In his first year with the Tigers, and second year with head coach Lane Kiffin, Watkins is poised to break out for the Tigers.

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Ole Miss true freshman wide receiver Winston Watkins reminds head coach Lane Kiffin an awful lot of another receiver he had early in his Rebels tenure. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound Watkins was a mid-year enrollee last spring and was a consensus four-star recruit out of Venice High School in Fort Myers, Florida. He was a key member of a Rebels signing class that ranked 16th nationally in 247Sports’ ...