Recruit Pump-Fakes Miss. St. and Tosses Hat Before Committing to Ole Miss

“The man that strives for greatness is the man that makes it.” — Tae-Kion Reed

It remains to be seen if Tae-Kion Reed, a three-star defensive tackle out of Columbus, Mississippi, is going to own Oxford’s trenches for the next four years. When it comes to high-level trolling, however, the man has achieved greatness already.

Robby Donoho, sports director at WCBI-TV, captured Reed’s evil genius for all the SEC to see.

According to Alec Shirkey of SEC Today, Reed committed to the Bulldogs in mid-January, but decided to pull the Ol’ Ole Miss Okey-Doke on national signing day. He made it official by pretending to don a Mississippi State lid, and then chucking it across the room.

Good fun stuff from Reed. There was, of course, the inevitable social media cracks—”immature,” “tacky,” “wack ass,” and the four-star “threw away the Egg Bowl with that hat”—but Reed doesn’t seem to care.

That’s the smile of a confident young man who is going to make it as a Rebel after all.