In 2013, Evan Engram arrived on the Ole Miss campus as a three-star footnote to a historic recruiting class that included five-stars Robert Nkemdiche, Laremy Tunsil, Laquon Treadwell and Tony Conner. Engram received no other SEC offers, but Hugh Freeze seemed to know something other programs didn’t. In an interview following his commitment, Engram gushed, “(The coaches) said my type of play is perfect for (Freeze’s) offense... the future is bright.”
Four years later, Engram left Ole Miss as the school’s all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown grabs by a tight end and heads into the 2017 NFL Draft as one of the position’s most coveted players.