Mention Rommel Mageo's name to Hugh Freeze and the Ole Miss coach breathes a sigh of relief.
If not for the Oregon State graduate transfer -- plus the late addition of former Georgia signee Detric Bing-Dukes -- the Rebels' collection of middle linebackers would be a massive question mark entering the 2016 season.
“Thank God we’ve got [Mageo]. We had missed there,” Freeze said last week during the SEC car wash at ESPN headquarters. “You talk about question marks, man, I’m real anxious. We really need Rommel and Bing-Dukes to be able to play that ‘Mike’ linebacker for us.