It sounds like your son is looking for a Southern college experience. His test scores make him above average for Ole Miss, but probably not in the top 10 percent. So in many ways he’s right where many people want to be, in that he’s smarter than average, but not so smart that he is out of place.
I always give the same advice, and that is that he should visit the campus. There’s more to life than football, but a football weekend in the Grove is something to see. Here’s a video: