OXFORD, Miss. — Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman will appear on ESPN's College GameDay as a celebrity guest picker ahead of the LSU-Ole Miss game in Oxford this weekend. 

Freeman, best known for his roles as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Red in "The Shawshank Redemption" and God in "Bruce Almighty," grew up in Mississippi. 

?? Morgan Freeman is the College Gameday Celebrity Guest Picker ??#HottyToddy pic.twitter.com/8Ba9Kpc5bf

— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) September 17, 2026

GameDay, which is in its 40th season, runs from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on ESPN.

No. 7 LSU plays No. 8 Ole Miss in the hotly anticipated return of Lane Kiffin to Oxford on WBRZ at 6:30 p.m.