The Ole Miss football team lost 22 upperclassmen this season to graduation or the NFL this offseason. Around 13 of these players were key contributors. Matt Luke and company will have a hard time trying to replace the likes of A.J. Brown, D.K. Metcalf and Greg Little, but an important factor in competing in the grindhouse that is the SEC is depth.
“We’ve got a long way to go in every position, there’s no question,” offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez said after the Grove Bowl. “The inexperience sometimes shows up, so you have to coach both fundamentals and a new scheme and that makes it a little more difficult, but they’re working hard.