BATON ROUGE - With Sam Leavitt sidelined for the majority of Spring practice, Fall camp was the first real look the media has been able to get of the Arizona State transfer since he packed his bags from Arizona State.

After recovering from Lisfranc surgery last November and having screws removed from his foot during Spring practice, the early evaluation of Leavitt by his head coach was a positive one.

"Sam's been moving around really well," said LSU head coach Lane Kiffin. "If you just went out today and saw, I don't think that you'd think there was an injury. I think he's all the way back from that."

Foot injuries can be tricky for a mobile quarterback like Leavitt. During the 2024 season, along with the 2,885 yards he threw for, Leavitt also ran for another 443 on 110 attempts. And historically, Lane Kiffin's offenses heavily utilize the QB run game.

Just last year in 2025, Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was second on the Rebels in both rushing attempts and rushing yards. You can say the same about former Rebels QB Jaxson Dart during his final year in Oxford in 2024.

The quarterback play is just a piece of this, albeit a big one. Just looking at Kiffin's offenses in general, they rack up a lot of total yards, and they score a lot of points.

WHERE OLE MISS RANKED IN TOTAL OFFENSE (YARDS PER GAME) UNDER LANE KIFFIN:

•     2025: 589.7 YPG (2ND IN FBS, 1ST IN SEC)
•     2024: 526.6 YPG (2ND IN FBS, 1ST IN SEC)
•     2023: 462.1 YPG (12TH IN FBS, 3RD IN SEC)
•     2022: 496.4 YPG (8TH IN FBS, 3RD IN SEC)
•     2021: 492.5 YPG (6TH IN FBS, 1ST IN SEC)
•     2020: 555.5 YPG (3RD IN FBS, 1ST IN SEC)

WHERE OLE MISS RANKED IN SCORING OFFENSE (POINTS PER GAME) UNDER LANE KIFFIN:

•     2025: 36.9 PTS/GM (3RD IN SEC
•     2024: 38.6 PTS/GM (1ST IN SEC)
•     2023: 35.1 PTS/GM (3RD IN SEC)
•     2022: 33.5 PTS/GM (5TH IN SEC)
•     2021: 33.7 PTS/GM (4TH IN SEC)
•     2020: 39.2 PTS/GM (3RD IN SEC)