Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 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 | |
| Wk 3 | W 32-24vs LSU | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 12 | 48 | 3.9 | 0 | 11 |
#26
JT Lindsey
Freshman running back for Ole Miss. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Alexandria, LA · Alexandria Senior
Transferred LSU → Ole Miss for 2026
The numbers
48
rushing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 20 rush yds, 8 rec yds, vs LSU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Freshman running back for Ole Miss. 2026: 3 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 37.7 points in belief.
36own fans
-1.7national conversation
Lane Kiffin stood at his own podium in Baton Rouge six days before kickoff and called Trinidad Chambliss the best playing quarterback in the country. This show read it as an alibi. Then Chambliss went 33-of-48 for 363 yards, two touchdowns…
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.
48 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 12 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- portal record
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with LSU4-star out of Alexandria
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- 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
Career stats
Game log
Game by game
JT Lindsey's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 32–24
vs LSU
20 rush yds (4 car)
With T. Chambliss — 363 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.8 · 2 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · O. Bird — 42 yards per punt · 2 punts · 49 long
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 3 · LSU · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.86(09:21) Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 2 yards gain to the LSU38 (#95 S.Washington), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · LSU · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.60(07:06) No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 11 yards gain to the LSU35 (#2 T.Benefield), 1ST DOWN
- 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 3 · LSU · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.48(07:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Chambliss pass complete short right to #26 J.Lindsey caught at LSU30, for 8 yards to the LSU18 (#5 D.Pickett) PENALTY OM Holding (#9 L.Hasz) 10 yards from LSU18 to LSU28
- 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 3 · LSU · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +0.37(07:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Lindsey rush middle for 3 yards gain to the LSU26 (#11 P.Woodland), 1ST DOWN
- 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)
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +20 rushing yards, +1 catch.
Season context · Team result + system
2026Ole Miss3-0HC: Pete Golding · Pass-leaning
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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 16.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 16.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Pass share
57.6%
118 pass / 87 run
Plays / game
68.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
127 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
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…
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 Lindsey3 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