While Southern Miss has historically had some great teams and competed with Alabama at times in years past, the Golden Eagles have thus far struggled in 2021. There’s no Brett Favre at QB, and, overall, their offense has been totally stuffed by the two smaller Alabama schools, Troy and South Alabama.
Starting QB Trey Lowe only put up 220 passing yards through a game and a half while throwing two picks, and was sidelined against Grambling in week 2 with a foot injury. Freshman Ty Keyes took over in week 3 against Troy, and managed 157 yards and 2 interceptions while losing another 45 yards in sacks.