Richard Kirklin Class: Senior Hometown: Pine Bluff, Ark. High School: Watson Chapel Height / Weight: 6-9 / 215 Position: F Birthdate: 06/18/1980 Experience: 3L

Overview: A very athletic player ... Will battle for playing time on the Rebel frontline at both forward spots ... A versatile player ... Runs the floor well ... A good defender on the perimeter ... Adds quickness to the Ole Miss squad ... Can score inside and outside ... A hard worker ... Has shooting range to the three-point arc ... One of the Rebels’ three-point threats ... Has had a knack for hitting clutch three-pointers throughout his career.

Career: Has played in 95 games, starting 9 ... In those 9 starts, the Rebels are 8-1, including 6-1 in SEC contests ... The lone loss was a narrow 61-59 setback at Mississippi State ... Averaging 1.8 points and 1.2 rebounds in his career ... Shooting 41.4 percent from the field ... Has 31 assists, 11 blocks and 19 steals.

Junior (2001-02 Season): Played in all 31 games, starting 4 ... Saw action in the postseason vs. South Carolina in the SEC Tournament and UCLA in the NCAA Tournament ... Against Mississippi State (2nd game), had 5 points and 3 boards ... Started vs. Florida and had 3 points and 2 assists ... His three-pointer came in the Rebels’ game-opening 16-7 run ... Played valuable minutes off the bench vs. Vanderbilt and Georgia ... Posted 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 block and 2 steals in limited minutes vs. Georgia ... Had 2 steals and played solid defense against the Commodores ... Made his first SEC start of the season vs. LSU (1st game) ... Had 2 rebounds and 2 assists against the Tigers ... Recorded 3 points and 1 board vs. Arkansas (1st game) ... Hit a hoop that kept the Rebels’ momentum going in a 13-2 2nd-half run ... The run turned a 35-34 Arkansas lead to a 47-37 Ole Miss advantage ... Had 5 points and 1 rebound vs. Kentucky ... Recorded 1 assist and 1 block in limited action vs. Mississippi State (1st game) ... His block vs. the Bulldogs kept the momentum going for the Rebels in their 10-2 2nd-half run ... Averaged 6 points and 2 boards in two games vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Lipscomb ... Hit 1 trey in each of the two games vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Lipscomb ... Had 7 points and a career-high 3 steals vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff ... Scored 5 points vs. Lipscomb ... Had a solid performance vs. Louisiana-Monroe with 3 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists ... The 3 assists were a career high ... Posted season highs of 7 points, 3 FG and 4 rebounds vs. Morris Brown ... Had 4 points and 2 boards vs. Alaska-Fairbanks ... Continued his trend of hitting key three-pointers for the Rebels when he nailed a trey vs. Alaska-Fairbanks in a crucial 2nd-half run (the Nanooks had cut the Rebel lead to 50-42; Kirklin’s trey gave Ole Miss a 53-42 lead and the momentum).

Summer 2001: Played on the Planet Basketball squad that toured New Zealand in late May and early June ... Team posted a 3-3 record on its six-game tour ... Started three of the six games ... Averaged 9.5 points and 6.0 boards ... Was the team’s third-leading rebounder ... Shot 45.3 percent from the field and 100 percent from the foul line (8-of-8) ... Highest scoring game was 14 points in a 79-75 victory over the Palmerston North Jets (4th game) ... Also netted double figures with 12 points vs. the Nelson Giants (2nd game) ... Had his best rebounding game with 8 boards vs. Rebel Sport of Auckland (1st game).

Sophomore (2000-01 Season): Saw action in 34 games ... Received his first start of season vs. Vanderbilt and earned his second start vs. South Carolina ... Scored 3 points on one trey vs. Tennessee in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals ... His trey tied game at 12-all in the first half and gave the Rebels momentum (Ole Miss went on to win the game 86-73) ... Had 2 points and 1 board vs. the Gamecocks ... Had 6 points vs. Tennessee (1st game) on 2-of-2 from the three-point line ... Hit a key 1st-half trey to stop a Tennessee run and give Ole Miss a 16-14 lead ... Also nailed a three-pointer in the 2nd-half to keep the momentum going for the Rebels ... The two treys vs. the Volunteers tied a career high ... Scored 5 points on a perfect shooting performance from the field vs. No. 14 Oklahoma (2-of-2 FG, 1-of-1 3-pt. FG) ... Hit a key three-pointer in 2nd half vs. the Sooners ... Had 8 points and 2 rebounds in the Rebels’ win over No. 13 Southern Cal ... Grabbed clutch rebound with :06 left on the clock in overtime to preserve the Rebels’ victory over Southern Cal ... Had 8 points and 4 boards vs. Vanderbilt ... Hit two three-pointers vs. the Commodores, which tied a career high ... Shot 44.4 percent from the floor in last 25 games (12-of-27) in which he played ... Had 2 points and 3 boards vs. Kansas State ... Had 2 points, 2 boards and 2 assists vs. Memphis ... The two assists vs. the Tigers were a season high ... Recorded 5 points and 3 rebounds vs. Troy State ... Had 8 points vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff ... Had 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 block vs. VCU ... Recorded 2 points and 2 boards vs. Louisiana-Monroe.

Freshman (1999-2000 Season): Played in 30 games and made three starts ... Received first career start vs. McNeese St. ... Had first SEC start vs. Vanderbilt and also started the Alabama game (2nd game) ... Netted a career-high 13 points vs. Prairie View A&M on 6-of-9 shooting from the field ... The 6 field goals vs. Prairie View A&M were a career best ... Scored 10 points vs. McNeese State ... Shot 5-of-8 from the field in netting his 10 points vs. McNeese State ... Also grabbed a career-high 7 rebounds vs. McNeese State ... Had 6 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State ... Recorded 5 boards vs. Prairie View A&M and Birmingham-Southern ... Scored first points in SEC play vs. Arkansas (1st game) ... Had best scoring game in SEC action vs. LSU (1st game) with 6 points ... Hit a career-high tying 3 free throws vs. the Tigers ... Had 4 points and 3 boards vs. Alabama (2nd game) ... His 3 boards vs. the Crimson Tide were his high in SEC action ... Recorded 2 rebounds five different times in SEC play ... Had 2 boards and 1 assist vs. Florida in SEC Tournament ... Played in the Rebels’ NIT game versus UNC Charlotte and grabbed 3 rebounds ... Also saw action in Ole Miss’ NIT games vs. Southwest Missouri St. and N.C. State.

High School: Averaged 15.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.3 blocked shots in leading his Watson Chapel High School team to the Arkansas Class 4A state title in 1998-99 ... The state championship was the first in the school’s history ... Team finished the season with an 18-10 record in 1998-99 ... Named to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-State team as a senior ... Selected to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Arkansas prior to the 1998-99 season ... Also named to the Pine Bluff Commercial All-Southeast Arkansas squad ... Earned Class 4A Southeast All-Conference accolades ... Was an Arkansas All-Star Game nominee ... Selected to the Benton Invitational and the King Cotton Classic All-Tournament teams during his senior season in 1998-99 ... Prior to 1998-99 campaign, was a McDonald’s All-America nominee ... Also named one of the state’s top 10 basketball prospects by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette prior to the 1998-99 season ... As a junior, averaged 18.8 points and 9.5 boards ... Named Arkansas Class 4A All-State and All-Conference his junior season ... As a sophomore, averaged 19.8 points and 10.2 rebounds ... During the summer of 1998, joined Emmanuel Wade as members of the Arkansas Hawks AAU squad ... The team placed fifth at the 17-under national tournament ... Also participated in Arkansas Athletes Outreach (AAO) Top 25 Camp during the 1998 summer ... Member of the French and Art clubs at Watson Chapel High.