Last year, the strength of the 9-4 Ole Miss football team was the defense, which led the nation in points allowed per game, with just 16. Plenty of new starters and younger players are preparing for bigger roles in the upcoming season. Fans got their first glimpse of what the new defense will look like from Saturday’s Grove Bowl.
“I thought that there was some solid play on defense,” head coach Hugh Freeze said.
Replacing long time middle linebacker D.T. Shackelford will be a big task for the defense and Hugh Freeze to handle, but senior C.