With the departure of Laremy Tunsil, Robert Nkemdiche and Laquon Treadwell to the NFL, the Rebels lost a few of the key members of the 2013 class that brought Hugh Freeze’s football team into the limelight. As those players’ impressive careers came to an end, Freeze was able to bring in a new class that he thinks might be even better.
“I love what I see,” Freeze said. “It’s a learning curve. We’re splitting practices. The young kids are getting eight periods by themselves where I’ll teach, and in the first two days I really like what I’ve seen from those young guys.