You have to feel for Ole Miss running back Eric Swinney. Three years ago, a stress fracture in fall camp ended his true freshman season before it began. Thirteen months later, he tore his ACL on his first carry of the first game.
And now, with Swinney competing to become the top ball carrier on the Rebels’ offense, he’ll sit out the first three games of the 2018 season with a case of mono, of all things.
Swinney was listed behind JUCO transfer Scottie Phillips on the game-week depth chart, but it was a close race throughout fall camp and Swinney would have had an opportunity to climb back on top during early matchups against Texas Tech and Illinois State (the third game is against Bama).