Randall Joyner

Biography

Randall Joyner has spent five seasons as defensive line coach with the Rebels and added the title of associate head coach following the 2025 campaign. Joyner's defensive line unit ranked among the most feared in the nation in 2024, helping anchor one of the best all-around defenses in Ole Miss history. The Rebels led the nation in both sacks (52) and tackles for loss (120), both of which were new program records, and most of that came from the dominant rotating cast of Jared Ivey, Walter Nolen, JJ Pegues, Suntarine Perkins and Princely Umanmielen. Those five Rebels combined for an absurd 65.5 TFL and 38.0 sacks, led by 10.5 sacks each by Perkins and Umanmielen -- tied for the second-most in Ole Miss single-season history. The Ole Miss defense stifled opponents to just 80.5 rushing yards per game, which ended the season ranked second in the FBS and was the fewest allowed by a Rebel defense since 1966. Ole Miss held nine of its 13 opponents to fewer than 100 yards rushing, six below 50 yards -- including a Gator Bowl record 44 yards allowed to Duke to close the season. Only two Rebel opponents broke 400 yards of total offense, while the Rebels held five to fewer than 300. Nolen became only the 14th consensus All-American in Ole Miss history, while Umanmielen was a second-teamer in his own right. Of Ole Miss' seven-round era record eight NFL Draft selections, three came from Joyner's 2024 defensive line unit: Nolen (Round 1, Arizona Cardinals), Umanmielen (Round 3, Carolina Pant

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