Source: Former 5-star DT Nolen signing up with Ole Miss

• Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterDec 24, 2023, 02:39 PM ET

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Former five-star defensive tackle Walter Nolen is transferring to Ole Miss, a source verified to ESPN on Sunday.The 6-foot-4, 290-pound sophomore went into the transfer website this offseason and is leaving Texas A&M after two seasons with the program.Nolen was the No. 1 overall possibility in the 2022 class out of Powell, Tennessee, and he devoted to the Aggies over nearly every other significant program that sought him. He played in 10 games as a true freshman in 2022 and had 29 total deals with, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack.He enhanced on those numbers this season, playing in 12 games and posting

37 total deals with, 8.5 tackles for loss and 4 sacks.Nolen will have 2 years of eligibility remaining and is part of an amazing haul this offseason for protective planner Pete Golding and Ole Miss. In addition to Nolen, the Rebels are getting transfers from Tennessee edge Tyler Baron, Florida edge rush Princely Umanmielen, Mississippi State cornerback Decamerion Richardson, Tennessee safety Tamarion McDonald, Oklahoma security Key Lawrence, Arkansas linebacker Chris Paul Jr. Illinois cornerback Tahveon Nicholson and Indiana safety Louis Moore.The addition of Nolen provides Ole Miss a huge, versatile lineman in the middle who will assist in numerous ways in the 2024 season.On3 first reported that Nolan would enlist with the Rebels.