OXFORD — Mississippi State corner Decamerion Richardson is bridging the Egg Bowl gap to play for Ole Miss football.

He made the announcement on Monday via social media. Richardson becomes the third Mississippi State player to transfer to the Rebels in the portal era, joining wide receivers Malik Heath and Jacobi Moore. Heath caught 60 passes for 971 yards for the Rebels in 2022 and is playing in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers.

Like Heath, Richardson will have one season left to play in Oxford. He operated in a reserve role in Starkville for his first two seasons of college football before stepping into a starting job for the last two seasons.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound native of Cullen, Louisiana, recorded 79 tackles in 2023, the most among any SEC corner.

Both of Ole Miss' starting cornerbacks will exhaust their eligibility following the Peach Bowl, leaving two big holes for coordinator Pete Golding to fill in his defense.

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Ole Miss had already added Illinois corner Tahveon Nicholson to partially address that need.

David Eckert covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at deckert@gannett.com or reach him on Twitter @davideckert98.

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