But there are two young players who have caught his eye at positions of need, and each could emerge as a star this season. One is on offense and one on defense.
RB ERIC SWINNEY: Ole Miss is looking for a feature back, and Swinney, a redshirt freshman, has impressed thus far during spring and has the look of a future star. He missed 2015 because of a stress fracture. Swinney (5 feet 9, 197 pounds) is a compact runner with power and quickness. “(Swinney) seems to finish runs with a certain amount of authority, for sure, that we might not have seen has much in the past,” Freeze told reporters recently.