, even off the field we are constantly with each other talking about the team, how we can improve the team. Whenever we have to, we have those times where we just checking up on each other.
“That’s one thing that us as a leaders we always keep, we always keep that in mind is that we always want to check up on each other. Check up on your brother. Just see how you’re doing, mentally, without even talking about football. That’s something that he does for me, really, really well, and that’s something I do for him.”
The specific connection between Dart and Harris began last season after transferring in from Louisiana Tech following the 2022 season. Harris caught 54 passes for a team-high 985 yards and eight touchdowns. Their dynamite ability will be tested again this fall as they look to make the expanded 12-team playoff.
The addition of South Carolina wide receiver Antwane ‘Juice’ Wells will help keep Harris healthy and open more often than not. Without last year’s leading rusher Quinshon Judkins, Kiffin may opt to air out his offense given it lacks a proven power run attack.
Harris believes his head coach is quite chill as a person but as a coach Kiffin appears to be a mad scientist and offensive mastermind.
“Oh, I wouldn’t call him crazy,” Harris said of Kiffin. “I just call it controlled chaos or something like that. It’s great having him as a coach. He constantly keeps you on your toes, even as a veteran guy. Throughout fall camp it can get a little get a little tiring, get a little redundant, repetitive and things like that.
“He always finds a way to keep things innovative, keep things new, keep things creative. That’s what he does in the offense as well. He finds ways to get his play makers the ball in each and every way, whether it’s moving guys to the side, or moving guys to a different position or things like that. So, you know, I’m super excited, and I’m super excited to play for him.”
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