OXFORD, Miss. – Before Ole Miss' football team opened spring practice, the defensive line huddled to make one thing clear about its role in 2016.
“We have to be the leaders of this program,” sophomore defensive tackle Breeland Speaks told ESPN.com earlier this month.
Pretty cut and dry. Pretty accurate.
On a team that returns arguably the SEC’s best quarterback from last year in record-breaking first-year starter Chad Kelly, the foundation of leadership -- and performance -- for this team will come from the big guys who aim to make Kelly miserable in practice.