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#9 Jehiem Oatis

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Colorado (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'5" · 340 lbHometown  Columbia, MS · Columbia

Depth-chart placement

Current role

NT2

Placement

Backup

Room

Defensive Tackle

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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DL room context

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Jehiem Oatis holds the NT · Backup spot in Ole Miss Rebels’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

NT · StarterMichai BoireauStarter

DT · StarterWill EcholesStarter

NT · BackupJehiem OatisBackup

DT · BackupJamarious BrownBackup

Transfer history

2026Colorado→Ole Miss Rebels

Background & career

Jehiem Oatis is a nose tackle for the Ole Miss Rebels who transferred from Colorado. The 6'5", 340-pound defensive lineman hails from Columbia, Mississippi, where he attended Columbia High School. Oatis arrived at Colorado as a four-star recruit ranked 71st overall in the 2022 recruiting class with a rating of 0.971. He currently holds redshirt senior or true redshirt status for the 2026 season.

Alabama2022 – 2024

Colorado2025

Ole Miss2026 — present

Previous schoolColoradoRecruiting4-star · No. 71 nationalOriginColumbia, MS · Columbia