Laquon Treadwell and Cody Core are gone, but years of successful recruiting means Hugh Freeze’s receivers room is still fully stocked.
The oddsmakers at Bovada are giving Ole Miss’ Chad Kelly the fourth best chance among quarterbacks to win the Heisman Trophy this season, behind Clemson’s Dashaun Watson, Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and tied with UCLA’s Josh Rosen. While some of those guys may have more talent or better 2015 numbers, Kelly has one big advantage over the rest, save for perhaps Watson: his receivers.
Hugh Freeze has recruited well across the board in Oxford, but he’s been particularly successful in procuring top wide receiver talent: even after the early departure of Laquon Treadwell, this year’s Rebel team is loaded with eight former four-star wideouts.