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2016 Ole Miss Football Recruiting Class: Kaboom. A few years after coming up with a breakthrough class, Hugh Freeze and the Rebel coaching staff landed another historic haul of talent.

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Ole Miss Football Recruiting Class Overview

While it might be just another day at the office for an Alabama recruiting class – or an LSU, or a Florida – Ole Miss isn’t used to coming up with top five-caliber groups. This one might not have a Robert Nkemdiche, but OT Greg Little isn’t that far off. Throw in more four-star talents than most programs could ever dream of, along with Little and QB Shea Patterson at the top, and this is a class good enough to potentially win the SEC West title with. The pressure is on, though. Good luck being as good as that 2013 class.

The Class Is Heavy On …

The passing game. The Rebels got talent for just about everywhere, but the air show is about to get the most love starting with Patterson as the elite quarterback prospect and with some of the best receiver prospects in the country in A.J. Brown, Tre Nixon and D.J. Metcalf. Throw in TE Jacob Mathis, and this is going to be a whole bunch of fun in a few years.

The Star of the Class Is …

OT Greg Little, 6-5, 318 – Yeah, yeah, yeah, any time you get a quarterback as promising as Patterson he’s going to be the star, but Little is the top-five overall NFL talent. The Texas native has the prototype size, athleticism, and pass protection skills to be another Laremy Tunsil if, and it’s a big If, he finds the same killer instinct. He’s the rare prospect who would’ve been a good – but developmental – draft pick right out of high school.

The Team’s Biggest 2016 Depth Chart Hole Is …

Receivers. Getting QB Chad Kelly back is huge, and the surprising return of TE Evan Engram is a massive plus, but losing Laquon Treadwell and Cody Core takes away two key parts to a passing game. Throw in the departures of offensive tackles Laremy Tunsil and Fahn Cooper, and losing guard Aaron Morris on the inside, and there’s plenty of offensive rebuilding to do.

2016 Ole Miss Football Recruiting Class

Deontay Anderson DB 6-1 212 Manvel, Texas Manvel
Gabe Angel TE 6-2 222 Cookeville, Tenn. Cookeville
A.J. Brown WR 6-1 225 Starkville, Miss. Starkville
Justin Connor ATH 5-10 187 Sardis, Miss. North Panola
Octavious Cooley TE 6-3 254 Laurel, Miss. Laurel
Jack DeFoor OL 6-4 276 Calhoun, Ga. Calhoun
Greg Eisworth DB 5-11 180 Grand Prairie, Texas South Grand Prairie
Donta Evans LB 6-1 222 Lawrenceville, Ga. Archer
Myles Hartsfield DB 5-10 197 Sayreville, N.J. Sayreville/East Coast Prep
Eli Johnson OL 6-1 287 Taylor, Miss. Lafayette
Benito Jones DT 6-1 305 Waynesboro, Miss. Wayne County
Jaylon Jones DB 5-11 171 Allen, Texas Allen
Greg Little OL 6-6 326 Allen, Texas Allen
Bryce Mathews OL 6-6 275 Brentwood, Tenn. Brentwood Academy
Jacob Mathis TE 6-4 228 Tampa, Fla. Berkeley Prep
D.K. Metcalf WR 6-4 206 Oxford, Miss. Oxford
Royce Newman OL 6-5 260 Nashville, Ill. Nashville Community
Tre Nixon WR 6-1 170 Viera, Fla. Viera
Shea Patterson QB 6-2 198 Shreveport, La. IMG Academy
D’Vaughn Pennamon RB 5-11 214 Manvel, Texas Manvel
Jarrion Street RB 6-2 207 Trussville, Ala. Hewitt-Trussville
Tariqious Tisdale LB 6-5 249 Lexington, Tenn. Lexington
Chandler Tuitt OL 6-4 220 Tyrone, Ga. Sandy Creek
Charles Wiley DE 6-2 250 Stockbridge, Ga. Stockbridge

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