Last year, the biggest story of spring practice was who would be the new quarterback for the Rebels. Ryan Buchanan and DeVante Kincade had been on campus for two years, but junior college transfer Chad Kelly entered as a challenger and eventually won the job, breaking several single-season passing records in his first season with the Rebels.
There was a time when there was worry over whether Kelly would ever join the team, and whether he would handle himself responsibly off the field if he did, since Kelly had been arrested in Buffalo, New York shortly after signing with Ole Miss in 2014.