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The Ole Miss Rebels had perhaps their best season in program history, but it wasn’t a success for Kewan Lacy.
“I limit it to that — that the grand prize was not won,” the running star told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
In any case, however, the Rebels were able to overcome the disruption and fiasco that was Lane Kiffin leaving Oxford to join LSU just before the game began. At any point during last season, the team had no idea which assistants would be gone, as many of them joined Kiffin at LSU.
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Kewan Lacy of the Mississippi Rebels tries to pass Cale Williams of the Citadel Bulldogs during the first quarter at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, on Nov. 8, 2025. (Jason Clark/Getty Images)
“We are still fresh out of the season. The main goal is to get to that national title. But we never let outside noise get to us. We just tried to focus on game by game,” added Lacy.
“It’s part of football now. There’s a business side so everybody has to do what they have to do. But I feel like we have to go out there and do what we have to do, because at the end of the day we’re on the field and playing football, whether our coaches are there or not, or under any other circumstances, you still have to go out there and play football. compete.”
In hopes of a national title, Lacy will be sporting the Q-Collar, the first and only FDA-cleared sports equipment proven to help protect the brain from the effects of repeated concussions. The IQ-Collar is worn around the neck and uses light compression to help reduce brain movement during football-related head movements.
Senior Miss running back Kewan Lacy will be sporting the Q-Collar this season. (Q-Collar)
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Mothers know best, as it was Lacy’s mother who actually discovered the Q-Collar and recommended it to Lacy.
“He found it, he saw other players playing with it, he brought it to me and he said he dug a little and researched it, he thought it would be useful for me and my brother to wear it,” said Lacy. “It helped me a lot, just trying to find different ways to defend, being as sharp as possible on the field and increasing my playing time or the time I get on the field.
“I feel like there’s a lot we can do to better help as athletes to protect our bodies. Devices like the Q-Collar are just the beginning of finding different ways to be safe and help us play longer in the game.”
Already an All-American, Lacy now has more protection to gain more yards in the trenches. With “special talent” Trinidad Chambliss returning, and many returning players, expectations are high for Lacy and the Rebels.
“Going into this year with our new staff that we have and all the new pieces that we have, I feel like we have to take it game by game, and this year I feel like we can go further,” he said.
Ole Miss’ Kewan Lacy carries the ball for a touchdown against Miami in the second quarter during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Jan. 8, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
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