If you read any preview of Ole Miss’ 2018 season prospects, you’ll encounter the words “offense,” “wide receiver,” “quarterback,” “offensive line” and “running back” in descending orders of frequency, with a sharp turndown into “defense” at the far bottom-right of the graph.
Four and a half of those above concerns involve the attentions and deliveries of Ole Miss’ starting quarterback in 2018, Jordan Ta’amu, who halfway through last season was quietly ushered onto the field as the man in charge after five-star Shea Patterson’s Week 7 knee injury.
Ta’amu, a lightly-recruited Hawaiian who played JUCO ball in Nevada, went on to amass 1,604 yards of passing and 16 total touchdowns over five consecutive starts.