While the Southern Miss offense has been objectively horrible over the first three games of the season, the Golden Eagle defense has been a rather solid unit. They held South Alabama to only 24 points of offense (with former South Carolina starter, Jake Bentley, at QB), shut out Grambling, and held Troy to 0 points at half time until falling apart in the second half against the Trojans.
The Golden Eagle defense features an aggressive defensive line that’s always looking to disrupt the offense for a big loss. They’ve held all three of their opponents to 3.1 yards per rush and only 5.