NCAA Probes Ole Miss Football After Swinney Tampering
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- NCAA opened an investigation into Ole Miss football on Jan. 23 after Dabo Swinney accused coach Pete Golding of tampering with linebacker Luke Ferrelli.
- NCAA associate director of enforcement emailed Ole Miss senior associate athletic director Taylor Hall, ordering forensic imaging of phones belonging to Golding, GM Austin Thomas, coaches Jay Shoop and Matt Kitchens, director of player personnel Jai Choudhary, senior associate director Matt McLaughlin, and Ferrelli, covering Dec 2025–Jan 2026.
- Dabo Swinney alleged that Ole Miss pursued Ferrelli despite his revenue‑sharing contract with Clemson, calling the alleged conduct “a straightforward case of tampering” and “total hypocrisy”.
- Ole Miss declined to comment when ESPN contacted the school, and Clemson also refused to comment.
- Clemson refused ESPN’s open‑records request for Ferrelli’s phone data, citing his privacy rights as a former student.
Why it matters: Ole Miss faces a potential NCAA sanction after the probe targets seven staff and player phones, threatening its recruiting pipeline and bowl‑game revenue and could jeopardize future TV contracts.
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