Ole Miss Sets June 5-7 Official Visit for WR Benny Easter Jr.

Ole Miss has scheduled an official visit for four-star wide receiver Benny Easter Jr. for June 5–7 in Oxford as the Rebels step up a recruiting push to flip his verbal commitment to Texas Tech. HottyToddy reported the June weekend booking and framed it as a strategic effort to change the trajectory of a recruitment that has drawn interest from multiple Power Five programs.

Easter Jr., a Humble, Texas product from Summer Creek High School, posted a breakout junior season that HottyToddy quantified as more than 1,300 receiving yards, 89 catches and 19 touchdowns while setting a single-season receiving record at Summer Creek. Sports Illustrated lists him at 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds and ranks him as the No. 5 wide receiver in the 2027 recruiting cycle, a standing that has attracted offers from Ole Miss, Texas, LSU and Texas Tech among others.

The verbal commitment to Texas Tech dates to a November visit to Lubbock, and Sports Illustrated noted Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire and the Red Raiders currently hold that pledge. HottyToddy framed the June trip to Oxford as a direct challenge to that pledge, saying “Easter remains one of the top committed receivers in the 2027 cycle, and Texas Tech will fight to keep him. But Ole Miss has positioned itself to make things interesting.”

Ole Miss’ recruitment appears to be coordinated around a targeted June weekend. HottyToddy reported the Rebels will bring other Houston-area pass catchers to Oxford for June 5–7, including four-star Alvin Mosley and Georgia commit Aden Starling, a tactic meant to showcase class depth and regional ties. Sports Illustrated tied the push to Ole Miss defensive coach Pete Golding and said the program is “chipping away” at the Texas Tech commitment as it hosts Easter Jr. on a multi-day visit.

Family perspective offers a window into how close the recruitment feels. Benny Easter Sr. told Rivals, “They have just continued to build a relationship and get 1 percent better every day,” a line HottyToddy republished that underscores the slow, relationship-driven work behind flip attempts. On3 categorized Easter Jr. as a Top 40 prospect to visit Ole Miss this summer, and YardBarker and other outlets have reiterated the narrative that the Rebels are “pushing to flip” the Texas Tech commit.

One aggregated social post embedded in coverage suggested Easter Jr. has locked in two official visits, but none of the supplied reporting named or dated a second visit; the only expressly dated official visit in the reporting is the June 5–7 weekend in Oxford. With a junior-year resume, a top-5 national ranking at his position and a hometown commitment born of a Lubbock visit, Easter Jr.’s June trip to Ole Miss sets the stage for a decisive recruiting weekend that could reshape the national wide receiver landscape heading into the 2027 class.