PRINCEWILL UMANMIELEN 2026 PROFILE

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By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN

Following a campaign where LSU's defensive line only recorded 14.5 combined sacks (the defense overall racked up only 27, even fewer than Matt House's historically maligned 2023 defense), Kiffin, 3rd year defensive coordinator Blake Baker, and co-DC Chris Kiffin all understood immediately the task at hand:

LSU needed major help on the defensive line....but Kiffin and Co didn't just sign difference makers from other SEC schools like Jaylen Brown, Jordan Ross, and Malik Blocton, Kiffin pulled the country's best pass rusher straight out of his former landing spot:

Princewill Umanmielen is a dynamic, athletically monstrous signing, a backfield-avenging colossus known for his high impact footballing violence & terminal velocity style of play....length, strength, speed, backfield finishing power...he has it all.

Starting his journey off at Nebraska, where he played his first two seasons in 2023 & 2024, Umanmielen has been building up to this moment of complete alignment....

Playing in a College Football Playoff contending team, that went all the way to the semifinals, Umanmielen was a key part of a solid Ole Miss defense, racking up 9 sacks and 13 tackles for loss, 1 interception (a sensational play in and of itself) alongside 44 total tackles over 15 games.

Princewill is a game-wrecking specialist, a defender who should reach an unfathomable level of elevated front seven majesty under the coaching of Blake Baker while playing alongside such world class defenders like Whit Weeks, Ole Miss teammate TJ Dottery, Davhon Keys, D-linemen Dominick McKinley, Gabe Reliford, Jordan Ross, and Jaylen Brown (among others).

If he produced near double digit sacks and tackles for loss at Ole Miss with Pete Golding as his defensive coordinator, imagine what he can do playing alongside those aforementioned dawgs, backed by Corey Raymond and Jake Olsen's elite secondary, too...

I think Blake Baker's setup should create every opportunity for Umanmielen to reach that next level of performance...perhaps embarking upon a quest to break LSU's all time single season sack record (held by Arden Key's 12.5).

Adding yet another fantastic defensive specimen, a new weapon of backfield-annihilation (Umanmielen's 9 sacks from last season equal more than 3/4 of the entire sack total for LSU's 2025 D-line & a third of the entire defensive amount of 27), Lane Kiffin, Blake Baker, Kevin Peoples and Sterling Lucas all made a major statement by continuing to pull in top talents at positions of need, as well as stacking one option after another in every key area, leaving no stone unturned and completely shredding every other school in the country.

And at a major position of need, KIffin & Co signed a known commodity, a veteran, and a pass rushing demon, making damn sure they restore the Tigers' past pass rushing dominance with Umanmielen aboard.

By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN

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