This is the followup to a recent piece outlining the cornerback situation at Ole Miss, which you can find here.
Ole Miss’ base 3-2-6 defense requires six defensive backs, so there need to be excellent safeties who can function as hybrid players, playing many different roles not typical of safeties in a more traditional defense. Luckily, Ole Miss has great depth at the position as it enters the 2022 season. While there was returning talent on campus already last season, the staff did a phenomenal job supplementing that with proven transfers.
The role of a safety in this defense can be almost anything.