Ole Miss Football WR Harrison Wallace III Reveals Take on Lane Kiffin Leaving for LSU

Indianapolis — While 40-yard dash times and route-running drills dominate the headlines at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine, Ole Miss wide receiver Harrison Wallace III is also fielding questions about the coaching carousel that rocked the Rebels program last season.

Wallace, who transferred from Penn State in 2025 and promptly produced a 61-catch, 934-yard, four-touchdown season in Oxford, was asked how the team handled Lane Kiffin’s highly publicized departure for LSU. The receiver, speaking during Combine interviews, said the roster refused to let the distraction derail a championship pursuit.

“We just wanted to win a National Championship. So we knew that we couldn’t let that get in the way of what we wanted to do,” Wallace explained. “The leadership council on the team did a great job keeping everybody. We knew what we wanted. We had to keep the main thing the main thing.”

Wallace credited interim head coach Pete Golding for stabilizing the locker room and maintaining the Rebels’ focus down the stretch. “Coach Pete Golding did a great job at keeping everybody aligned. We all knew what we wanted, and the energy that he came in with—we were all behind it. We loved it.”

Fellow Ole Miss pass-catcher De’Zhaun Stribling, also in Indianapolis for the Combine, echoed Wallace’s sentiment. “We kind of pulled everything together and didn’t worry about the outside noise about what coach was going to do,” Stribling said. “We just played the best ball that we could.”

The duo’s on-field production and poise under off-field turbulence have positioned them as intriguing prospects in a deep 2026 receiver class. With drills and interviews ongoing, Wallace and Stribling hope their combination of production and maturity boosts their draft stock this spring.