Princely Umanmielen
| Ole Miss Rebels | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class | Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 18, 2002 |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Manor (Manor, Texas) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Princely Umanmielen (born April 18, 2002) is an American football defensive end who will play for the Ole Miss Rebels. He previously played for the Florida Gators.
Early life and high school
Umanmielen's hometown is Manor, Texas and he attended Manor High School. In Umanmielen's high school career he totaled 93 tackles with 13 going for a loss, six sacks, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble. Umanmielen would decide to commit to play college football at the University of Florida over other schools such as Auburn, Baylor, and Texas.
College career
Florida
In Umanmielen's first season in 2020, he notched three tackles with two being for a loss, and two sacks. In the 2021 season, Umanmielen tallied 17 tackles with 1..5 going for a loss, a sack, and a forced fumble. In week ten of the 2022 season, Umanmielen had a steller performance having a big strip sack on quarterback Haynes King as he helped the Gators beat Texas A&M. Umanmielen finished his breakout 2022 season with 39 tackles with 9.5 being for a loss, 4.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles. Umanmielen was named preseason third team all SEC, for the 2023 season. Umanmielen was a projected prospect for the 2024 NFL Draft, being projected as a late second round draft pick.
However, on December 6, 2023, instead of entering the draft, Umanmielen would instead be entering the transfer portal.
Ole Miss
On December 15, 2023, Umanmielen announced that he would be transferring to Ole Miss.