PrintOle Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins is suing the university and its football coach, alleging he was “subjected to a hostile educational environment” after he took time off to focus on his mental health.
Filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi Oxford Division, the suit seeks $40 million in damages and claims Rollins, 21, experienced emotional distress, embarrassment and physical pain as a consequence of how he was treated. The lawsuit says that Rollins suffered a series of injuries during football practice and workouts, and that Achilles tendon and knee injuries he suffered in 2022 limited his ability to walk or stand for extended periods of time, leading to “severe depression,” frustration and anxiety.
The suit goes on to say that in November Rollins was told by the university’s defensive line coach that he should transfer to another school. When he refused, Kiffin allegedly demoted him in February from his defensive tackle position to the scout team on the offensive line, yelling at him in a “hostile and verbally threatening tone” and telling him he should quit if he disagreed with the re-assignment, according to the suit.
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