It’s no secret that Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss return the best signal caller from a season ago in the Southeastern Conference. With quarterback being a position the conference has lacked depth at in recent seasons, that fact is significant. And serves as the driving force behind the sentiment that the Rebels should again compete for the conference crown, after finishing third overall in the final league standings.
A devastating and wacky loss to Arkansas is all that stood in the way of the program’s first trip to Atlanta to play in the SEC championship game. However, with Kelly back to quarterback the Rebels in 2016, the losses of Laquon Treadwell, Cody Core, Laremy Tunsil (and four other starters on the offensive line), don’t seem so daunting.