Ole Miss RB Judkins to get in transfer portal

• Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Personnel WriterJan 4, 2024, 12:29 PM ET

Mississippi sophomore running back Quinshon Judkins is going into the transfer portal.In 2 seasons for Lane Kiffin and the Rebels, Judkins made his existence known.A year after making SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 2022 after with an SEC-high 1,567 backyards and 16 goals, the 5-foot-11, 210-pound Judkins led the conference this season with 15 rushing goals while finishing second in rushing(1,158 )behind Missouri’s Cody Schrader.pic.twitter.com/ CRaqEGY0Ja– Quinshon Judkins (@qaj4_)January 4, 2024 The

Rebels(11-2 in 2023)won 11 games in a season for the very first time in program history, stressed by

a 38-25 success over Penn State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl last month.In that success over the Nittany Lions, Judkins tied Deuce McAllister’s program record of 14 career 100-yard hurrying games as the offense set up 504 total backyards versus the second-best defense in the country. Penn State had actually been enabling only 223.2 backyards a game entering the game.Kiffin’s offense averaged 461.9 total backyards per game(13th in the FBS)and 35.1 points per game (16th in the FBS )this season, finishing 2nd in the SEC in both classifications behind only Georgia.Mississippi averaged 176.3 yards on the ground(39th in the FBS )this season. Sophomore Matt Jones is the group’s leading returning rush (79 lawns and 2 TDs

in 2023), with Judkins’ transfer and senior Ulysses Bentley IV (540 lawns and four TDs in 2023)finishing.