Report: 5-star OT Richmond decommits from Ole Miss

Just hours after securing its second commitment of the day, Ole Miss' 2015 recruiting class suffered a major blow.

According to Rivals.com, five-star offensive tackle Drew Richmond decommitted from the Rebels on Monday night.

Richmond did not immediately return multiple calls.

Ole Miss has now lost its two top-ranked recruits within a matter of three days.

Leo Lewis, the nation's top inside linebacker, re-opened his recruitment while on an official visit to LSU on Saturday.

Richmond's decision comes a day after the Memphis native spent the last weekend before National Signing Day on an official visit at Tennessee. Alabama is also thought to be a contender.

Ole Miss' 2015 class now has 18 commits.

The 6-foot-5, 310-pound Richmond had been committed to Ole Miss since September, but questions always seemed to surround his pledge, with rumors of him wavering heating up entering the final month of the 2015 recruiting calender.

Richmond took an official visit to Oxford on Jan. 23, telling The Clarion-Ledger he planned to explore other options after the trip.

Richmond, who's ranked as the nation's No. 2 overall offensive tackle by 247Sports.com, filled a major positional need for the Rebels.

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said several times that adding offensive linemen was the key to the 2015 class.

Offensive line was Ole Miss' biggest concern all season long, as the Rebels gave up 31 sacks in 2014 - which is 12th in the SEC.

With Richmond no longer on board, Ole Miss three offensive linemen committed.

One, five-star guard Javon Patterson, is already on campus in Oxford.

But Patterson is likely the only one of the three who's expected to compete for a starting job on Day 1.

Patterson is joined by three-star tackles Alex Givens of Nashville and Michael Howard of Florida.

More coming soon.