did not experience much loss in the transfer portal this offseason, but the departure of Quinshon Judkins to the Ohio State Buckeyes was undoubtedly the biggest blow the team suffered in that area.
That move, however, led to some creativity from head coach Lane Kiffin and his staff. To help supplement returning rusher Ulysses Bentley IV, the Rebels snagged multiple names out of the transfer portal to help "recreate Judkins in the aggregate," to borrow a term used in the filmrecently released its list of the highest-graded returning SEC running backs, and not only did a Rebel occupy the top spot on the list, but Ole Miss was represented in three places among the Top 10.
"Our hope is that he helps at some point during the season," Kiffin said. "How fast? I don't know, so that could be a blessing too. ... When somebody comes back from an injury, and it's later in the season, they've got fresh legs. Sometimes, it can be a really good thing." Either way, it speaks volumes that Ole Miss was the only SEC school to have more than one back on this list. Even with the loss of Judkins, the hope for the Rebels remains that it can be aJOHN MACON GILLESPIE
John Macon Gillespie is the publisher of The Grove Report and has experience on the Ole Miss beat spanning five years.
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