First Jordan Wilkins, now Swinney. The Rebels’ backfield is suddenly and alarmingly thin.
It was just two weeks ago that we were discussing the fact that Ole Miss was heading into the 2016 season with the deepest running back corps of the Hugh Freeze era. Juniors Akeem Judd and Jordan Wilkins figured to operate a timeshare as the featured backs, with impressive redshirt freshman Eric Swinney chipping in as a change of pace.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Judd is the only one left.
Freeze confirmed to ESPN that redshirt freshman Eric Swinney will miss the entire season after suffering a knee injury in the first quarter of Monday night's gut-wrenching loss to Florida State.