SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Five-star defensive end CeCe Jefferson out of Glen St. Mary, Fla. has long been considered a Florida lean even despite the coaching change in Gainesville. But following his arrival at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, Jefferson had another team on his mind and called Ole Miss his leader.

"Ole Miss, I would say Ole Miss is my top school right now," Jefferson said. "Ole Miss is great man. Coach (Hugh) Freeze, what he has going is amazing. I took my official when they played Bama and it was like no other. They treated me well. The program's great. The guys are great and I just know if I go there I'll get taken care of and they'll get me prepared for the next level and I'll get a great education. And plus I know Coach Freeze is going to be there for a while, great stability."

Despite some reported interest in Freeze from Florida, the Ole Miss head coach signed a new contract extension this offseason to stay in Oxford and that was an important statement for Jefferson to see.

"When you get a relationship with somebody if you decided to go to their program, you want them to be there" said the five-star. "You don't want to start over so that was definitely a big deal for him to turn down that job and sign that contract. It means he's dedicated to the program. He sees what he has. It's a program on the rise. He wants to build something special and I love that about him."

In addition to that Ole Miss visit, Jefferson has already taken official visits to Alabama and Cincinnati as well. He plans to take two more in January and the program that leads his Crystal Ball, Florida, won't be getting one of them. Instead LSU and Auburn are landing his final two officials. Jefferson talked about why he plans to visit Auburn and LSU specifically.

"I would say Auburn because I want to go over there with Coach Muschamp and see how he's running things," he said of the former Florida coach and new Auburn defensive coordinator. "With LSU, Coach (Les) Miles and Coach Brick (Haley), you know those are my guys. I've been up there two times unofficially and me and them just have a bond and I decided to take one of my officials there."

For Auburn that Will Muschamp hire had a definite impact in his recruitment.

"He's a great coach. he's a great guy. i think he cares a lot about his players and he recruited me for a long time so i feel comfortabel with him and what he's bringing to the table. I would say for auburn and for me that's a pretty big get. they definitely boosted up on my list so that's definitely a place I'm going to go to and look at and consider."

Though Florida is the most local school and considered the long-time favorite by many in Jefferson's recruitment, the Gators won't be getting an official visit. But that doesn't mean that they don't still have a real shot at landing the five-star pass rusher. Despite a coaching change, Jefferson is still strongly considering the Gators and a January in-home with new head coach Jim McElwain is likely going to dictate where they stand heading towards signing day.

"My whole thing has always been commit to the school not the coach. I love the University of Florida. i love the campus, everything about it. It's 35 minutes from my house. My parents can come see me whenever they wanted to. In this short amount of time talking to Coach Jim and Coach (Geoff) Collins, the made a great impression on me. What they're bringing to the table is great. The kind of defense their running is great. It's just awesome man and I'm pretty excited about the in-home visit in January. The new coaching change is no big deal. It happens and like I said they've made a great impression."

Jefferson measured in at the Army Bowl at 6-2, 275.1 pounds with 37.5 inch arms and hands at just under 10 inches. He's ranked as the No. 5 player in the country according to 247Sports Composite.