Jones pulled serious minutes in last year's Sugar Bowl with reasonable success. Can he fill the Robert Nkemdiche-sized hole in the defensive trenches?
Last season, Ole Miss players and fans got their first high-stakes look at the Landshark defense without the services of one Robert Nkemdiche, who was suspended for the Sugar Bowl following a dangerous fall from an Atlanta hotel window. At the time, the question of who and how to replace Nkemdiche in New Orleans weighed heavily on people's minds, with Breeland Speaks and D.J. Jones stepping up as presumptive stop-gaps in Big Rob's absence.