Ole Miss needs Nkemdiche to be great

Boise State quarterback Grant Hendrick gets off a pass under pressure from Mississippi defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Robert Nkemdiche has had two very good seasons in the middle of Mississippi's defensive line.

But considering he was the former consensus No. 1 recruit in the country, very good seems a little disappointing.

It may not necessarily be fair, but that's the narrative surrounding the 6-foot-4, 296-pound Nkemdiche heading into his junior season. The Loganville, Georgia, native isn't shying away from the…