The highest-ranked class within the 2026 school soccer switch portal cycle is about to get even stronger. Ole Miss edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen is about to switch to LSU, CBS Sports activities’ Matt Zenitz experiences. The addition offers first-year Tigers coach Lane Kiffin his second five-star pickup of the offseason.
Umanmielen is the No. 5 total participant within the portal and No. 1 edge rusher, per 247Sports. He’s the second-best accessible prospect on the switch market after former Colorado offensive deal with Jordan Seaton, who can also be in play for LSU after he took a go to to Baton Rouge. Kiffin will doubtless try and finalize his remaining switch pickups earlier than the college’s Thursday deadline so as to add courses.
Along with his intraconference transfer, Umanmielen turns into the fourth participant to observe Kiffin from Ole Miss to LSU after linebacker TJ Dottery, inside offensive lineman Devin Harper and vast receiver Winston Watkins. That continuity may assist him hit the bottom working at his new program and choose up the place he left off after he led the Rebels in tackles for loss (13) and sacks (9) in 2025. Umanmielen additionally intercepted a go and broke up one other in his greatest marketing campaign so far.
Kiffin’s inaugural LSU protection continues to take form with every switch addition, and Umanmielen initiatives because the cornerstone of the unit. Security Ty Benefield (through Boise State) and edge rusher Jordan Ross (through Tennessee) are among the many different high newcomers who mission as fast contributors. Whereas Kiffin will function in 2026 with a a lot completely different defensive employees from the one he constructed at Ole Miss, he does have an bettering monitor document on that facet of the ball regardless of being generally known as an offensive guru.
That is Umanmielen’s second switch in as a few years. He initially signed with Nebraska as a blue-chip recruit and spent two seasons within the Large Ten earlier than heading south to Ole Miss. The Umanmielen bloodline has been fruitful for Kiffin over the past handful of years as Princely Umanmielen preceded his youthful brother as a standout linebacker for the Rebels.
The most recent five-star addition to LSU’s switch class bolsters a haul that was already head and shoulders above every other group within the nation. The Tigers now have two incoming five-star prospects in Umanmielen and quarterback Sam Leavitt, giving them greater than every other single program. Their 11 four-star pickups are additionally probably the most within the 2026 cycle.
