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OXFORD – Ole Miss ultimately came up short of its College Football Playoff dreams in 2024, but the Rebels made history nonetheless. A 52-20 win over Duke in the Gator Bowl secured the program’s second straight 10-win season and third in four years, the first occurrence for both since the late 1950s/early 1960s. It’s just the 10th 10-win season in Ole Miss history.
Now that the dust has settled, it’s time to give out final grades for the season. A reminder that these grades are subjective.
Quarterback
Jaxson Dart became the first Ole Miss quarterback to be named first-team All-SEC by the league’s coaches since Eli Manning in 2003. He completed 69.3% of his passes for 4,279 yards, 29 touchdowns and six interceptions and added 495 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. He is the nation’s leader in passing efficiency and total offense and finished his Ole Miss career as the single-season and all-time leader in passing yards and total offense. Dart was uneven in the Rebels’ three losses – which came by a combined 13 points – but he overall was everything Ole Miss could have asked for in his final season.
Grade: A
Running back
This one is tough. Henry Parrish Jr. was having a solid season until he suffered an injury at Arkansas and was lost for the season. The mystery of Ulysses Bentley IV’s usage during the season is one that might not ever be fully answered, but he made things happen when given the opportunity: he ran for 206 yards and three touchdowns over the Rebels’ final two games of the season. The Rebels ranked 44th nationally in rushing yards per game, which is the lowest Ole Miss has ranked in the department under head coach Lane Kiffin. Ole Miss used wide receiver Micah Davis as a running back at times toward the end of the season; the ground game was not always pretty in 2024.
Grade: C
Wide…
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Author : Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Publish date : 2025-01-07 02:01:00
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