Hugh Kellenberger

The Clarion-Ledger

OXFORD -- Ole Miss cornerback Tee Shepard remains in a state of limbo as the program investigates the seriousness of his toe injury.

Coach Hugh Freeze said after Monday's practice that the results of a Saturday MRI are being sent to Birmingham for another opinion. The injury is a tendon underneath his big toe. If it is completely torn, surgery would be required and would end Shepard's 2014 season. If it is only partially torn, Freeze said there are examples of players pushing through the injury and postponing surgery until after the season.

Shepard joined Ole Miss at the beginning of August after becoming academically eligible. A former five-star prospect out of high school, Shepard enrolled at Notre Dame in the spring of 2012 but left the program and eventually ended up at Holmes Community College.

Shepard signed with Ole Miss on National Signing Day, flipping him from Mississippi State. Freeze has called Shepard a potential lockdown corner that could play immediately for the Rebels.

Shepard does have a redshirt year available, with four years to play three.