This is the first part in a series that looks at the Ole Miss football team, position by position.
By John Davis, Oxford Citizen
Derrick Nix, the running backs coach for the Rebels, had a lot of depth to work with prior to the 2014 season.
Heading into the start of summer drills a year ago, Nix had six backs, and with two, Jaylen Walton and I’Tavius Mathers, having garnered significant playing time.
This summer, Nix has just as many bodies, but the difference is he has a true feature back in Walton, who has now played three years, and some larger framed backs who add a different dimension to the mix than the shifty Memphis native does.