Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-38vs Louisville | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 25 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 41-9vs Charlotte | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 8 | 28 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 |
#26
JT Lindsey
Freshman running back for Ole Miss. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Alexandria, LA · Alexandria Senior
Transferred LSU → Ole Miss for 2026
The numbers
28
rushing yards · 2026
3.5 per carry · 1 catches
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 25 rush yds, 4 rec yds, vs Louisville
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 running back for Ole Miss. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2025.
- Transferred from LSU to Ole Miss in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans hotter than the country
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 42.8 points in belief.
30.7own fans
-12.1national conversation
Everybody in the country is making the Trinidad Chambliss Heisman case — and they should. But there's a case sitting in the exact same backfield that almost nobody is making, and it belongs to Kewan Lacy. With Ole Miss fall camp a week…
JT Lindsey
He got to Ole Miss by way of LSU. The receipt on tape: 25 rush yds, 4 rec yds against Louisville, Week 1, 2026.
28 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 8 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- portal record
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with LSU4-star out of Alexandria
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Ole Miss
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Ole Miss
2025LSU
2026Ole Miss
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026Ole Miss2-0HC: Pete Golding · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 14.0 YDS/g, 3.3 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 41–38
vs Louisville
25 rush yds (7 car)
Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.
With T. Chambliss — 336 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.7 · 60 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · D. Alexander — 5 rec · 159 yds · 2 TD
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.09No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 0 yards to the Miss38 (#50 C.Lubin)
- Week 1 · Louisville · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +0.99No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush left for 9 yards gain to the Miss40 (#12 D.Waller), 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · Louisville · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA -0.63No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 1 yard gain to the Miss31 (#4 T.Banks; #11 T.Capers)
- Week 1 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.52No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 2 yards gain to the Miss44 (#17 A.Green)
- Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.43No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 3 yards gain to the Miss43 (#11 T.Capers)
- Week 2 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.30(10:22) Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush left for 3 yards gain to the OM28 (#9 C.Simpson)
- Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.16No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Chambliss pass complete short right to #26 J.Lindsey caught at Miss41, for 4 yards to the Miss50 (#11 T.Capers)
- Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.09No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 5 yards gain to the Miss30 (#9 A.Watts)
- Week 1 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.09No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 5 yards gain to the Lou35 (#50 C.Lubin)
Game log
Background
ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS • Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2026) 2026 (SOPHOMORE): Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills. LSU: Did not appear in any games as a freshman in 2025. HIGH SCHOOL: A consensus 4-star prospect who is ranked among the best at his po...
The backfield · Ole Miss
- #5Kewan Lacy1,567 rushing yards · 2025
- #25Makhi Frazier520 rushing yards · 2025
- #33Shekai Mills-Knight25 rushing yards · 2025
- #28Joshua Dyeno box-score line yet
- #26JT Lindsey2 games · 2026
2 more on the roster · Ole Miss team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology