Stockpiled depth means Hugh Freeze no longer has to lean on freshman the way he did in years past, but here are five newcomers that could end up seeing quite a bit of the field.
Hugh Freeze has been consistently adamant about what his team really needed to take that next step: depth. Ole Miss has consistently gotten better every single year during Freeze's tenure in recruiting. The 2012 class finish ranked 40th. The 2013 class finished ranked 7th. And the 2014 class finished ranked 19th. Despite jumping 33 spots from year one to year two, dropping 12 spots in year three and then falling back in 2015 to 21st, the Rebels are off to a hot start for the 2016 class and are ranked No.