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Ole Miss recruiting: 4-star Nigel Knott is injured, 4-star WR puts Rebs in his top 5

Grant Heard continues to make a push for the belt for WRU and a Texan looks to be intrigued. Closer to home, though, a big-time target will miss most of his senior season due to injury.

It has been quite the summer for four-star defensive back Nigel Knott. The No. 2 overall player in the state of Mississippi has been all over, from Tallahassee to Oxford to Beaverton. Knott burst onto the scene in Oregon at Nike's The Opening when he challenged for the SPARQ Championship and was doing his trademark backflip on ESPN.

Since then, the 5'11, 175-pound Knott has been busy preparing for his senior season at Germantown High School.