UPDATE
Nothing really ever is final in college football recruiting.
After shutting down his recruitment on Monday (via now-deleted social media post), defensive lineman Ben’Jarvius Shumaker has apparently flipped his commitment from Ole Miss to Colorado.
ORIGINAL STORY
In today’s version of college football recruiting, nothing ever really feels final.
A commitment is more like a placeholder, a starting point for everyone else to take their swing. And for three months, plenty of big names tried to pry Ben’Jarvius Shumaker away from Ole Miss.
On Monday, he ended all of that with one social media post.
GOD DID! 🦈 pic.twitter.com/ZPmPZaX4IG
— 𝙱𝚎𝚗’𝙹𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝙹. 𝚂𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛”4🌟” (@BenJarviuxx) June 22, 2026
Shumaker didn’t just reaffirm his commitment. He shut his recruitment down. No more visits. No more pitches. No more “just hear us out” conversations. For a player ranked No. 54 nationally and No. 3 in Mississippi, that’s about as close to a lock as you get in this sport.
And for Ole Miss, it’s massive.
Programs like LSU, Mississippi State, Texas and even Colorado made their runs. They saw a 6-foot-3, 260-pound defensive lineman with real upside and tried to flip him. That’s standard operating procedure when you’re talking about one of the top defensive linemen in the 2027 class. But Shumaker never budged.
Ole Miss commit 4 ⭐️ DL Ben’Jarvis Shumaker on OV ‼️👀👀🔥🔥⏳#SkoBuffs🦬 #UpTheSko #Come2Boulder pic.twitter.com/H7oKkOvnJh
— KeepItRealBuffs (@keepitbuffs) June 20, 2026
A big part of that is home. People around him say he takes real pride in representing Mississippi, and that matters more than most outsiders realize.
Another part is the staff. Randall Joyner has been on him for a long time, and Pete Golding’s honesty and the family feel inside the building have been consistent themes in this recruitment.
Put all that together, and you get a kid who heard every pitch, took his time, and still chose to stay put.
This is the kind of win Ole Miss has to stack if it wants to keep building the trenches through the high school ranks. The portal helps, but you can’t rely on it forever. Joyner’s recent track record with prep linemen like Will Echoles, Kam Franklin and Walter Nolen is already proof that you can come to Oxford, play early, develop and put yourself on an NFL path.
🤲🏾. pic.twitter.com/WGn4ABOyDD
— 𝙱𝚎𝚗’𝙹𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝙹. 𝚂𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛”4🌟” (@BenJarviuxx) June 10, 2026
Shumaker fits that mold. He’s the highest-rated recruit in the class, the type of player other programs circle and chase until the very end. Except now, there is no “end.” He closed the door himself.
In a summer full of moving pieces, Ole Miss just locked down the most important one.
Ole Miss Football 2027 Signing Class
- EDGE Juelz Batiste, Edna Karr (La.)
- QB Keegan Croucher, Baylor School (Tenn.)
- LB Jeremiah Culpepper, Troup County (Ga.)
- LB Jiyez Fleming, Oxford (Ala.)
- OL Wade Ford, Oxford (Miss.)
- WR Tra’Von Hall, Central Tuscaloosa (Ala.)
- QB Crews Jenkins, Brentoowd Academy (Tenn.)
- OL Antonio Keefer, Southwind (Tenn.)
- S Darrell Mattison, Chicago Morgan Park (Ill.)
- CB Taelyn Mayo, Lewisville (Texas)
- S Mason Moore, Baton Rogue (La.)
- DL Marvin Nguetsop, St. Thomas More (Conn.)
- LB David Parson, Douglasville (Ga.)
- DL Jamarkus Pittman, Memphis Academy (Tenn.)
- DL Ben’Jarvius Shumaker, Choctaw County (Miss.)
- EDGE Keysan Taylor, Rockford Guilford (Ill.)
- WR Miguel Whitley, St. Augustine (La.)
- OT Roman Womack, NE Mississippi CC
