Things have not gone well for Ole Miss football of late. A promising 2016 season collapsed into a 5-7 ruin, all while the menacing NCAA investigation plodded on in the background. The threat of impending punishment has handicapped Hugh Freeze on the recruiting trail—11 months after he inked a top 10 class, his 2017 class currently ranks 48th in the country and a distant last in the SEC West.
Desperately needed momentum could be pumped into Freeze’s program on Tuesday night, however. That’s when Cam Akers, the top running back prospect in the country, is set to make his college decision.