Ole Miss Football’s Surprising Rise: Can They Silently Shock the Nation This Season?

Ole Miss Football’s Surprising Rise: Can They Silently Shock the Nation This Season?

Everyone from that group except Perkins is gone this year, and the results have been predictably unfortunate. The Rebels’ pressure rate has fallen from 43.3% to 36.4%, per Opta data, and their sack rate on opposing drop backs is down from 9.6% to 4.6%. That sack rate was the highest in the SEC last year; this year, it is 12th. 

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When Ole Miss won big games last year, it was the pass rush doing a lot of the heavy lifting. That was most true when the Rebels faced these very same Bulldogs and sacked Carson Beck five times, forcing fumbles on two of them. Georgia’s offensive line was in disarray last year, and Perkins, Ivey and Umanmielen (who combined for all five sacks) made the unit pay. 

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