OXFORD, Miss. — In the beginning, there was was Laquon Treadwell. Well, almost the beginning.
Treadwell arrived at Ole Miss in 2013, Hugh Freeze’s second season as coach of the Rebels.
The actual beginning, 2012, included Cody Core, who was far less-decorated than Treadwell as a high school player but who developed into an NFL wide receiver.
Treadwell for three years was the poster child of what would become and remains a deep and talented group.
In 2016 the group’s signature receiver was Damore’ea Stringfellow, a transfer from Washington who did not receive a NFL Scouting Combine invitation for off-field reasons yet maintains quite a bit of buzz as the draft approaches.